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and certainly the people of West Harlem know that they have no cause to complain and should cooperate with me at this time the death of FDR here's April 13th 1945 WABC 880 a.m. the whole Allied world this morning is paying homage to the memory of Franklin Dela Roosevelt even as his successor Harry S Truman takes up his duties as the nation's new president to our forces at Sea to our army Personnel to the people of America and to all the United Nations Mr Roosevelt's sudden death at Warm Springs Georgia has come as a profound shock something tragic and almost incredible those tears were soon wiped away with cheers first victory over the Nazis in Europe VE day this is May 8th 1945 Give a listen to our coverage because Paton third Army was advancing in an attack through Austria and Czechoslovakia he was the first to be notified get to all your units he was told and stopped them in place no sense in taking casualties now that it's over and so it went on through the early morning the news spread through this command it was all over by the time of our morning briefing General Bradley was beaming waiting to tell us corresponds the good news now to the end of the war September 2nd 1945 VJ Day WABC 880 in the middle of your Hit Parade I love we interrupt this program Japan has signed the documents of surrender in Tokyo bay aboard the Battleship Missouri the Japanese foreign minister put his signature to the paper ending the second world war this is Bob Trout in New York switching you first to the USS ancom attention the peoples of the W World War II is about to come to its official closing we're on the Pacific Fleet Flagship USS Missouri in Tokyo bay for the signing and the surrender of Japan WCBS Through The Years returns right after this this is the story of the one as a warehouse manager her job is to transform chaos into Clarity and to see patterns where others see problems luckily she's got a partner who shares her perspective Granger offers over a million industrial 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for 16e in tacus in a stalled bus now taking a lane in the westbound Turnpike on the Hudson County Extension at Grand Street in Jersey City if you are coming into Manhattan from Jersey City you've got a pretty easy ride through the uh tubes but it's the George Washington Bridge that's the rub tonight we're looking at delays of about 50 minutes from 80 95 for both decks about 35 or less from routs 46 and 4 if you're headed outbound only 20 minutes give or take Hudson tubes 20 minutes in and 10 or less going outbound now we've got that uh stalled car uh in Queens the Northbound Cross Island before hipad Turnpike and a crash eastbound BQE before Woodside Avenue I'm Susan Browning in the WCBS traffic center most places are going to be dry here as we head through the evening pretty nice evening across the triet area and for tomorrow partly sunny warm maybe an afternoon or evening thunderstorm uh certainly that's probably more widespread across Connecticut uh tomorrow 85 the mostly clear tomorrow night down to 69 very warm Tuesday at the 88 and hot and steamy Wednesday thunder storm of the afternoon and evening up to 93 and not as high for Thursday we are moving now electric bikes are everywhere they are quiet and very fast teens ride them on the roads in bike Lanes but also in places they should not be like sidewalks and Parks when you ride wear a helmet don't speed watch out for pedestrians and cars New York State and your community have specific rules for electric bikes follow them go to traffic safety. .ov for more info a message brought to you by the governor's Traffic Safety Committee this is Don Smith in the traffic center I first want to thank the audience cuz this would not be possible without the great listeners throughout the tri state area and especially those faithful callers to the traffic tip line and also I want to thank Tom Kaminsky in Chopper 880 it's been an honor and a pleasure filling in for a traffic radio Legend and also a big thanks to the Lyon New Jersey base flight crew of Chopper 880 WCBS News Radio 880 will certainly be missed WCBS Through The Years continues welcome back to WCBS through the years I'm Wayne Kev and I'm Paul mdan the war was behind us it was time for us to celebrate our freedom as the troops came home time for us to embrace this new medium this growing medium of radio and it was growing by Leaps and Bounds and so were we this was the year in 1946 when we became WCBS but it was not easy to get those call letters there was already a station on the air WCBS Springfield Illinois it turned out they had their call letter since 1927 what did that sound like tonight we are again privileged to open the door of opportunity to chick and chubby a grand pair of clowns from lter thank you Mr Valley and thank you ladies and gentlemen I uh I uh I hardly know what to say on an occasion of this kind about the only way that I can express myself is in the words of our Senators in this last session of Congress who soaply said little little that we may say or do here will long be remembered we hope the American Broadcasting Company arrives this same year CBS is thinking there will be confusion if we continue to call ourselves WABC and so WCBS was born at 880 a.m. hello yes this is Arthur Godfrey what's that my friend I agree with you absolutely it's really confusing WABC is WCBS but WCBS is WABC that's right WABC was the first station to apply for a change in call letters that would identify