Before CBS News
Before joining CBS, Whitney worked at a variety of local broadcast outlets. At the age of 17 Whitney began his career in broadcasting. In the years since he worked his way through the ranks at a variety of local radio stations including: WKEN in Dover, WGSM in Huntington, New York, WLIX in Islip, New York, and WGBB in Freeport, New York.
From 1979 to 1982 Whitney worked as anchor/news director at WCBS-FM, New York City. He began his employ with the national CBS Radio unit in the early 1980s as one of the original anchors for CBS' young-adult oriented news service RadioRadio.
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