Answer: 1010 WINS, New York City
1010 WINS (AM) is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2005 as a news/talk station.
1010 WINS began as WGBS in 1924, named after its owner: Gimbels department store.
In 1932, William Randoph Hearst purchased it and by 1943 was known as WINS (named after Hearst's International News Service).
Crosley Broadcasting operated WINS from 1946 to 1953 following Crosley interests being purchased by Aviation Company in 1945. (The radio and appliance manufacturing arm changed its name to Avco, but the broadcast operations continued to operate under the Crosley name, until they were changed to Avco in the 1960s.)
Meanwhile, during the '50s the format flipped to "rock and roll" featuring famed DJs like Alan Freed and Murray (the K) Kaufman.
Then, in 1965 (under ownership of Westinghouse Electric Corporation) the All-News 1010 WINS was born - a novel format at the time.
Several months later during the Great Blackout of 1965 when the power grid went down in the Northeast, it was the only radio station able to stay on-the-air. This event put it on the map and it's been successful ever since.
Visit the 1010 WINS website where you can also listen live.
