They said it shouldn’t be done and was one of the craziest ideas ever tried on radio, but the critics were proven wrong soon after the launch of the nation’s first all-sports radio station, WFAN-AM in New York. With Suzyn Waldman’s historic welcome at 3:00PM on July 1, 1987, New Yorkers became witness to a major milestone in the radio industry – one that has gone on to spur hundreds of imitators across the country. But none can match the influence and prominence of The FAN, the most-listened to station of its kind bringing in an average 1.2 million listeners a week.
Twenty years later, the station marks its two decade long run at the top with a “WFAN REUNION WEEKEND” featuring a return to the air of former hosts and anchors, Howie Rose, Ian Eagle, Jim Lampley, Russ Salzberg, Bill Mazer and Spencer Ross, among others, on Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1.
http://www.sportsline.com/cbssports/story/10230568and football widows rejoice everywhere :P but seriously it's hard to believe in a day in age where 24 hour sports news is so unavoidable that this concept is only 20 years old...and just how popular it has become.
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