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WGBB
WGBB (1240 AM) is a radio station licensed to Freeport, New York and serves the South Shore of Nassau County and the South Shore of Babylon Town in Suffolk County, New York. It is Long Island's oldest radio station, founded in 1924. It broadcasts the Mandarin-language "Chinese Radio Network" on weekdays, and various English language religious and ethnic programs on weekends. The studio is located in Merrick, New York and its transmitter is located in Freeport, former location of the studio.
to outfit WGBB with a new frequency and a power increase to 50,000 watts to fill the need for another major coastal signal. Staffers, disheartened by these unusual choices, knew that Carman and program director Ada Cheesman did not have the competence or assets to accomplish such a transformation.
Under Fitzgerald’s direction WGBB began to attract big-league national sponsors because sale of commercial announcements on WGBB/WGSM were made in combination, accounting for a revenue surge. Fitzgerald connected his stations with broadcast telephone lines establishing “The Long Island