I grew up in Brooklyn NY in the 1960s and 1970s. I remember hearing Jim Donnelly and Lou Adler doing news, Neil Bush in the traffic helicopter, Gordon Barnes on weather and Win Elliott/Spencer Ross on sports. I will miss this iconic radio station. My mother would turn on the radio to WCBS and that's how my brothers and I knew that it was time to go to school. Now, as a truck driver, WCBS was how I navigated into NYC. I am completely choked up. Some of those names are LEGENDARY. WCBS. Gone but NEVER forgotten.
Thank you for posting this. I was away and was not able to hear live. The final seconds gave me chills. The WCBS jingle was part of the soundtrack of my life.
We've lost so many New York radio stations we grew up with, Smooth Jazz CD-101.9, 98.7 Kiss FM, 93.5 WVIP, 95.5 WPLJ and now WCBS 880. This is a heartbreaking day for millions of us native New Yorkers. 💔
Thanks for the upload. I'm just outside of Detroit, where I would regularly catch WCBS at night. Our CBS/Audacy station looks to be safe (WWJ), but it still sucks to see a stalwart go.
WCBS had a better overall signal in outlying areas versus WINS, owing to its non directional signal. It sucks but at least Audacy allowed special shows to air to celebrate the history, which is a rarity these days. This clip will be played decades from now and that’s why recording the history like this is important.
Just listened to this on two of my favorite zenith radios. Cannot believe we lost 880 so soon. I thought it would outlast us all… A NY staple, I’ve been an 88 guy over WINS all my life. We lost 66 NBC, CBS, now ABC is the last of the big 3 with a call sign in New York. (Aside from cbs fm 101 but still not an AM flagship station) Very saddening.
Thank you for posting. This is so very sad. No more neutral news and in depth coverage. No more local information necessary for the trip state area. Exceptional talents, exceptional broadcasts. For SPORTS?! More competition, conflict and unnessary division for our already troubled society. How sad. What a shame.
I remember "Let's Find Out" on Sunday nights on WCBS. They would discuss issues in New York City each week. Just one of many great programs they broadcast over the years. WCBS is a great loss.❤
Listened it’s last second ever of broadcasting, and heard espn ny sign on… It feels so sad, and I’m not even from NY! No matter where you live, you will feel sad if a station lasting for so many decades signs off We will miss you wcbs, one of America’s most well known stations, and at night, covered all of eastern North America
@@misterhardee I live in NYC so I could hear WCBS and WINS any time but when I was a kid, I used to love DXing on my transistor radio and listening to stations late at night up and down the east coast and into the Midwest. WKBW, WOWO, WWVA, WBBM, WSB, WBZ, et al. I even kept a list of the call letters and frequencies I heard. Nice memories.
I was using a old radio I grew up with to listen to this. I grew up with WCBS, especially during my childhood and teen years back in the 90's and early 2000's. Truly was a sad moment in radio history.... I'm still mad ESPN aired right after that....
Did you honestly think ESPN wasn't gonna go live soon as midnight switched over? This is ESPN we're talking about. At least there was a respectable amount of silence after Wayne Cabot signed off. I'm sure it was planned that way but it worked.
Excellent 11 minutes of youtube documenting news radio 88 end of an era. I grew up with this station, every moring while I lived in Manhatten I listen for the daily weather before school, Thats all we cared about back then, and then we grew up and tuned in for traffic and news. Moon landing, presidential results, 911........... Imagine a world without news radio 880....................🥲❤👁
KGO in San Francisco went to sports radio a while ago. Looks as if most of the major markets will have just one news station in their respective markets. So long WCBS😢
In the span of 12 days, we lost 900 CHML, Hamilton, Canada, and WCBS-AM. CHML broadcasted for 97 years before Corus Entertainment shut it down on August 14th, and WCBS had its all-news format for 57 years before Audacy, damn you Audacy, cut the format in favour of WHSQ, ESPN 880. Rest in peace WCBS-AM, gone too soon.
