WCBS Signs Off After Nearly 100 Years On the Air

As my listeners may know, I left WCBS Newsradio 88 in November 2022, after the privilege of having broadcast on the iconic and historic station for 18 years. Working at WCBS had special meaning for me as I had grown up listening to the station. On August 26, 2024, Audacy, the parent company of WCBS, […]

My last day at WCBS brought vivid memories

By John Metaxas November 10, 2022 Last Friday I anchored my final newscast on WCBS. It ended a run of 18 and 1/2 years at the station, my longest stint at any one job, and one of the most meaningful and satisfying professional experiences of my life. While leaving is bittersweet, I can celebrate all […]

After the Blackout, Gov. Cuomo tells WCBS’s John Metaxas, Con Ed “can be replaced.”

New Yorkers measure their lives by blackouts. I experienced my fourth* on Saturday July 13th, anchoring live coverage of the West Side Blackout on WCBS Newsradio 880. The evening brought me back to the 1965 blackout when I was 7 growing up in Manhattan, the 1977 blackout as a college student at Columbia during the […]

11-Year-Old Boy with Cancer Dreams of Becoming Oncologist

Since 1976, The Valerie Fund has helped provide comfort and healing for thousands of New Jersey children stricken with cancer and blood disorders, close to their homes. This Saturday, June 8th, the organization is holding its annual fundraising walk and 5K run in Verona Park. Every year for the past decade, WCBS has asked me […]

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