Apr 6, 2025 · WNEW-AM, where the forms of modern radio were invented and made personal, existed within a community of broadcasters and listeners who shared in life’s events and now, share memories. This blog, exists to collect as many …

WNEW-AM, in 1992, played its last Sinatra song, presented its final newscast, and disappeared into the bogs and mists of radio history, mourned and admired still as the standard for broadcast excellence and as a model for being a living part of the neighborhoods within its …

Mar 22, 2025 · Generations of listeners got their first taste of the great composers, bands and vocalists from WNEW-AM. Indeed, they were hooked on the station’s sounds even after television became the dominant entertainment medium.

WNEW-AM, in 1992, played its last Sinatra song, presented its final newscast, and disappeared into the bogs and mists of radio history, mourned and admired still as the standard for broadcast excellence and as a model for being a living part of the neighborhoods within its reach, and beyond. We intend this space to help create a WNEW history ...

Now it’s WNEW AM &: FM bringing you the wonderful sound of “Music Round The Clock” . . .the complete coverage of “News Around The Clocks” . . .weather . . .time . . .traffic reports–enjoyable listening, worthwhile listening, 24 hours every day.

Aug 18, 2018 · WNEW-AM, where the forms of modern radio were invented and made personal, existed within a community of broadcasters and listeners who shared in life’s events and now, share memories. This blog, exists to collect as many …

New York, Dec. 2 —WNEW-AM / 1130 the 58-year old outlet for the music of Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Mel Torme and America’s greatest songwriters, died today after a long illness marked by financial losses, anemic rating, schizophrenic programming and the dismissal of practically every personality who made it special.

It was at 7pm, February 13, thirty-six years ago tonight, that President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a gold key in the White House, which transmitted an electronic impulse to New York City, which activated a broadcast transmitter and put WNEW on the air for the first time.

I am putting together a CD of “american standards’ for my dad on mp3 (as calls now can play them turning the car into a juke box. and have already used a couple on wnew jingles as bumpers. I am looking for william b. williams saying “good …

In an editorial aired on WVOX-AM and WRTN-FM, Bill O’Shaughnessy called, “Make Believe Ballroom,” “an oasis of style and taste” and William B., “an icon, properly restored.” The show continued until he passed away in 1986.