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{{short description|Sports radio station in Youngstown, Ohio}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WBBW
| logo = WBBW SportsRadio1240 logo.png
| city = [[Youngstown, Ohio]]
| country = US
| area = [[Youngstown, Ohio]]<br>[[Sharon, Pennsylvania]]<br>[[Warren, Ohio]]
| branding = Sportsradio 1240
| frequency = {{frequency|1240|[[kilohertz|kHz]]}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1949|2|20|p=y|br=y}}
| format = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| power = 1,000 [[watt]]s unlimited
| class = C
| facility_id = 13667
| affiliations = {{ubl|[[Infinity Sports Network]]|[[Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network]]|[[Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network]]|[[Youngstown Phantoms]]}}
| owner = [[Cumulus Media]]
| sister_stations = [[WHOT-FM]], [[WLLF]], [[WPIC]], [[WQXK]], [[WRQX (AM)|WRQX]], [[WWIZ]], [[WYFM]]
| licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC
| coordinates = {{coord|41|4|50|N|80|38|54|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC}}
| webcast = {{listen live|https://player.listenlive.co/26771/}}
| website = {{url|https://wbbw.com}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WBBW''' (1240 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] in [[Youngstown, Ohio]], broadcasting a [[sports radio|sports]] [[radio format|format]]. The station carries the [[Infinity Sports Network]], much of it [[simulcast]] with co-owned 96.7 [[WLLF]].
WBBW is one of seven radio stations in the Youngstown market owned by [[Cumulus Media]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A selection from a decade of visits to tower and studio sites in the Northeast and beyond|url=https://www.fybush.com/sites/2006/site-061222.html|website=www.fybush.com}}</ref>  The [[radio studio]]s and offices are in "The Radio Center" in Youngstown. Prior to January 2, 2013, WBBW featured programming from [[ESPN Radio]].
WBBW carries the [[Mahoning Valley Scrappers]] in the [[collegiate summer baseball]] league.  WBBW and WLLF are also the Youngstown [[network affiliate|affiliate]]s of the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] and [[Pittsburgh Pirates]].
WBBW has been on the air since February 20, 1949.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Youngstown Vindicator - Google News Archive Search|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=pqgf-8x9CmQC&dat=19490220&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
{{AM station data|13667|WBBW}}
{{Youngstown Radio}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Ohio}}
{{Cumulus Media}}
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[[Category:CBS Sports Radio stations]]
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