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WCBS 880 to end all-news format, ESPN to take over airwaves

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — WCBS 880, the AM radio ...
The New York Times

WCBS Had a Dramatic Start. Now It’s Coming to an End.

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 ...
Newsday

WCBS/880 AM, with laughter and sadness, celebrates its storied history with 3-hour special

WCBS/880 AM held its own wake Thursday, with a three-hour special that spanned decades and included a couple dozen current and former reporters, anchors and newsroom icons. The tone was celebratory — ...
Radio World

The Newsroom May Be Dark, but the Light of WCBS Lives On

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.