880 CBS will be going away from all news format

[MUTNAV]

880 CBS new york, A standard for news on the East coast, will be moving away from an all news format and transitioning to ESPN New York.

Journalism 'Headwinds' To End News Format On NYC's WCBS 880 - Radio Ink

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.

radioink.com

 

[popnokick]

Much to the delight of WINS 1010 / 92.3 I'm certain. But they don't have the Maine-to-Florida signal 880 does.

 

[a727469]

Yes, very sad. When we lived in NY and Ct. It was THE news station..then WINS pulled ahead. Still way up near the top in advertising revenue, but partly because it carried local sports. We can hear weakly during the day in Maine and solid at night.
Audacity radio is leasing the frequency to Good Karma Brands for ESPN sports use whatever that means. Not known what will happen to 1050..more here.

https://radiodiscussions.com/forums/new-york-city.702/

 

[MUTNAV]

For some reason I always enjoyed it more when far away.... I loved listening to the NYC weather while I was in Florida....

Other people were amazed that I could here local news from that far away.

If they go to just sports, hopefully they will reduce power, there is a Canadian station on 880 (in English and French last time I heard them) and another station in the Midwest that would be more entertaining.

Thanks
Joel

 

[a727469]

The radiodiscussions forum I mentioned above has actually become somewhat nasty with comments on wcbs etc. For some reason everyone there is an expert on the how and why this happened and they let you know. Still interesting reading for anyone with an understanding of NY radio history but don’t expect the same generally nice people we have on RR.
I too enjoyed them when we traveled to Florida and other locations. I do doubt that they will reduce power since that was probably one of the selling points in the leasing negotiation.