title: List of radio stations formerly owned by NBC
text: # List of radio stations formerly owned by NBC
  
  The following is a list of radio stations formerly owned by NBC via parent company RCA from 1926 until 1989. NBC formerly operated two radio networks in the United States: the NBC Radio Network from 1926 until 1987 (known as the NBC Red Network from 1926 to 1942) and the NBC Blue Network from 1926 until 1943 (known as the Blue Network from 1942 to 1945 and the American Broadcasting Company from 1945 onward).
  
  Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
  
  ## NBC Radio Network stations
  
  | AM Station | FM Station |
  | - | - |
  | City of license / Market | Station | Owned since | Current ownership |
  | San Francisco, CA | KPO/KNBC/KNBR 680 | 1932–1989 | owned by Cumulus Media |
  | San Francisco, CA | KNBC-FM/KNBR-FM/KNAI-FM/KYUU 99.7 ** | 1949–1988 | KMVQ-FM, owned by Bonneville International |
  | Denver–Boulder, CO | KOA 850 | 1930–1952 | owned by iHeartMedia |
  | Denver–Boulder, CO | KOA-FM 95.7 ** | 1949–1952 | defunct; frequency occupied by KDHT |
  | Hartford–New Britain, CT | WKNB 840 | 1956–1960 | WRYM, owned by Eight Forty Broadcasting Company |
  | Washington, D.C. | WRC 980 ** | 1923–1984 | WTEM, owned by Audacy, Inc. |
  | Washington, D.C. | WRC-FM/WKYS 93.9 ** | 1947–1988 | owned by Radio One |
  | Chicago, IL | WMAQ 670 | 1931–1987 | WSCR, owned by Audacy, Inc. |
  | Chicago, IL | WMAQ-FM/WJOI/WNIS-FM/WKQX 101.1 ** | 1948–1988 | owned by Cumulus Media |
  | Boston, MA | WJIB 96.9 | 1983–1988 | WBQT, owned by Beasley Broadcast Group |
  | New York, NY | WEAF/WRCA/WNBC 660 | 1926–1988 | WFAN, owned by Audacy, Inc. |
  | New York, NY | WEAF-FM/WRCA-FM/WNBC-FM/WNWS-FM/WYNY 97.1 ** | 1940–1988 | WQHT, owned by Mediaco Holding, Inc. |
  | Cleveland, OH | WTAM/WKYC 1100 | 1930–19561965–1972 | WTAM, owned by iHeartMedia |
  | Cleveland, OH | WTAM-FM/WKYC-FM 105.7 ** | 1948–19561965–1972 | WMJI, owned by iHeartMedia |
  | Philadelphia, PA | KYW/WRCV 1060 | 1956–1965 | KYW, owned by Audacy, Inc. |
  | Pittsburgh, PA | WJAS 1320 | 1957–1972 | owned by Pittsburgh Radio Partners LLC |
  | Pittsburgh, PA | WJAS-FM 99.7 | 1957–1972 | WSHH, owned by Renda Broadcasting |
  
  ## NBC Blue Network stations
  
  * AM Station
  
  | City of license / Market | Station | Owned since | Current ownership |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | San Francisco, CA | KGO 810 | 1930–1943 | owned by Cumulus Media |
  | New York, NY | WJZ 770 ** | 1923–1943 | WABC, owned by Red Apple Media (John Catsimatidis) |
  | Chicago, IL | WENR 890 | 1931–1943 | defunct; merged into WLS in 1954 |
  | Washington, D.C. | WMAL 630 | 1934–1941 | WSBN, owned by Cumulus Media |
  
  ## Divestitures
  
  General Electric purchased NBC's parent company, RCA, in early 1986. With the purchase, GE announced intentions to sell off the entirety of NBC's radio group and RCA's non-broadcast holdings, the latter spun off to Bertelsmann and Thomson SA. After a planned sale of the entire radio unit to Westinghouse Broadcasting in early 1987 fell through, Westwood One acquired the programming assets of the NBC Radio Network—including NBC's radio news service, The Source and Talknet—in a $50 million deal on July 20, 1987.
  
  The NBC-owned radio stations were sold to various buyers. WMAQ was acquired by Westinghouse in November 1987. WNBC and WYNY in New York City, WKQX in Chicago, WJIB in Boston and KYUU in San Francisco were sold to Emmis Communications for a combined $121.5 million (equivalent to $301 million in 2022) on February 18, 1988. (As part of the deal, Emmis sold the licenses of their existing New York AM/FM combination, WFAN and WQHT, and transferred the intellectual properties of both stations onto WNBC and WYNY, respectively.) WKYS was sold to minority-controlled Albimar Communications on April 7, 1988, for $46.75 million (equivalent to $116 million in 2022). KNBR was the final radio property sold, with Susquehanna Radio Corporation purchasing it for $20 million (equivalent to $47.2 million in 2022) in March 1989.
  
  