RIP News Radio 88 (New York)

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https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/wcbs-880-radio-ending-whsq-starting/

 

"Traffic and weather together, on the eights, here's Neal Busch..."

 

"WCBS news time 8:45, and for information on sports, here's Bill Schweitzer"

 

"At City Hall, Rich Lamb, News Radio 88"

 

"The Gowanus/BQE combination"

 

"An now, a News Radio 88 business report, here's Ken Prewitt, financial correspondent for Money Magazine"

 

 

 

 

 

[Commish]

I'm about as old as News Radio 88, and heard it all the time growing up. You nicely captured the feel of the station - I was forever like: "what's the Gowanus"? Memories

[Augie]

I saw the title and thought of the TV show News Radio. That was a great and very underrated show. The tragic loss of Phil Hartman wasn’t easy to overcome. 

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22 minutes ago, Commish said:

I was forever like: "what's the Gowanus"?

 

It ranks up there with the Elmhurst gas tanks:

 

 

[US Egg]

I flashed to my early discovering of Art Bell…..boy, was I gullible.