Tim Scheld News Today

AM radio is in danger of being removed from vehicles. These New Jersey lawmakers want to keep it in cars.

Tri-staters have long depended on WCBS 880, one of two all-news stations on the local AM dial. Car companies say theyll discontinue AM on new models.

Jim Bohannon is This Week’s Guest on Harrison Podcast.  Longtime talk radio superstar Jim Bohannon is this week’s guest on the award-winning PodcastOne series, “The Michael Harrison Interview.”  Yesterday (10/10), the radio industry was shocked and deeply saddened at the announcement by Cumulus ...

AUDACY News WCBS-A/NEW YORK Brand Manager and News Dir. TIM SCHELD told his staff in a memo FRIDAY (10/7) that he will be leaving the station before the end of the year, an announcement that foreshadowed MONDAYs news that the newsrooms of WINS and sister News WCBS-A will be combining and that WINS will begin an FM simulcast on what is currently Alternative WNYL (ALT 92.3) on OCTOBER 27th (NET NEWS 10/10). The veteran radio newsman joined WCBS in 2003 from ABC RADIO NEWS, where he served ...

AUDACY is flipping Alternative WNYL (ALT 92.3)/NEW YORK to a simulcast of News WINS-A on OCTOBER 27th as the newsrooms of WINS and sister WCBS-A merge to share anchors and reporters under a new agreement with union SAG-AFTRA.  WINS Dir./News and Programming BEN MEVORACH is being promoted to VP/NEW YORK News and WINS Assistant News Dir. IVAN LEE will serve as Brand Mgr. of both stations, filling the gap left by TIM SCHELDs exit (NET NEWS 10/10). The Alternative format will continue ...

Audacy is making some notable changes at New York City news stations WINS(AM), famously known as 1010 WINS, and sister station WCBS(AM), which is heard on at 880.

Audacy has announced it will flip "Alt 92.3" WNYL New York to a simulcast of News 1010 WINS on Thursday, October 27. The flip will come after an agreement with SAG-AFTRA allowing the company to combine the staffs of both stations and their newsrooms. Ben Mevorach, Director of News & Programming at WINS since 2009

Monday Memo: Can News Save Talk? Twenty years ago, at the TALKERS magazine conference in New York, Michael Harrison declared that “talk saved AM radio and it will save FM.” In this week’s column, consultant Holland Cooke asks, “Now, can news save FM from talk?” Read it here.   Pending Busin ...

Merrick's Craig Allen Celebrates 40 Years at WCBS Radio - Merrick, NY - The longtime meteorologist, who has been working from his home "weather center" for decades, also gives back to the community.

Journalists Association of New York The Journalists Association of New York, a nonprofit organization that advocates for radio, television and print journalists from dozens of news media organizations and colleges throughout New York state, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to immediately cease his recent practice of closing all of his public appearances to the press. This practice is an affront to the public that the governor serves; that public is represented by journalists when they are cove...