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 ...

After more than a half-century of serving New York City with all-News programming and information, 880 WCBS-AM will be leaving the format as Audacy hands the heritage station to Craig Karmazin’s Good ...

WCBS 880 AM, one of New York's leading news radio channels for nearly 60 years, will be replaced with ESPN New York on Aug. 26, as 1010 WINS becomes the main radio station for real-time news coverage ...

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 ...

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.

It has been a little more than a week since all-news WCBS/880 AM, a staple of New York radio for 57 years, went dark, transforming itself into all-sports WHSQ. WCBS' demise was just the latest ...

Dana Tyler and Dick Brennan, who anchor the 6 p.m. news at WCBS New York, will depart the anchor desk at the end of March. Maurice DuBois and Kristine Johnson, who anchor at 5 and 11 p.m., will take ...

This is the story of a station whose transmitter for two decades sat on an island — arguably the most famous such “island station,” WCBS 880. The non-directional 50,000 watt powerhouse station, now ...

When the drought finally snapped for a few hours the other day, WCBS-FM morning host Scott Shannon indulged his mischievous inner 12-year-old. He played “Rhythm of the Rain” by the Cascades, a No. 3 ...

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.