The author is a broadcast technology consultant who, most recently, was CTO of WAMU in Washington, DC. He was previously market chief for CBS Radio New York and began there as an engineer at WCBS 880.

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 ...

At 12:01a, WCBS-AM signed off the air after more than fifty years of delivering news to New York City. There to mark the end of the era was station anchor Wayne Cabot, who recalled the great names ...

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 ...

After almost 60 years, WCBS 880 AM is signing off the air at midnight tonight leaving listeners with only 1010 WINS to serve the tri-state area as the region’s only all-news station, multiple media ...

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.

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 ...

WCBS/880 AM will wrap 57 years as a beloved all-news New York broadcast institution Monday morning at 12:01, but those six eventful decades will first be celebrated in a three-hour "commemorative ...

The all-news station has been on the air for nearly 57 years. Its debut was held up when a stolen plane crashed into the station’s transmitter. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll ...

After decades of working alongside WCBS-AM 880 in New York, Mike Francesa is saddened to see WFAN’s sister station go. Earlier this week, Andrew Marchand of The Athletic reported that WFAN’s parent ...

Craig Allen has worked at weather forecasting since he was a 17-year-old senior at Farmingdale High, and has been paid to do it for the past 43 years — all of those for WCBS/880 AM newsradio, which ...

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 ...