WCBS 88 New York - NYC Blackout Coverage - February 6 1971 - Radio Aircheck
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- WCBS 88 New York - NYC Blackout Coverage - February 6 1971 - Radio Aircheck
WCBS Newsradio 880, a staple of New York City radio, has been delivering breaking news and information to listeners for decades.
Known for its in-depth coverage of local, national, and international events, the station has played a vital role in keeping NY, NJ & Conn informed. WCBS had a team of experienced journalists and reporters, like Charles Osgood, Lou Adler, Art Athens, Jim Donnelly, Pat Parson, Ben Farnsworth, Don Swaim, Jeff Caplan, Wayne Cabot, and many others kept New Yorkers informed. The station's commitment to providing reliable and accurate news has made it a trusted source for countless New Yorkers from the station's launch in 1967, to its demise in 2024.
On this aircheck, you'll hear WCBS covering the blackout of 1971, as New York City lost power for several hours. The station seemed to have dropped most advertising, and concentrated on coverage of the power outage.
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I still can't accept the fact that news radio 880 will be no more by Monday AM...whose stupid idea was this decision?😢
Terrible, was my go-to station for regular news. Good station.
it was one of the main things radio was good for
Audacy made the decision. Sadly, they're responding to what's going on in the economy of media.
Audacy, who owns many stations, made this decision. They are in financial difficulties.
GREAT QUESTION!!!!
WHAT A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE LOST!!!!
Thank you for posting this and I also see you posted their news debut from 1967. I can't believe they're going to be gone.
I can understand why they made this a big deal given their was a bigger blackout in 1965 and this was years before the chaos of 1977
Traffic and weather on the 8s no more...
I remember when I was a young boy, driving around with my father. He always had WCBS 880 on the car radio. I grew up and continued the "tradition". Goodbye WCBS, and thank you for always being there.
There's still 1010 WINS however
WINS 1010am & 92.3fm is the All-News giant. 88 just couldn't compete.
Interesting fact, this was 3 days after NYPD Patrolman Frank Serpico was shot in Brooklyn.
Do we really need another Sports radio station?
No
seriously ::rolls eyes:: feels like dumbing down of society
@@victorha9923, so true. Sports and entertainment are a large part of the 'bread and circuses' that are crumbling critical thinking.
You and I don't, but the shareholders and executives certainly do. It's all about the green nowadays, the public be d***ed.
It’s really terrible of Audacy for cancelling such a needed and landmark radio station
100% weeks ago do not freaking need another sports 🏈 channel
Millions of people
Depend on WCBS AM News 📰 radio 📻 88
Shame on Audacy!!!
Thank You Ellis
It is shameful. Typical lack of corporate caring. I hope the bean counters are proud of themselves... nobody else is.
What would make sense in order to salvage at least the WCBS calls on AM Radio would be to move them to AM 1010 & swap the Classic Hits format on FM 101.1 with the news format on FM 92.3 with both FM's keeping their respective calls
Great Idea !!!
Thank You@@patcook-kb0oxdsclassictvsh874
CBS-FM bills more in advertising $$$ than CBS AM does. Moving the FM’s successful format to another frequency literally does nothing and solves nothing. (And besides, the WCBS calls themselves were trademarked by CBS, and outside of Audacy, no one else can utilize them.)
Oh, maybe that’s why on 1010 WINS they place ABC News
hearing some staticy crackles it is power based from that style of static and small warping too a little dxing very noticable
They are cancelling everything
I was just shy of my 8th birthday when this happened. If_ I had the radio on at all on a Sunday night, it was probably tuned to WJRZ, a tin pot station from Hackensack that played country music. Yes, a country fan in Jersey in 1971. I was the family weirdo. I'm glad you posted this. When WCBS is doing satellite-driven sports talk and some major news event happens, listeners will be helpless. The only news station NYC has now is 1010WINS and their signal is a bad joke. WCBS had a signal that boomed down I95 clear to Florida. I found that out in 1991 when I lived in Pompano Beach.
I hope someone records the last hour of WCBS on Sunday. and also I'm wondering what will happen to 98.7 FM will do when ESPN radio goes to 880 AM
I think Kay said yesterday that it's going silent for now. Smulyan has nobody lined up to lease it. He probably should have dropped the price and espn would have stayed!
😃 Bring back 98.7👄Kiss-FM!!!!
I recognize this voice its George Reading in the 880 aircheck he later did TV work in Northern California like San Francisco and Sacramento.
I appreciate this post, hoping for some 80s 90s and 00s (why not) stuff too. thanks for filling the void
@@victorha9923 I’ll see what I can find.
There was a blackout in 1971 in NYC? Why had I not heard of it?
@@MichaelOKeefe2009 It wasn’t as big as the 77 blackout, and it did not affect the whole city. If it did not affect your area, you might have missed it.
@@EllisFeaster - It should be noted that 1010 WINS' studios and offices, as of Sunday night, Feb. 7, 1971, were within the affected area of the blackout - at 90 Park Avenue (between 39th and 40th Streets), on the 19th floor. I have to presume that once the lights began to go out they promptly activated their backup generator? Also, would it be lucky if someone had a WINS aircheck from that night.
It's been established that this blackout occurred on Feb. 7, 1971. Which truly was a Sunday.
Also, notice - no teletypes in the background.
We don't need another sports station
Or any... Lol
What I don't get is WEPN 98.7 (Where ESPN Radio was along with AM 1050) is going back to a music format
Live sports SOUNDS BEST on FM
This is more than just a format change. ESPN radio is changing its primary frequency from 1050 to 880. Therefore WCBS is considered to be a defunct station and WHSQ is a successor of 1050 rather than WCBS.
I had thought that this was a Sunday Night.I went to a spot here in NJ where I could see the blacked out skyline.
It WAS a Sunday night. Feb. 7, to be precise. Whoever dated it Feb. 6 must've been mistaken.
Wcbs Newsradio 880 last day is tomorrow actually
February 6 1971 was a Saturday, but they announcers clearly state that it is a Sunday night.
And as it was Sunday night, it was therefore February *7* 1971. Whoever dated it February 6 was clearly mistaken.
In a few short weeks 880 will be a ESPN Station 😢
Midnight Sunday into Monday.