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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WFAS
| above = Digital-only [[HD Radio]] broadcaster<br>effective {{start date|2021|5|24}}
| logo =
| city = [[White Plains, New York]]
| area = [[Westchester County, New York]]
| branding = ''Digital AM 1230''
| slogan = New Talk for New York
| frequency = {{frequency|1230 |[[Hertz#SI multiples|kHz]] }}<br>([[C-QUAM]] [[AM Stereo]] (intends to switch to digital-only [[HD Radio]] on May 24, 2021)
| airdate = 1926 (as WBRS)<br>{{start date and age|19321926|088|11|p=y19}} (as WFAS)
| language = [[American English|English]]
| format = [[Talk radio|Conservative talk radio]]
| power = 1,000 [[watt]]s
| class = C
| facility_id = 14381▼
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41|01|32|N|73|49|39|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}▼
▲| facility_id = 14381
| callsign_meaning = '''W''' '''F'''rank '''A'''. '''S'''eitz, Sr.<br><small>(husband and father of owners)</small>▼
▲| coordinates = {{coord|41|01|32|N|73|49|39|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}
| former_callsigns = WBRS (1926-1928)<br>WCOH (1928-1932) ▼
▲| callsign_meaning = '''W''' '''F'''rank '''A'''. '''S'''eitz, Sr.<br><small>(husband and father of owners)</small>
| former_frequencies = 1420 kHz (1927-1928)<br>1210 kHz (1928-1941)<br>1240 kHz (1941-1943)▼
▲| former_callsigns = WBRS (1926-19281926–28)<br>WCOH (1928-19321928–32)
| affiliations = [[Westwood One]]▼
▲| former_frequencies = 1420 kHz (1927-19281927–28)<br>1210 kHz (1928-19411928–41)<br>1240 kHz (1941-19431941–43)
| owner = [[Cumulus Media]]
▲| affiliations = [[Westwood One]]
| licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC▼
| sister_stations owner = [[WNBMCumulus Media]]
▲| licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC
| webcast = [http://player.listenlive.co/26541 Listen Live]▼
| sister_stations = [[WNBM]]
| website = [https://www.wfasam.com/ wfasam.com]▼
▲| webcast = [http{{listenlive|https://player.listenlive.co/26541 Listen Live]}}
▲| website = [{{url|https://www.wfasam.com/ wfasam.com]}}
}}
 
'''WFAS''' (1230 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] [[City of license|licensed]] to [[White Plains, New York]] and serving [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]]. The station is owned by [[Cumulus Media]] and broadcasts at 1,000 [[watt]]s from a [[transmitter]] site on Secor Road, in [[Hartsdale, New York]]. WFAS airs a [[conservative talk]] format with programming from [[Westwood One]], which is itself distributed and partially owned by Cumulus Media.
 
Although operating on the AM band, the station has notified the Federal Communications Commission it intends to convert to full-time exclusive digital [[HD Radio]] transmissions effective May 24, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WFAS |title=WFAS Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref>
 
==Programming==
WFAS airs a [[conservative talk]] format with programming from [[Westwood One]], which is distributed and partially owned by WFAS's parent company, Cumulus Media.
 
==History==
 
WFAS's first license, as '''WBRS''', was granted on August 19, 1926 to Universal Radio Manufacturing, Inc., located at 1062 Broadway in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763060&view=1up&seq=383 "New Stations"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', August 31, 1926, page 3.</ref> In 1928 the station was taken over by the Westchester Broadcasting Corporation, which changed the [[call sign]] to '''WCOH''' and relocated to the Greenville neighborhood in Yonkers, New York.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763078&view=1up&seq=333 "Alterations and Corrections"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', May 31, 1928, page 7.</ref>
 
Due to the limited number of frequencies available for the highly congested New York City region, it was common beginning in the mid-1920s to require multiple stations to share a common frequency. On June 15, 1927 WBRS was assigned to 1420 kHz along with two other area stations.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763078&view=1up&seq=92 "Broadcasting Stations by Wave Lengths"] (effective June 15, 1927), ''Radio Service Bulletin'', May 31, 1927, page 14.</ref> On November 11, 1928, under the provisions of the [[Federal Radio Commission]]'s (FRC) [[General Order 40]], the now-WCOH was reassigned to 1210&nbsp;kHz on a sharetimeshared time basis with three different stations.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c021003683&view=1up&seq=243 "Revised list of broadcasting stations, by frequencies, effective 3 a.m., November 11, 1928, eastern standard time"] ''Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission'' (June 30, 1928), page 208.</ref>
 
In 1932 the call letters were changed to '''WFAS''',<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951000842031c&view=1up&seq=35 "Broadcasting Stations"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', July 30, 1932, page 31.</ref> and the station relocated to White Plains, New York.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951000842031c&view=1up&seq=84 "Broadcasting Stations"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', September 30, 1932, page 14.</ref> This call sign honored the two owners' husband and father, Frank A. Seitz, Sr.<ref>WFAS entry, ''The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921-1996'' by Bill Jaker, Frank Sulek and Peter Kanze, 1998, pages 68-70.</ref> WFAS made its debut on August 11, 1932 from the [[Roger Smith Hotel]],<ref>[https://news.hrvh.org/veridian/?a=d&d=bronxvillereviewpressreporterBRONXVILLE19621220.1.10& "WFAS: Thirty Years Young"], ''Bronxville (New York) Review Press and Reporter'', December 20, 1962, page 10.</ref> on the corner of Post Road and Chester Street in White Plains. WFAS initially broadcast with 100 watts using a T-top antenna located on the hotel's roof.
 
In 1941, with the implementation of the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]] (NARBA), most stations on 1210&nbsp;kHz, including WFAS, were reassigned to 1240&nbsp;kHz.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437010939748&view=1up&seq=576 "Assignments of United States Standard Broadcast Stations Listed by Frequency"] ''United States Statutes at Large'', (1941)</ref> By March 1943, the station had moved to 1230&nbsp;kHz, becoming a full-time operation which no longer had to share its frequency with any other stations.<ref>FCC license file and application record, Application B1-ML-1073, March 9, 1943</ref> In 1947, the transmitter site moved to its current location on Secor Road in the Town of Greenburgh.<ref>FCC license file and application record, Application B1-P-4392, July 29, 1946</ref> Concurrent with that move, 103.9 [[WNBM|WFAS-FM]] signed on the air on August 1, from the same location. The T-top antenna continued to be used as an auxiliary while the studios remained at the Roger Smith Hotel.
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==External links==
*[{{Official website|https://www.wfasam.com AM 1230 WFAS (Official website)]/}}
{{AM station data|WFAS}}
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=52256 FCC History Cards for WFAS] (covering 1927-1981 as WBRS / WCOH / WFAS)
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