@jaycemacinnis2228: CHML is no longer broadcasting either?? I live in NYC but I would often listen to CHML via TuneIn Radio. Good station. What a shame.
As an on-air radio refugee no longer employable but who nonetheless dedicated myself to the radio arts, this is truly sad. As my career progressed and my focus shifted from spinning records and producing spots to a concentration on news, WCBS 880 was the standard for presentation and content that I consistently looked to and tried in my own small way to emulate.
Wow, the sounders and voiceovers sound just like what was used at WTOP here in the Washington DC area years ago, I know WTOP has a partnership with CBS radio but the sounders are different today then 8 years ago and I miss hearing them.
I remember taking a road trip to Lancaster County, PA and still getting WCBS 880 on the car radio. Was able to listen to Yankees baseball there when it used to be on WCBS
RIP WCBS 880... It's so sad that this radio station went off the air. Local news is declining. Now there's one less real news radio station in NYC that gives you the latest news without sensationalism and hyper-partisan bias. Look on the bright side, at least 1010 WINS is still on the air. Thank you to everyone at WCBS and Audacy (including its predecessor CBS Radio) for keeping New Yorkers and everyone else around the world who tuned in online informed.
I actually thought something was wrong with my radio in my car the other day when 880 did not come in and some sports station was on - I loved WCBS 880 - and had not listened to my radio as much lately since I worked from home. I will miss this station been listening since late 80's- very sad day indeed
WKCW 1420 AM the big "K" -never forget. WPEN 950 AM- station of the stars- never forget WCAU 98.1 hot hits WJJZ 106.1 smooth jazz 99.1 WHFS Alt Rock WDRE 103.9 Alt Rock WINC-FM 92.5 (Barry Lee) WWDB 96.5 Talk radio WPST 97.5 (Mel Toxic) WYSP 94.1 classic rock WMGK 102.9 (Harvey) WEAZ 101.1 EZ101 106.1 The Eagle! So many stations make up my love of music. So many personalities. Introduced me to the classics like Sid Mark spinning "Sundays with ...Sinatra" My life reflects these different genres over the years of what I was listening to and what I was wearing and who I loved. When these stations change format it chips away at our personal history and is a constant reminder of how short life is. Sad to see things we loved change into something else. The feeling of loss is overwhelming. Time keeps on ticking ticking... Into the future.
Even NYC does not need two all news stations. 1010 WINS does a fine job and since Audacy is broke, they needed to do with one of them. Will miss hearing Wayne Cabot and Steve Scott reading the news during rush hour. It's strange not to hear the WCBS call sign anymore on 880.
WCBS could be heard in the mid-west (and probably further) at night. Corporate radio rules the airways. Political talk or ESPN from one end of the dial to the other.
WCBS gave you NEWS not sensationalism. Hearing this made me cry. I grew up with these guys. Who could forget tuning in to hear school closings???
While I was more of a 1010 WINS person, CBS 880 was still great whenever I listened to it, and losing it absolutely sucks.
I grew up in Brooklyn NY in the 1960s and 1970s. I remember hearing Jim Donnelly and Lou Adler doing news, Neil Bush in the traffic helicopter, Gordon Barnes on weather and Win Elliott/Spencer Ross on sports. I will miss this iconic radio station. My mother would turn on the radio to WCBS and that's how my brothers and I knew that it was time to go to school. Now, as a truck driver, WCBS was how I navigated into NYC. I am completely choked up. Some of those names are LEGENDARY. WCBS. Gone but NEVER forgotten.
Since 9/11, I’ve listened to 88 ONLY on my hour commute to and from work. This is a really hard ending for me. Thanks folks… you are/were the best
I am a radio enthusiast and so I come here to hear again and again the final words of WCBS 880 AM.
Thank you for posting this. I was away and was not able to hear live. The final seconds gave me chills. The WCBS jingle was part of the soundtrack of my life.
Ever time I watch this over and over again, the final seconds always give me chills.
