The final moments of NBC Radio 66 and the first moments of WFAN which moved from 1050 to 660. The Right Reverend Doctor Billy Sol Hargis starts the show.
And we're now seeing an almost-repeat of this, with WCBS Newsradio 880 about to cease to exist after August 26, 2024 while ESPN Radio takes over the dial. In short, you have a case of TWO "legacy stations" with storied histories and heritage being knocked out in this way. WCBS (AM) 880 (1924-2024)
2:37 The last voice ever heard on WNBC radio was, ironically, a voice familiar to many ABC radio listeners - Roger Grimsby. He had recently been ousted after a long run at WABC-TV, and was reporting live for WNBC-TV at that very moment.
My favorite memories of WNBC came from listening to Big Jay Sorensen's "Time Machine". I've lived in West Virginia all my life, and Jay would razz me about being a hillbilly. He said New Yorkers got a kick out of my southern accent when he'd put me on the air with a request. Wouldn't trade those days for being president, le'me tell ya! I still like 66AM as WFAN.
Actually the radio station itself overall is 100 but NBC only owned the station between 1926-1988. At&T launched the station as WEAF RCA later bought the station a few years later, then it became WNBC in 1946 then WFAN since 1988. Though it was called WRCA from 1954-60. Point is the station itself is 100 just that they didn't kept the same call letters, owners or format in those 100 years.
