NEW YORK - There was a reunion on the radio Thursday, with familiar names and voices. Dozens of current and former staffers at WCBS 880 joined a special on-air tribute as the all-news radio station ...
Jesse Zanger is the managing editor of CBSNewYork.com. Jesse has previously worked for the Fox News Channel and Spectrum News NY1. He covers regional news around the Tri-State Area, with a particular ...
The news radio mainstay is turning its airwaves over to ESPN, ending its continuous coverage of the five boroughs. The Mets broadcasts will remain. By Corey Kilgannon Since New York City’s 2003 ...
For the first time since August 1967, radio listeners awoke Monday with news station WCBS 880 no longer on the dial. The 24-hour news outlet signed off after midnight and will now operate as an ESPN ...
WCBS, News Radio 880 AM, has a deep history in New York City and the suburbs. News broke Monday that the station as it's been known will be no longer. Here's a look at how it got started and a ...
A nearly 60-year-old local news source for New York and New Jersey will be shelved later this month as a new contract begins between two media companies. WCBS 880, an AM radio station that dates back ...
Almost nobody wins by WCBS-AM getting vaporized from the New York radio airwaves. For 57 years, 880 AM has been newsradio for the tristate area. Now it’s ESPN Radio, and while some of the WCBS-AM ...
WCBS 880 radio will send its final transmission at midnight — after 57 years of delivering breaking crime news, political happenings and subway delays to New Yorkers, many of whom now rely on apps.
In a heartfelt sign-off underscored by childhood memories and John Lennon’s “Imagine,” Wayne Cabot, speaking on behalf of WCBS 880, challenged listeners to continue supporting local news as a staple ...
In a major shift for New York radio, the parent companies of WFAN and ESPN New York have agreed to a deal that will give ESPN New York a stronger signal while ending the nearly six-decade run of ...
Twelve months after his 18-year run at all-news WCBS/880 AM came to an abrupt end, Levon Putney is back in front of a mic. That long run no fluke, he's got a voice for radio — smooth and melodic — ...