WBCB 1490 AM

WBCB 1490 AM broadcasts on 1490.0 AM from Levittown, United States, and streams live on Tuninga Radio.

This radio station specializes in News, Talk, Oldies, Community music.

An AM broadcast station licensed at 1490 kHz, serving Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and surrounding areas of suburban Philadelphia. Programming blends news, talk, music, and local sports coverage. The station began broadcasting on December 8, 1957, under the ownership of Drew J.T. O'Keefe, a Main Line attorney who retained ownership until his death in the late 1980s. Notable personalities from the station's early years include Bill Bircher and Horace Greely McNabb. Since 1992, the station has been co-owned by local businessman Pasquale T. Deon Jr. and veteran Philadelphia Eagles broadcaster Merrill Reese, who was himself a WBCB alumnus earlier in his career. Current on-air personalities include Merrill Reese, public address announcer Dan Baker, former Philadelphia Phillies player Greg Luzinski, and program director Ted Efaw, among others. The station's alumni roster includes news anchor Vince Reed, who served for over 40 years, and Jerry Angert, who served as general manager, program director, and morning host from 1989 to 1991. Specialty programming includes the "Pro Football Report with Merrill Reese," "Monday Night Kickoff," "Afternoons with Steve Lawlor," and "Pro Wrestling Weekly."