Jesse Zanger is the managing editor of CBSNewYork.com. Jesse has previously worked for the Fox News Channel and Spectrum News NY1. He covers regional news around the Tri-State Area, with a particular ...

WCBS, News Radio 880 AM, has a deep history in New York City and the suburbs. News broke Monday that the station as it's been known will be no longer. Here's a look at how it got started and a ...

A nearly 60-year-old local news source for New York and New Jersey will be shelved later this month as a new contract begins between two media companies. WCBS 880, an AM radio station that dates back ...

When we think of news deserts, we tend to envision Midwestern towns without newspapers. But there are other news channels besides newspapers. One is radio. And urban areas can be just as bereft when ...

In a heartfelt sign-off underscored by childhood memories and John Lennon’s “Imagine,” Wayne Cabot, speaking on behalf of WCBS 880, challenged listeners to continue supporting local news as a staple ...

WCBS 880 radio will send its final transmission at midnight — after 57 years of delivering breaking crime news, political happenings and subway delays to New Yorkers, many of whom now rely on apps.

WCBS 880 AM, one of New York's leading news radio channels for nearly 60 years, will be replaced with ESPN New York on Aug. 26, as 1010 WINS becomes the main radio station for real-time news coverage ...

Twelve months after his 18-year run at all-news WCBS/880 AM came to an abrupt end, Levon Putney is back in front of a mic. That long run no fluke, he's got a voice for radio — smooth and melodic — ...

WCBS/880 AM will wrap 57 years as a beloved all-news New York broadcast institution Monday morning at 12:01, but those six eventful decades will first be celebrated in a three-hour "commemorative ...