 WMBS filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission in August 2016 for an FM translator on 101.1 MHz  The application was granted on August 28, 2016 and WMBS put translator W266DB on the air in April 2017.WMBS is an affiliate of Westwood One/Dial Global "Adult Standards" nostalgia format, and has been an affiliate of the CBS radio news network for virtually its entire existence.WMBS is the only station in the Pittsburgh Radio Market to carry the CBS World News roundup which celebrated its 70th Anniversary on the air in 2008.