Happy 25th Anniversary, WFAN

[DToTheJ]

Here's a retrospective of how the station got on the air in the first place, as well as some of the highlights - and lowlights (read: the first year) of the station's first 25 years on the air - in text form:
http://sportsrantz.com/media/2012/06/24/wfan-25th-anniversary/

Some of the information in this piece is from an interview with Jeff Smulyan, founder of Emmis, the original owner of WFAN:
http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=2478155&spid=24698

 

[DToTheJ]

Not to be outdone, the New York Daily News' David Hinckley also has an account of how far WFAN has come since its early days. Joel Hollander, who was at WFAN at the time, admitted it was "close... to folding" after nearly a year on the air. Of course, this was while it was still at its original home of 1050.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...rts-article-1.1104101?localLinksEnabled=false

 

[disney fanatic]

This happened 25 years ago tomorrow that WHN dumped country on 1050 to become WFAN, and the rest is history, WFAN was born. Here's to WFAN for 25 incredible years, congratulations!!!!

http://formatchange.com/1050-whn-flips-from-country-to-all-sports-wfan/

 

[DToTheJ]

Audio: Chris Russo on Mike Francesa's 25th anniversary show:
http://sportsrantz.com/media/2012/0...mike-francesa-on-wfans-25th-anniversary-show/

Audio/Video: Don Imus appears on WFAN for the first time since he was fired in 2007:
http://sportsrantz.com/media/2012/0...mike-francesa-on-wfans-25th-anniversary-show/

 

[BruceS8852]

I was listening to Boomer and Carton at about 9:30 when Joel Hollander phoned in. Although it is "water under the bridge" I shut off my radio since I did not want to listen to that low life after he orchestrated the events of 6/3/05.

Bruce

 

[DToTheJ]

I was able to capture the entire six-hour show, unscoped. Now I wonder how many people are able to download from this link.
https://sizablesend.com/file/index.php?id=b40xp0

 

[Eye The Ticker]

I can clearly remember listening and recording the switch from 66 WNBC to 66 WFAN. Alan Colmes was the last personality to be heard on 'NBC. Hard to believe it's been 25 years.

 

[RadioMan203]

I can clearly remember listening and recording the switch from 66 WNBC to 66 WFAN. Alan Colmes was the last personality to be heard on 'NBC. Hard to believe it's been 25 years.

A group of us gathered in the newsroom at the station I worked at to listen to those final moments and the transition of 660 AM to Sports radio. It was revolutionary for the time and a testament that they're still plugging away a quarter century later.

I still have that audio on a 10 minute cart! I wish I got the transition on 1050 but from what I remember the 1050 switch had a technical issue and programming didn't start for a time.