I’m with you on Joan Hamburg, I was thinking of John Gambling today. His dad was my favorite person on snow days when they read the list of school closings.
The one I really miss on WOR from childhood is Jean Shepard, but that’s for another thread.
I’m going to miss Rush on WABC. I listened to him before he was syndicated when he use to talk about Mayor Dinkins and played the theme song from Car 54. It’s like the end of an era
I’ve loved WABC and WOR my whole life! But my heart was always with WABC when it was a Top 40 format. I didn’t listen to Jean Shepard - stupidly - although a college friend of mine eventually became an engineer for him. I did listen to the great Bob and Ray, though.
I loved the snow reports. We would wait by the radio and then jump around when our school’s name came up! I feel that John Gambling, Jr. was pushed out of WOR. He had an excellent local show - low-key but very, very interesting.
A lot of great stuff about Jean Shepherd is on the site http://www.sheplives.com (and note it’s spelled Shepherd;
while “Jean Shepard” is a female country singer :) )