WCBS 880 Anniversary: Recent Episodes
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Irene Cornell looks back on the trial of the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Michael Kahn was working the 6 a.m. shift on the editor's desk when calls started coming in from people downtown claiming they'd heard an explosion, including his own father.
In today’s Back Story, one WCBS pioneer tells us about another, as Charles Osgood looks back on the role Paley played as the man at the helm of the station.
In today's Back Story, Tom Kaminski tells us about the man he calls a legend, Neal Busch.
In today's Back Story, WCBS Morning Drive anchor Wayne Cabot looks back on the Morning Drive team he grew up listening to, Lou Adler and Jim Donnelly.
We wrap up our 50 People to Know series with a conversation with legendary newsman Charles Osgood - one of the original WCBS News Anchors.
WCBS reporter Irene Cornell remembers January 1981, when Mark David Chapman pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering John Lennon.
WCBS reporter Rich Lamb remembers the night of December 8, 1980, when John Lennon was murdered in his New York City home.
The city once considered opening a NASCAR track, but a pit stop in Times Square may have put a stop to that plan.
Nelson Mandela came to New York in June 1990 as part of an eight-city tour of the United States.
Feeding the people from the family farm in this week'ss 50 people to Know with Sean Adams.
In his unparalleled career, he enjoyed award-winning success in highly noticeable jobs in newspaper and broadcast. But his first big job was at WCBS.
It was a feature ahead of its time. The "Report on Medicine" focused on developments in the medical community.
This week’s 50 People to Know is about one hospital volunteer on Long Island who credits a near death experience with motivating him to help bring a little humanity to people in need.
In today's Back Story, former New York City Mayor John Lindsay gives a parting gift to WCBS reporter Irene Cornell: a kiss!
WCBS anchor Gil Gross once found out the hard way that when you work in radio, you never know who's listening... even the boss.
A WCBS groundbreaker, Jane Tillman Irving started her career here in 1972, becoming the station's first black female reporter.
How a near death experience turned one man into a selfless hospital volunteer at age 78!
Former Afternoon Drive anchor Ben Farnsworth gets a lesson in telling time in today's Back Story.
Former WCBS Sports Director Ed Ingles tells us the back story of the time he upset former Chicago Blackhawks coach Billy Reay after a loss to the New York Rangers.
This Thanksgiving Week, our 50 People to Know is our friend Tom Chapin who has carried on the work of his late brother singer Harry Chapin using music to fight poverty and hunger.
In today’s Back Story, former WCBS General Manager Ed Kiernan recalls what it was like having the two most powerful men in New York in the studio.
Long before the Miracle on the Hudson, WCBS traffic reporter Neal Busch had his own encounter with a Canadian goose.
Sean Adams introduces us to a woman who is fighting to open doors for special needs community.
Montclair mother Wendy Lacey just became a landlord. But her business model is a little different. Sean Adams shares her story in this week's 50 People to Know.
Irene Cornell was in the courtroom when Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano turned rat and testified against John Gotti in his third federal trial.
From the beginning, former WCBS anchor & reporter Gary Maurer knew the station would succeed.
Meet Michelle Allen, a Bronx woman heralded as a hero advocate of the foster care system in this week's 50 people to Know.
Former producer Mel Grannick looks back on the station’s live coverage of the New York City Marathon.
Reporter Peter Haskell says one of the greatest things about the New York City Marathon is that it’s a celebration of the city. He remembers covering the race in 2009 and 2004.
The station’s coverage of the New York City Marathon started with former General Manager Ed Kiernan, who recalls meeting the race’s founder, Fred Lebow.
The story of a local business owner whose work after Superstorm Sandy helped support the recovery on the Jersey Shore.
Wrapping up our week of Back Stories on Superstorm Sandy, WCBS Chopper 880 pilot Tom Kaminski shares a memory from the aftermath.
In today’s Back Story, reporter Peter Haskell remembers surveying the damage from Superstorm Sandy.
In today’s Back Story, reporter Alex Silverman recalls being in the Battery during Superstorm Sandy.
In today’s Back Story, Morning Drive anchor Michael Wallace remembers being pulled on the air early to cover Superstorm Sandy.
The bells of St. Peter’s, Staten Island’s oldest Roman Catholic church, toll again thanks to some intrepid volunteers led by retired Local 3 electrician Mike Cavanaugh.
This week in the WCBS Back Stories, we look back on Superstorm Sandy. Meteorologist Todd Glickman says by October 23, the storm’s path was pretty well predicted.
Former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine remembers the 2000 Subway Series as a “special event.”
As WCBS reporter Peter Haskell recalls, the most memorable moment of the 2000 Subway Series came in Game 2.
Former WCBS sports reporter Bill Schweizter remembers when the New York Mets won the World Series in 1986.
