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PJMcK

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4. I'll miss WCBS

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Aug 23, 2024, 08:17 AM

Aug 2024

I’ve listened to it since I was a kid. It inspired me to go into radio news which was my first job.

WCBS gave me countless traffic and weather reports. Their anchors are like old friends.

I guess news radio doesn’t have the audience it once had.

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WCBS-AM R.I.P. [View all] no_hypocrisy Aug 2024 OP

What? But, but, but, I listen to them from northern Virginia. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 #1

Ironically, 1050 was the frequency that WEVD ceded to ESPN 23 years ago. no_hypocrisy Aug 2024 #3

RIP WCBS newsradio vishnura Aug 2024 #2

I'll miss WCBS PJMcK Aug 2024 #4