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8 unusual facts about WNEW-FM


Automatic Baby

The following year, Maryland alternative radio station WHFS released a compilation of performances from its Just Passin' Thru program, and included the track.

Curt Chaplin

He began his career as a radio news and sports reporter in New York City in the 1970s, later becoming a New York radio personality, working with Howard Cosell, Don Imus, Howard Stern and many others, and was the sports reporter/sidekick on WNEW-FM's popular Rock 'n Roll Morning Show from 1986-1991.

Dennis Elsas

On July 11, 1971, Elsas launched what would become a 25-plus year career at WNEW-FM in New York City.

Jepetto

Hailing from Annapolis, Maryland, Jepetto exploded onto the D.C./Baltimore scene when they won the WHFS Big Break Contest in 1999 and played the main stage at the prestigious HFStival.

Leo Steiner

Mark Simone, a radio personality at WNEW-FM reminisced that "The Carnegie used to be a party every afternoon, and the reason was Leo Steiner... You could go there any afternoon and sit with celebrities. Now it's just not happening. And a lot of those people are coming to the Stage".

Quacky Duck and His Barnyard Friends

The single "The Barnyard Song" received a smattering of airplay on WNEW-FM and the band had a national television appearance on The Mike Douglas Show.

WNEW

WNEW-FM, a radio station (99.1 FM) licensed to Bowie, Maryland, United States, which has carried the WNEW-FM callsign since 2011

WRNR-FM

Afternoon Drive is hosted by longtime radio personality (WHFS and New York's "K-Rock" and WDRE) Bob Waugh.


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Al DeRogatis

Prior to joining NBC, DeRogatis had begun his broadcasting career working with Marty Glickman on New York football Giants radio broadcasts on WNEW-AM from 1960 through 1965.

Alan Burke

Alan S. Burke (September 15, 1922 - August 25, 1992) was an American conservative television and radio talk show host who was on the air primarily in New York City from 1966 to 1969 on WNEW (now Fox Broadcasting O&O WNYW).

Bob McAllister

McAllister was concurrently brought in as host of the syndicated popular show Wonderama, produced by WNEW-TV, to replace the departing Sonny Fox.

Cameo Theatre

:I came out and got a job in the WNEW radio station in New York, as what we called a continuity writer, which paid enough, I suppose, to eat.

Chip Cipolla

A graduate of Fordham University, class of 1950, Mr. Cipolla worked for 19 years at WNEW Radio.

Good Morning, World

The show's creators were Carl Reiner, Sheldon Leonard, Bill Persky, and Sam Denoff, all of whom had worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, and was inspired by Persky & Denoff's personal experiences working as continuity writers for several disc jockeys on radio station WNEW in New York during the 1950s.

Jersey's Talking

Leonard worked previously for CBS Sports’ The NFL Today, NBC Sports, ABC Talk Radio, WNBC-AM, WABC-AM, WNEW-TV’s Midday Live and Sports Extra, and CNBC.

Kyle Rote

Following his playing career, Rote served as the Giants backfield coach and was sports broadcaster for WNEW radio, NBC, and WNBC New York.

Mark Lesly

While studying acting at New York University, an open-casting call looking for short, fair-haired, physically fit young men in their late teens or early 20s aired on WNEW radio.

Mark Simone

1982–1992 — WNEW Simone hosted the afternoon show from 3-7 p.m., featuring a mix of celebrity interviews and standards music.

Pat Harper

Beginning in 1979, she was paired on the 10 P.M. edition with Bill Jorgensen, who had just left WNEW-TV.

Red Pajamas Records

The next two Red Pajamas releases of Goodman's music were compilations drawn from the earlier Asylum material, followed by a two-disc retrospective with both live and studio cuts (No Big Surprise.) In 1996 The Easter Tapes was released, a live album edited from a series of performances taped by DJ Vin Scelsa at New York radio station WNEW-FM in the 1970s.

Sea and Sand

While not released as a single, the song gained significant airplay on progressive rock radio; Richard Neer of WNEW-FM in New York labeled it the album's best.

That Happy Feeling

In New York City, Sandy Becker used it as the theme for his local program on WNEW and in Southern California, the song was used between children's programs during the early days of KBSC Corona/Los Angeles.

The Radio Chick

In 1999, Gold was one of the first hosts on NYC station WNEW's hot talk format change.

WNEW

WBBR, a radio station (1130 AM) licensed to New York, New York, United States, which carried the WNEW callsign from 1934 to 1992

WWFS, a radio station (102.7 FM) licensed to New York, New York, United States, which carried the WNEW-FM callsign from 1958 to 2007

WUUB, a radio station (106.3 FM) licensed to Jupiter, Florida, United States, which carried the WNEW callsign from 2007 to 2011

WNYW, a television station (channel 5) licensed to New York, New York, United States, which carried the WNEW-TV callsign from 1958 to 1986


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