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, 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 ...

The radio industry and New York City were shocked on Monday morning to hear that WCBS-AM would be leaving its All-News format behind. Radio Ink reached out to those inside WCBS 880 and beyond to gauge ...

In a major shift for New York radio, the parent companies of WFAN and ESPN New York have agreed to a deal that will give ESPN New York a stronger signal while ending the nearly six-decade run of ...

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 ...

The New York radio scene is about to undergo a drastic change. After nearly 60 years, WCBS Newsradio 880 AM will come to an end as its parent company Audacy has reached a deal to license the frequency ...

For the first time since August 1967, radio listeners awoke Monday with news station WCBS 880 no longer on the dial. The 24-hour news outlet signed off after midnight and will now operate as an ESPN ...

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 ...

It was 5:18 p.m. and the Long Island Expressway was “just getting worse and worse,” Jim Feldman, the WCBS/880 AM afternoon traffic reporter, told his radio audience for not quite the last time one ...

After more than a half-century of serving New York City with all-News programming and information, 880 WCBS-AM will be leaving the format as Audacy hands the heritage station to Craig Karmazin’s Good ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...