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From: JAB <here@is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: WCBS 880 radio ending all-news programming after nearly 60 years
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:30:59 -0500
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On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:56:40 -0400, "David L. P. Solimano"
<david@solimano.org> wrote:

>WCBS 880's news team narrated history and chronicled change in the city 
>over the course of more than 50 years. It first went on air as an 
>all-news station in August 1967 --- way before the era of getting 
>headlines on a smartphone.
>
>https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/wcbs-880-radio-ending-whsq-starting/

This was "way before the era of" cellphones or even 8-track tape
players.

All-news radio

In 1960 KJBS radio in San Francisco, California, became KFAX and
changed formats from a blend of music, news, and sports to trial the
concept of a "newspaper of the air". The call letters reflected the
word facts. However, this experiment proved unsuccessful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-news_radio