WBCB is an AM broadcast

Broadcast

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 station licensed to operate on 1490 kHz for Levittown, Pennsylvania

Levittown, Pennsylvania

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, and serving the areas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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 and other parts of suburban Philadelphia. Its programming mixes news, talk, music and local sports. It also broadcasts Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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 football

American football

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 and Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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 baseball

Baseball

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 games as well as the Super Bowl

Super Bowl

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.

WBCB began broadcasting on December 8, 1957 by owner Drew J.T. O'Keefe, who was a Main Line attorney. He owned the station until his death in the late 1980s. The early years were marked by the emergence of soon to be big name personalities like Bill Bircher and Horace Greely McNabb. Since 1992, the station has been owned by local businessman Pasquale T. Deon Jr. and veteran Philadelphia Eagles broadcaster Merrill Reese

Merrill Reese

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, who was a WBCB alumnus early in his career.

As of January 1, 2010, WBCB's programming was being simulcast on WHWH

WHWH

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 in Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton, New Jersey

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. It is not known at present if this is to be a permanent arrangement.

August 10, 2011 News broke that coming to the radio airwaves in september The great Derrick Gunn and joe krausy.

Current Personalities

• Merrill Reese
  Merrill Reese
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• Paul "The Big Kahuna" Baroli
• Dennis Ostopowicz
• Dan Wing, News and Sports
• Cassandra Gibson, News
• Gaetano "Gaet" Martini
• Jim Foxwell, Mornings
• Nick Cataldi, Overnights
• Pat Wandling, Speak Your Piece
• Lou Powers

Alumni Personalities

Vince Reed, News, for over 40 years.

Steve Bessler, Morning Drive, 1980s

Bill Tourot, Overnight DJ, 1982

Tom Richards, Overnight fill-in, 1982

Jim Costanzo, Overnight fill-in, 1982

Speciality Shows

• Monday Night Kickoff
• Pro Football Report with Merrill Reese and Harry Gamble
• The Bull Session with Dan Baker and Greg "The Bull" Luzinski
• Baseball Insiders with John Brazer and Ricky Bottalico
• Bill Clement's Hockey World
• Pro Wrestling Weekly with Fearon Derry
• Racing Wrap With Skip Clayton
• Sports Talk with Roger Weschler
• The Second Shift with Mike Samsel