Thank you for posting this. So sad that the NYC area is losing such a staple.
We've lost so many New York radio stations we grew up with, Smooth Jazz CD-101.9, 98.7 Kiss FM, 93.5 WVIP, 95.5 WPLJ and now WCBS 880.
This is a heartbreaking day for millions of us native New Yorkers. 💔
Also, wrfm 105 and wpat 95
Don’t forget 102.7 WNEW
Dont forget WBLS, Frankie Crocker😢
KROCK/Alt 92.3, WLIR 92.7, and for those of us who live in the Hudson Valley, WFAS 104.7.
@@tessfenmore6180 Well at least 1010 WINS is still here😮
Thank you for capturing this - I was disappointed that I missed it last night
Thanks for the upload. I'm just outside of Detroit, where I would regularly catch WCBS at night. Our CBS/Audacy station looks to be safe (WWJ), but it still sucks to see a stalwart go.
In the evenings when the signal switched over, I could pick up WCBS in Durham, NC, and it was clearer than some of the local stations.
WCBS had a better overall signal in outlying areas versus WINS, owing to its non directional signal. It sucks but at least Audacy allowed special shows to air to celebrate the history, which is a rarity these days. This clip will be played decades from now and that’s why recording the history like this is important.
R.I.P. WCBS 880, without you this world slowly falls into chaos.🕯️ 📰 🕯️
It covered major events throughout the years like 9/11, the recession and the covid 19 pandemic
@@Frankieefootballmundial indeed. Such a shame that audacy shut it all down.... :(
Yep, eff Audacy.
Just listened to this on two of my favorite zenith radios. Cannot believe we lost 880 so soon.
I thought it would outlast us all… A NY staple, I’ve been an 88 guy over WINS all my life. We lost 66 NBC, CBS, now ABC is the last of the big 3 with a call sign in New York. (Aside from cbs fm 101 but still not an AM flagship station) Very saddening.
At least we still have 1010 wins...
Thank you for posting this.
Thank you for posting. This is so very sad. No more neutral news and in depth coverage. No more local information necessary for the trip state area. Exceptional talents, exceptional broadcasts. For SPORTS?! More competition, conflict and unnessary division for our already troubled society. How sad. What a shame.
I knew the sign off was coming, but it still hit me like a ton of bricks. 9:35 in is where it happens.
I remember "Let's Find Out" on Sunday nights on WCBS. They would discuss issues in New York City each week. Just one of many great programs they broadcast over the years. WCBS is a great loss.❤
Listened it’s last second ever of broadcasting, and heard espn ny sign on… It feels so sad, and I’m not even from NY! No matter where you live, you will feel sad if a station lasting for so many decades signs off
We will miss you wcbs, one of America’s most well known stations, and at night, covered all of eastern North America
@@misterhardee I live in NYC so I could hear WCBS and WINS any time but when I was a kid, I used to love DXing on my transistor radio and listening to stations late at night up and down the east coast and into the Midwest. WKBW, WOWO, WWVA, WBBM, WSB, WBZ, et al. I even kept a list of the call letters and frequencies I heard. Nice memories.
@@cak813 Had you ever caught WGN, WSCR, WLS
@@misterhardee WGN and WLS yes. WSCR no.
I was using a old radio I grew up with to listen to this. I grew up with WCBS, especially during my childhood and teen years back in the 90's and early 2000's. Truly was a sad moment in radio history.... I'm still mad ESPN aired right after that....
Did you honestly think ESPN wasn't gonna go live soon as midnight switched over? This is ESPN we're talking about. At least there was a respectable amount of silence after Wayne Cabot signed off. I'm sure it was planned that way but it worked.
Wow, thanks so much for posting!
This country’s weird obsession with sports boggles my mind.
WEll, it's like a good friend of mine said sarcastically, "what we need is another sports station...." Bread and circuses
Wow, I listened to this station on my drive to work in Toronto Canada.
