WBNS (1460 kHz) — branded as The Fan 2 — is a commercial AM radio station in Columbus, Ohio. The station broadcasts a sports talk format and carries BetMGM and Westwood One programming. It is one of three radio station properties of Nexstar Media Group, a company that primarily owns television stations (and is the largest owner of television stations in the U.S.). Under common ownership with WBNS-FM (97.1 MHz), WBNS-TV (channel 10), and WCMH-TV (channel 4), all three of the WBNS outlets maintain studios and offices on Twin Rivers Drive, near Downtown Columbus; WBNS (AM)'s transmitter tower is located in East Columbus.
History
The station was first authorized, as WCAH, on May 13, 1922, and was originally owned by the Entrekin Electric Company of Columbus.[1] The Wolfe family, owners of The Columbus Dispatch, bought the station in 1929 and in January 1934 changed the calls to the present WBNS–[2]