WCSB (FM)
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| Broadcast area | Greater Cleveland |
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| Frequency | 89.3 MHz |
| Branding | JazzNEO |
| Programming | |
| Format | Jazz |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Cleveland State University |
| Operator | Ideastream |
| History | |
First air date | May 10, 1976 |
Call sign meaning | "Cleveland State Broadcasting" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 65553 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 630 watts |
| HAAT | 62 meters (203 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°30′12.00″N 81°40′30.00″W / 41.5033333°N 81.6750000°W |
| Repeater | 90.3-HD2 WCLV (Cleveland) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | ideastream |
WCSB (89.3 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, featuring a mainstream jazz format known as "JazzNEO". Owned by Cleveland State University (CSU) and operated by Ideastream Public Media, WCSB serves much of Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio as an affiliate of NPR, Public Radio Exchange and the WFMT Jazz Network. WCSB's studios are located at the Idea Center in Downtown Cleveland, while the transmitter resides atop Rhodes Tower on the CSU campus. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WCSB is available online and simulcast on the second HD Radio subchannel of WCLV (90.3 FM).
From its 1976 establishment until October 2025, WCSB operated with a campus radio and free-form format programmed largely by CSU students.