I listened to a lot of WABC in the late ‘80s, and he was already gone. Dave Dawson had the morning show for a while. Rush Limbaugh had the 10-noon local show. Lynn “The Fishwife” Samuels had noon-2PM. Bob Grant owned drive time. Others would pop in like Jay Diamond and Joy Behar after Rush dropped the local show. Barry Farber completely dominated when he shared the Samuels slot and Samuels completely lost it, causing her to lose her cool on the air and getting fired. Farber sounds so mild and measured and even slow, but once going he didn’t stop, and didn’t take a breath. She couldn’t take it anymore. Good times.
Bernie was on WFAN with Imus in the late 80s/90s. I got into talk radio because of that show and Mike and Mad Dog.