Excellent 11 minutes of youtube documenting news radio 88 end of an era. I grew up with this station, every moring while I lived in Manhatten I listen for the daily weather before school, Thats all we cared about back then, and then we grew up and tuned in for traffic and news. Moon landing, presidential results, 911........... Imagine a world without news radio 880....................🥲❤👁
Thank you for recording this
KGO in San Francisco went to sports radio a while ago. Looks as if most of the major markets will have just one news station in their respective markets. So long WCBS😢
Well now news can be found on social media which can be toxic and misleading
A heartless decision.
Very, VERY sad day. I'm crying about it. Wayne Cabots' outro was surreal
Do you know if this was live or pre-recorded?
In the span of 12 days, we lost 900 CHML, Hamilton, Canada, and WCBS-AM. CHML broadcasted for 97 years before Corus Entertainment shut it down on August 14th, and WCBS had its all-news format for 57 years before Audacy, damn you Audacy, cut the format in favour of WHSQ, ESPN 880. Rest in peace WCBS-AM, gone too soon.
@jaycemacinnis2228: CHML is no longer broadcasting either?? I live in NYC but I would often listen to CHML via TuneIn Radio. Good station. What a shame.
@cak813 Nope. CHML went off the air two Wednesdays ago. Damn you, Corus, and Damn you, Audacy.
@@jaycemacinnis2228 Thanks for that info. Very sad to hear.
@@cak813 I agree. There's a video of the CHML shutdown online here on TH-cam.
@@cak813I agree. If you search it up, there's a TH-cam video that shows the CHML shutdown.
It is an absolute end of an era. Between the news, baseball games and all inbetween. Heartbreaking it is gone.
Thank you
We listened to this station back when I was a little kid in East Keansburg, New Jersey. So sad a great radio station is now dead.
Thanks for the entire recording. All others I've found stopped recording and didn't capture the new sign on.
Audacy,you don't know Jack.
As an on-air radio refugee no longer employable but who nonetheless dedicated myself to the radio arts, this is truly sad. As my career progressed and my focus shifted from spinning records and producing spots to a concentration on news, WCBS 880 was the standard for presentation and content that I consistently looked to and tried in my own small way to emulate.
Wow, the sounders and voiceovers sound just like what was used at WTOP here in the Washington DC area years ago, I know WTOP has a partnership with CBS radio but the sounders are different today then 8 years ago and I miss hearing them.
I also listened to the last 10 minutes or so last night, and man somehow I was actually sad.
Same
Just what the world needs, another all-sports station.
I haven't felt this bad since CD 101.9 went off the air. Damn shame. NYC loses another piece of its soul.
To yet another sports radio station. Makes me sick.
Thank you for this. I'm trying to save everything I can about this end of an era.
That statement about where to get news was pretty much him asking, "What are they gonna do, fire me?"
According to your preset,it seems that 880 was your favorite preset station.thanks for posting this.
Indeed, another great loss!!
Indeed!
I DONT NEED SPORTS RADIO JUNK
THERES GONNA BE NO MORE NEWS ANYMORE
Podcasts sports seems better
@@Frankieefootballmundial TRUE
Thank you for having this recorded. And of all things to begin the new stations, it has to be the freakin Mets.
Wow thank you I really wanted those chimes saved!
Makes me sick to my stomach.
WHERES THE NEWS? ALL I HEAR IS SPORTS NOW GARBAGE
1010 IS ON
THEY BETTER NOT LEAVE
GOT ME THROUGH HARD TIMES
IT DOES MAKE ME SICK
This is much more serious than CJBK 1290 signing off the air last year.
I remember taking a road trip to Lancaster County, PA and still getting WCBS 880 on the car radio. Was able to listen to Yankees baseball there when it used to be on WCBS
Thanks for this preservation.
Thanks for this. Because we all needed espn on AM…the only one left is 1010 wins and I hope they don’t fk with that station.
