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==History==

[[File:WCBS-FM logo.png|thumb|Logo for its original commercial operation on 46.7 MHz]]

In 1940, during the early days of [[FM broadcasting]], what is now WCBS-FM was allocated an FM [[frequency]] and [[call sign]], W67NY, becoming [[CBS]]'s first FM station. The original transmitter site was located at [[500 Fifth Avenue]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.durenberger.com/resources/documents/W67NY-CBSFM0342.pdf |title=Original transmitter site |access-date=March 5, 2013 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116071540/http://www.durenberger.com/resources/documents/W67NY-CBSFM0342.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The allocated frequency changed several times before the station finally went on the air at 46.7&nbsp;MHz on December 1, 1941.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyradioguide.com/cgi/info.cgi/WCBS-FM|title=New York Radio Guide - Station Information for WCBS-FM|website=nyradioguide.com|access-date=July 28, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512012232/http://nyradioguide.com/cgi/info.cgi/WCBS-FM|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 1, 1943, the callsign was changed to WABC-FM<ref>{{cite news |url=http://jeff560.tripod.com/chronofm.html |title=FM Broadcasting Chronology |last=Miller |first=Jeff |publisher=History of American Broadcasting |access-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407061850/https://jeff560.tripod.com/chronofm.html |url-status=live }}</ref> for Atlantic Broadcasting Company, the former owner of CBS's AM station (no relation to the present-day [[WABC (AM)|WABC]]). With the reallocation of the FM band, WABC-FM's new frequency became 96.9&nbsp;MHz; finally, in September 1947 the station became WCBS-FM, and the frequency moved to the current 101.1.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/09/19/archives/new-fm-calls-coming.html |title=New FM Calls Coming |last=Kennedy |first=T.R. Jr. |date=September 19, 1943 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728071241/https://www.nytimes.com/1943/09/19/archives/new-fm-calls-coming.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This allowed the station to reflect its corporate ownership by the Columbia Broadcasting System or CBS. The transmitter was moved to the Empire State Building in the early 1950s.