Former WCBS reporter Jody Fisher remembers his predecessor, Lou Miliano, as one of his radio heroes.
The WCBS technicians once worked hand in glove with Motorola to develop and field test one of the first so-called “voting systems.”
When the stock market crashed in 2008 the Dow fell 25 percent in one month. WCBS business reporter Joe Connolly recalls a "very scary time."
Former WCBS reporter Jane Tillman Irving was part of the station’s team coverage of the Concorde landing.
On October 11, 2006, New York Yankees’ pitcher Cory Lidle was killed in a small plane crash.
President Jimmy Carter visited the Bronx in 1977 and vowed to develop the area known as Charlotte Gardens.
This week’s 50 People to Know, focuses on two people -- Jerry Cahill and Victor Fink who are the men behind the Lung Transplant Project.
Achille Lauro was sailing in the Mediterranean Sea with lots of vacationers on board when it was hijacked Palestinian rebels.
In today's Back Story, WCBS reporter Rich Lamb remembers when the pope returned and he had the inside scoop.
In today’s Back Story, WCBS reporter Rich Lamb remembers a playful gesture from Pope John Paul II.
It was the trial of the century. In today’s Back Stories, WCBS court reporter Irene Cornell recalls when the O.J. Simpson verdict was handed down.
Sean Adams shares the story of Rose Terhune, a grandmother who might hold the record for knitting baby hats for charity.
In today’s Back Story, former WCBS reporter Steve Reed looks back on when he was “sent to a wake – a mob wake in Brooklyn.”
When WCBS turned all-news in August of 1967, the station’s first general manager was Joseph Dembo.
WCBS anchor Wayne Cabot remembers when former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey held a press conference announcing he’s gay and he’s resigning from his office.
WCBS Assistant News Director Jonathan Clark remembers working the assignment desk when the news broke that former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer may have been involved in a prostitution ring.
Some people adopt children from overseas. Roger and Michele Garrison, from Katonah, assumed responsibility for an entire orphanage in Haiti. Sean Adams shares their story in this week's 50 People To Know.
Sean Adams introoduces us to man whose charity and generosity built an orphanage in Haiti.
In today’s Back Story, former WCBS anchor and reporter Gary Maurer remembers meeting boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
On September 21, 2001, the New York Mets played in the city’s first pro-sporting event since the 9/11 terror attacks.
WCBS to the rescue! In today’s Back Story, former Assistant Program Director Allen Green remembers when the station had two choppers. As he recalls, they weren’t just for covering traffic.
In September 1999, Hurricane Floyd hit the Tri-State Area as a tropical storm. WCBS meteorologist Craig Allen has more.
Jimmy Nolan is on a mission to get guns off the streets of Yonkers. He does this in memory of his brother, Mike Nolan.
Just days after the September 11th terror attacks, former President George W. Bush visited New York City.
While covering the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, CBS News reporter Dave Maresh found himself covering a terror attack, too.
CBS News reporter Dave Maresh was covering the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, when reports of a terror attack surfaced.
Almost one year after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the Jersey Shore, a fire broke out along the nearly-rebuilt Seaside Park boardwalk.
Former WCBS anchor Pat Carroll remembers September 11, 2001 started out as “just a normal September morning, just another day.”
Mary Gay Taylor, an intrepid reporter, was in Lower Manhattan when the South Tower collapsed on September 11, 2001.
When the September 11th terror attacks struck, WCBS reporter Peter Haskell tried driving toward the World Trade Center but got caught in bad traffic.
In today's Back Story, former WCBS reporter Walt Wheeler remembers the congressional career of Jacob Javits.
A young woman in Westchester County teaches us a lesson on selflessness to help children with cancer.
In today’s Back Story, travel back to August 31, 1997, when Princess Diana died. Hear CBS Radio and WCBS 880’s coverage from that fateful day.
Bill Schweitzer was a WCBS sports anchor in the 1980s and gave Yankee owner George Steinbrenner the nickname: Mr. Bluster.
In today's Back Story, former WCBS station engineer Barry Siegfried recalls the time Billy Joel came to the station for an interview, and how he accidentally tried to kick Christie Brinkley out of the studio.
On September 11th, 30 million people are expected to do good by volunteering. Jay Winuk, this week’s 50 People to Know, helped establish 9/11 as a National Day of Service. Peter Haskell has more in this week's 50 People to Know.
The story behind the National Day of Service in this week's 50 People to Know. Peter Haskell introduces us to Jay Winuk.
In today's Back Story, WCBS reporter Rich Lamb takes us back to February 23, 2009 when news broke that Timothy Dolan would become New York's next Cardinal.
In today’s Back Story, WCBS anchors Wayne Cabot and Alex Silverman get caught eating on the air.