Been listening since I was a child with my grandparents. Thank you WCBS 880!
very sad
RIP WCBS 880... It's so sad that this radio station went off the air. Local news is declining. Now there's one less real news radio station in NYC that gives you the latest news without sensationalism and hyper-partisan bias. Look on the bright side, at least 1010 WINS is still on the air. Thank you to everyone at WCBS and Audacy (including its predecessor CBS Radio) for keeping New Yorkers and everyone else around the world who tuned in online informed.
I live in Wisconsin and can get your signal at night. Sorry to see you go. I hope WTMJ and WCCO which cover our state don’t disappear also.
I actually thought something was wrong with my radio in my car the other day when 880 did not come in and some sports station was on - I loved WCBS 880 - and had not listened to my radio as much lately since I worked from home. I will miss this station been listening since late 80's- very sad day indeed
Morning routines will never be the same. WCBS made home feel like home.
Sad that this happened. Probably not going to be the last goodbye for the audacy news and news talk stations across the country
This (losing WCBS 880) sucks. 🤬
Don’t we have enough Sports Radio/Talk?
I know, right?
0:15 - core memory unlocked!
The way it ended gave me chills
Wow, all I listened to was 1010 and 880. RIP WCBS.
We still have 1010 wins
A very sad day to the listeners. WCBS Radio is gone on 880 KHz. We will miss you.
Absolutely heartbreaking!
what a great station, RIP
According to SWLOfficial WCBS has been sold to another Sports Broadcaster.
it's so sad.
WKCW 1420 AM the big "K" -never forget. WPEN 950 AM- station of the stars- never forget
WCAU 98.1 hot hits
WJJZ 106.1 smooth jazz
99.1 WHFS Alt Rock
WDRE 103.9 Alt Rock
WINC-FM 92.5 (Barry Lee)
WWDB 96.5 Talk radio
WPST 97.5 (Mel Toxic)
WYSP 94.1 classic rock
WMGK 102.9 (Harvey)
WEAZ 101.1 EZ101
106.1 The Eagle!
So many stations make up my love of music. So many personalities. Introduced me to the classics like Sid Mark spinning "Sundays with ...Sinatra"
My life reflects these different genres over the years of what I was listening to and what I was wearing and who I loved. When these stations change format it chips away at our personal history and is a constant reminder of how short life is. Sad to see things we loved change into something else. The feeling of loss is overwhelming. Time keeps on ticking ticking... Into the future.
A Legend Has Fallen.
A legendary station signs off...and now listeners get sports squawk radio....
Dead air at 12:00, a sad commentary on the fate of unbiased news.
Good by WCBS NEWS 880 and The USA 🇺🇸 💔
Even NYC does not need two all news stations. 1010 WINS does a fine job and since Audacy is broke, they needed to do with one of them. Will miss hearing Wayne Cabot and Steve Scott reading the news during rush hour. It's strange not to hear the WCBS call sign anymore on 880.
WCBS on 880, is now... WHSQ ''High Sports Quality''; ''880 ESPN New York'' But WCBS 880's news legacy will never be forgotten!
@@celianeves3947 "HSQ" stands for "Hudson Square", the location of the radio station's broadcasting facilities.
WCBS could be heard in the mid-west (and probably further) at night. Corporate radio rules the airways. Political talk or ESPN from one end of the dial to the other.
Worthless sports broadcasting.
1010 WINS!!!! (sorry had to)
That crappy tinny audio quality probably didn't help the station.
It's an AM station....that's how they sound.
@@OrangeYTT They don't all have that tin can compression.
And always live on the Audacy app.
🫣😢😭
:-(
U know the ol sayin GOOD THINGS MUST COME 2 AN END. RELATIONSHIPS MARRIAGE JOBS ETC.....& ALSO RADIO STATION FORMATS. WCBS NEWSRADIO 880 1967-2024
Naw, this didn't have to end - corporate dipshittery ended this one IMO.
Thank you for this recording. I will miss them.
Of couse they died!! Too much horrible, useless music before any useful information!!!
So sad