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Category: 710 WOR
Gene Klavan, 710 WOR New York | 1978
Gene Klavan was a great radio artist who used every inch of Mr. Marconi’s audio stage to create great radio. He began his radio career in Baltimore and Washington, but came to New York to replace Gene Rayburn, who was leaving the popular duo of Rayburn and Finch on 1130 WNEW. From 1952…
Jean Shepherd Halloween Show ’72, 710 WOR New York | October 31, 1972
Jean Shepherd, is probably best known to many as the writer, & the narrator of the holiday classic, “A Christmas Story. Jean was a master story teller. Every night, on KYW in Cleveland, then on 710 WOR New York, Jean would spend an hour telling tales of his childhood & adolescent years. Shep (as his…
Bob & Ray FINAL SHOW, 710 WOR New York | April 30 1976
In 1946, Bob Elliott was a disc jockey on Boston’s WHDH, and Ray Goulding a newscaster on the same station. They would often visit with each other while on the air. Their informal banter was so appealing that WHDH would call on them, as a team, to fill in when Red Sox baseball broadcasts were…
Jean Shepherd, 710 WOR New York | Sept 21 1969
Even if you think you’ve never heard Jean Shepherd, you have! If you have ever seen the movie, “A Christmas Story,” you’ve heard Jean Shepherd! Jean wrote the story, and also narrated the movie as well. Jean was a story teller. Every night, on KYW in Cleveland, then on 710 WOR New York, Jean would…
Bob Grant, Final Show on 710 WOR New York | January 13, 2006
Courtesy of Contributor Ellis Feaster, we have the final show of the late Bob Grant, as heard on 710 WOR. This was recorded from WOR’s HD signal, so in addition to the talents of Mr. Grant, one also gets to hear how AM HD Radio sounds. A bit grainy, as with just about all the…
New York City Blackout – Radio Coverage | July 13, 1977 – Reloaded
July… Heat, Humidity, Hot Dogs… you know the drill. Often, especially in the Northeast, one of those cool fronts brings relief but they also bring trouble. This particular night in 1977 is remembered by nearly every New Yorker around back then. It started off as a miserably hot day, then a BIG storm front blew…
