When the drought finally snapped for a few hours the other day, WCBS-FM morning host Scott Shannon indulged his mischievous inner 12-year-old. He played “Rhythm of the Rain” by the Cascades, a No. 3 ...

We’ve come a long way since the era of cassette tape hiss. From optical media to digital downloads to streaming, the way we’ve listened to music has seriously changed over the past 40 years, and ...

When CBS Radio was trying to cut costs (i.e. talent) from their radio stations three years ago in an ill-fated attempt to attract a potential buyer, one of the victims was Freddy Snakeskin, who had ...

Central New York fans of hair bands, synthesizers and "Jessie's Girl" will be happy to know that there's a new online radio station playing the biggest hits from the 1980s. Syracuse80s.com officially ...

For decades, Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark, has been the undisputed queen of Halloween. But the 1980s were her heyday. Back then, she hosted horror films, adorned bedroom posters, and starred in ...

Often in radio, the smaller stations are the most interesting. Case in point is KNAC (now KBUE, 105.5 FM). Licensed to Long Beach, the little station set the standard for creative programming during ...

Scott “Scoot” Paisant hasn’t stopped talking for 50 years. During his half-century run on the radio, Paisant, a Touro Hospital baby whose father worked for Jax Beer, has chased his career across the ...

Directed by Ellen Goldfarb, New Wave: Dare To Be Different is an engrossing, emotional and educational remembrance of the frequency 92.7 FM that powered the youth of the New York City suburbs during… ...