WBNS-FM – branded 97.1 The Fan – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to serve Columbus, Ohio, and services the Columbus metropolitan area. Owned by Tegna Inc., it and WBNS are the only two radio stations currently owned by Tegna; the studios for both stations are co-located with WBNS-TV on Twin Rivers Drive west of Downtown Columbus, adjacent to WBNS-FM's transmitter tower.
WBNS-FM transmission tower (right), next to the WBNS-TV tower.
WBNS-TV is a television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside the company's sole radio properties, WBNS and WBNS-FM (97.1). The stations share studios on Twin Rivers Drive west of Downtown Columbus, where WBNS-TV's transmitter is also located.
Former WBNS-TV broadcast tower (left), next to the candelabra tower from which WBNS-TV and WBNS-FM now broadcast. WCMH-TV and most of Columbus' FM radio stations also broadcast from the candelabra tower.
WBNS-TV studios in 2021. The studio also houses WBNS-AM/FM.
Comedian Jonathan Winters, then known as Johnny Winters, promoting Gambrinus Beer in the early 1950s for August Wagner Breweries, Inc. on WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio.