11-1-2012
For 25 years, four months and one day, WFAN made its radio home solely on the AM dial. Today was the first day the station was heard on FM. At 12:01 a.m., WFAN launched its simulcast on 101.9 FM. Appropriately, the first voice heard was Suzyn Waldman. Waldman was a guest of Steve Somers. She was one of the first voices ever heard on the station 25 years ago. She told Somers, ?Thanks for having me do this. This was fun. It?s just very exciting.?
Last month, CBS radio announced it had signed a definitive agreement to purchase 101.9 FM from Merlin Media for $75 million. WFAN pioneered the all-sports format when it launched on July 1, 1987, becoming the first radio station where listeners could hear and talk about sports 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's the flagship station for the New York Giants, New York Mets, Brooklyn Nets and New Jersey Devils.
(11/2/2012 2:30:30 PM)
It might be a good idea to pipe the
stations into every restaurant bar college bus office subway car daycare center library stock exchange bathroom attic homeless shelter operating room some of us might not have radios AM or FM
(11/2/2012 11:37:10 AM)
Aww Bill is somebody still butt hurt that their precious New Rock 101.9 went off the air? (11/2/2012 11:00:32 AM)
Yes, as they search for bodies along the storm-devastated coast, nothing is more important than making sure sports fans can hear WFAN on FM!
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