Previous Programs/segments
Previously, WABC carried Paul Harvey's newscasts during Imus in the Morning (Paul Harvey News and Comment) and in-between the midday host and Limbaugh (The Rest of the Story) up through Harvey's death in 2009.
Flagship-wise, Limbaugh's show was produced at WABC from 1988 until the early 2000s, when he started doing the program from Premiere Radio Networks and a studio in his home in South Florida. (Substitute hosts for Limbaugh still use the WABC studios, and Limbaugh will still on occasion host from WABC.) Imus in the Morning and Hannity originate from WABC, while Levin originates from Washington, D.C. sister station WMAL. All three of these shows are syndicated on ABC Radio.
In 2004, the station earned the distinction of being a news/talk radio station even longer than it had been a Top 40 station, by marking 22 years in its present format.
Some of the station's former locally-based hosts include John R. Gambling, Ron Kuby, Jay Diamond, Ed Koch, Lynn Samuels, Joy Behar, Mario Cuomo, Steve Malzberg, Richard Bey, Curtis Sliwa and Jerry Agar. Several nationally-syndicated talkers, including Art Bell, Mike Gallagher, Lionel, Laura Schlessinger, Michael Savage, Matt Drudge and Laura Ingraham, have also been heard over WABC's airwaves.
Although the station had good ratings, it underperformed in terms of total revenue, an example being WABC billing $21.3 million in 2008, not even close to industry giant KFI in Los Angeles at $54.4 million.
Phil Boyce departed as program director in October 2008, eventually replaced in February 2009 by former XM Satellite Radio programmer Laurie Cantillo. Laurie Cantillo resigned on October 31, 2011. Chuck Armstrong was named interim program director in November, 2011.
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