NEW YORK -- WCBS Newsradio 880 is signing off for good, ending almost 60
years of broadcasting news in New York City.

The all-news format and WCBS call letters will be retired when 880 AM
shifts to sports radio and relaunches as ESPN New York and WHSQ-AM
effective Aug. 26, the radio station's owner Audacy announced.

Audacy also owns 1010 WINS@92.3 FM, which will maintain its all-news format.

New York Mets games will continue to air on 880 AM and stream on the
Audacy app, the company said.
WCBS 880's run ends after nearly 60 years

WCBS 880's news team narrated history and chronicled change in the city
over the course of more than 50 years. It first went on air as an
all-news station in August 1967 -- way before the era of getting
headlines on a smartphone.

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

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On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:56:40 -0400, "David L. P. Solimano"
<david@solimano.org> wrote:

WCBS 880's news team narrated history and chronicled change in the city
over the course of more than 50 years. It first went on air as an
all-news station in August 1967 --- way before the era of getting
headlines on a smartphone.

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

This was "way before the era of" cellphones or even 8-track tape
players.

All-news radio

In 1960 KJBS radio in San Francisco, California, became KFAX and
changed formats from a blend of music, news, and sports to trial the
concept of a "newspaper of the air". The call letters reflected the
word facts. However, this experiment proved unsuccessful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-news_radio

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