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[edit] Studio location change

Has there been further confirmation of the impending move to 345 hudson street?

http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,59648.msg417868.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.200.215 (talk) 03:57, 21 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Opening comments

I believe that WFAN (AM) should be moved to WFAN, because of common names; Due to Wikipedia's policy, the most well-known and commonly used name for the station is the title of that article, and there is no other page of thing that the letters W-F-A-N can associate with. Plus WNBC-TV has been moved to WNBC, as its the only station (in TV or radio) to currently use those call letters; WABC is disambiguation page cause its got two stations currently using those call letters: WABC-TV and WABC (AM).--Roadrunner3000 18:35, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

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  • Support. RR3K is right. Aaron 17:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Support. Absent any alternate meaning for WFAN (or official inclusion of suffix) "(AM)" is clearly redundant. Stickguy 18:08, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Moved. —Nightstallion (?) 08:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 20-20 Sports

“WFAN was also the first station in the country to roll out sports updates every 20 minutes.”

I know this is not true, but I am still looking for verification. Until I find it, I will not alter the article, though. But I remember listening to WARM in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in the early to mid-1970s, and they had “20-20 Sports” updates.

They originally did sports updates every 15 minutes but it doing so really kept the talk hosts from getting into detailed converstation.

It would be nice to see someone add a paragraph about "Short Al" - in the callers section. Short Al is a WFAN legend and calls in every night.

[edit] Callers Section

I fail to see the salience of having a Callers Section with John from Sandy Hook, Doris from Rego Park, etc. It's a fun and amusing thing to read, but is this stuff really important? I definitely think not. It really has little to do with WFAN. I've left it in, because I don't want to make such a significant change to this article unless others agreed. Asc85 14:57, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

If the criteria of "is this stuff really important" were globally applied, 2/3 of Wikipedia would suddently disappear :-) That said, some radio shows/stations do have a prominent relationship with their regular callers; Bob Grant (radio) also includes caller material, although not to the same length. Wasted Time R 16:53, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
As callers are an important ingredient for this station, and some of the callers listed here have become part of the WFAN "family" as it were, I think having this section should be retained Odysseybookshop 18:54, 18 June 2006 (UTC).

I agree- they are very important. It's also fun to listen to the clips of their calls. Except, they aren't up anymore. :-( Someone should put those up again, they were hillarious.

Yes what happened to Jerome's clip????? please put this back on. why was it taken down?

I think this section needs to be revisited. It is way too long with respect to the rest of the article. Jerome from Manhattan gets 7 lines, while Francesa gets 4 scattered lines throughout the article? It's all unreferenced, much of it is not WP:NPOV, and most is not notable. Simon12 03:12, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

While I think this whole section should be deleted, as an alternative, I would propose that each caller listed have at least one mention in a verifiable source to at least maintain some semblance of notability. Thoughts? Simon12 (talk) 17:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm for just deleting it. Extremely unencyclopedic. And fancrufty. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 11:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
I removed all callers who had no non-Wikipedia google cites. These are all clearly non-notable and non-verifiable, and should be the least debatable. Simon12 (talk) 03:22, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Unless someone can come up with some references for this section, it needs to go. It's been tagged with POV and reference concerns for 6 months. If these people are important, something has been written about them somewhere. Otherwise this is just original research. Yes other articles have similar problems, they need to be tagged with these concerns as well and those sections or articles deleted if verifiable sources cant be located.--Rtphokie (talk) 12:28, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Steve Somers Fans

It's obvious to me that there are a few Steve Somers fans who are skewing this article, spending far too much time on Somers, his callers, and VASTLY overstating his impact and popularity on the station. The guy knows precious little about sports, isn't funny, and this is why he was fired from his mid-day gig with Salzburg, and why he's barely on the air when most people are listening to the radio. Asc85 13:19, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


The Jerome audio clips aren't working. I have tried from a number of different computers, and there is definitely something wrong with the file. Is it possible for someone to fix that? THANKS SO MUCH!

[edit] Old Call Letters

WFAN retired two of the oldest radio call letters from the dawn of commercial radio: WHN and WNBC

[edit] Split of WNBC (AM) and shifting of history

I split off WNBC (AM) into a separate page--the two stations are separate intellectual units, and WFAN doesn't claim any of WNBC's history. About the only things it inherited from the old WNBC were the license and Don Imus.

Also tweaking the histories of WFAN and WEPN ...Blueboy96 21:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

The articles detail the history of the frequency, NOT the station currently broadcasting on it. This causes less confusion. I've already restored the WFAN page, and I'll restore WEPN if I have to. Unless you've forgotten, article splits must be discussed first. Rollosmokes 01:55, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:WFAN.jpg

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BetacommandBot 04:41, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John Sterling

Sterling has done occasional off-season work on WFAN, and is likely to do it again. He doesn't really fit in either the current or past host lists, so I'm tempted to remove him completely. Thoughts? Simon12 04:02, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Affiliation" with Sports USA Radio Network

ChrisP2K5 has added a line that WFAN is affiliated with the "Sports USA Radio Network" a program service those existence I knew nothing of. But that is not the issue, it's whether some kind of proof can be found that lists WFAN as an affiliate of this network.

Judging from the article and website, they are heavily into college sports. That is something that WFAN has traditionally not been big on, save for Notre Dame, the Final Four, and some bowl games -- Sports USA doesn't even carry the major (read: important) BCS bowls, because those belong to ESPN Radio (and Fox Sports Radio, I think). Now, WFAN doesn't carry much outside of its local (Mets, Giants, Devils, Nets, St. John's) and Westwood One (NFL, some post-season NHL, NCAA basketball tournament, Notre Dame football, and Olympic updates) committments. Interest in college hoops outside of New York City is minimal at best, so I don't think you'll be hearing any Big 12 games on the FAN. On Sundays during NFL season, they are more likely to take a Westwood One doubleheader game ahead of one offered by Sports USA. And, if the NFL doesn't acknowledge Sports USA as an official broadcast partner, why are they airing games in the first place?

So, ChrisP2K5 wants to label WFAN as an "affiliate" of Sports USA. Well, the website has no listing of affiliates. And, if WFAN clears only a few (literally a handful) of their offerings per year, does that really make them an affiliate? I don't think so. Either this trivial mention should be further clarified, or it should be deleted. And one more thing, Chris: Watch yourself, and be civil. Rollosmokes (talk) 07:44, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Move back to WFAN, no need for WFAN (AM)

when did this happen? where's the consensus for the move from WFAN to WFAN (AM)? women, food, and agriculture network? that doesn't even have an article! move WFAN (AM) back to WFAN, and put the "this article is about the current NY sportsradio station, for other uses see WFAN (disambiguation)" at the top of this. i think JPG-GR did the move on 19 Feb without asking anybody else - correct me if i'm wrong on that.

I don't even think it's necessary to do the....

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because that was already done before (see the top of this page) Riphamilton (talk) 05:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)