it with its Network absolutely we were the first I'll say we're Mighty proud of CBS well you just stay tuned to our station for a few minutes please and we'll try to unscramble the whole thing for you the pet milk show has even given up their time to do it yeah yeah pet milk will be back in this spot next Saturday night as usual but right now we're going to make WABC WCBS once and for all sort of a Christan party uh pardon me Mr garley but uh we're on the air oh yes yes of course [Music] good evening ladies and gentlemen with this special broadcast we are about to introduce station WCBS until now WABC it will do business at the same stand under the same management but with a new name [Music] the growth of CBS and WCBS was Stellar during the 1950s what a big time that was running a bunch of network shows and local shows and soon to be I Love Lucy star and band leader Desi arnes was hosting a game show on this station in 1951 called your tropical trip yes that young man who in such a short time has become a sensational star in nightclubs and theaters and on records our Latin American ambassador of Goodwill and great music of all America say [Music] [Music] translation happy Easter he had some splaining to do WCBS had another homegrown star New Yorkers were waking up to him every morning since 1948 here's Jack sterling as the WCBS morning man in 1958 yes sir believe it or not this is the beginning of the end of the 3,121 Sterling show I know something I don't like my choice of words at all [Music] good morning nice to have you join us as always particularly on this morning we're celebrating our 10th anniversary and we have moved across the street from where we usually talk to you and we're in the studio building here on 52nd Street and we're expecting a number of our clients agency people to come down and visit us in the last half hour of the show the weatherman says partly cloudy a chance of a brief shower today and a high to day will be in the upper 50s clear cool tonight and tomorrow with a low to tonight about 40 near the coast and in the 30s Inland high tomorrow in the 50s I'm always scared of this one but the outlook for the weekend is mostly Fair well to brighten up your morning we have a little thing called the air mail special for you right now and it's 17 minutes past 8:00 [Music] for coming up WCBS Through The Years Town Fair Tires Connecticut's largest name brand Discount Tire Dealer we give you the guaranteed lowest prices on all name brand tires and honor all 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will no longer be part of the format to stay on top of your world we do invite you to tune in to all news 923 FM home of 1010 WINS all news all the [Music] time time for WCBS traffic and weather together the L moving eastbound has got some pretty heavy delays right around Little Neck Parkway and then again at Shelter Rock Road looks like some emergency vehicles may be on the scene or may have just left so that's why you're pretty jammed up on that eastbound side of the liie the Northern State moving westbound we had a collision right before route 106 and it looks like that has been cleared off the roadway westbound BQE ramp to the eastbound l a collision there and then Northbound Cross Island before the Hempstead Turnpike a two-car hit on the eastbound BQE itself a crash before Woodside Avenue and that inbound Georgia is still quite heavy about 50 minutes from 8095 for both decks a little bit less 40 minutes or so from routs 46 and 4 going outbound the Georgia about 20 minutes Hudson tubes are running okay at this point and MJ Transit is offering free rides starting tomorrow and going all the way through Labor Day on all modes of transportation I'm Susan Browning of the WCBS traffic center and we'll be left for the mostly clear sky for tonight down the 69 in Midtown low 60s and some suburbs tomorrow partly sunny warm and humid uh few more in the way of showers and storms in the afternoon and evening they'll be most widespread across Connecticut High tomorrow 85 and mostly clear for tomorrow night down to 69 very warm and humid Tuesday some sun up to 88 and then hot and steamy Wednesday thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening up to 93 and not as hot for Thursday at Yale New Haven Health we're delivering pioneering research from Yale School of medicine to improve people's lives every single day because behind every positive outcome and every personal breakthrough is an outstanding team of experts working together to improve the lives of our patients at Yale New 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here Lou Adler and Joe demo and a reporter for the New York Herald at the time sat down to ask Malcolm X about his aims I was nothing no one seems to pleas you very much Mr X uh Martin Luther King and President Kennedy or Ralph Bunch or Roy Wilkins or uh just about anybody can think of I wonder what what is it you want what are you after what what are you for I think you'll find that The Honorable Elijah Muhammad has spelled out beautifully what he wants he wants freedom justice and equality for the American so-called Negroes and 100 years uh 310 years of servitude here physical SL here and 100 years since the Civil War is sufficient proof that the black man cannot get freedom justice and equality here in this white American society so all Mr Muhammad is saying is that uh it is time now for us to separate ourselves from the whites and try and go into a land of our own and solve our own problem and this is the only intelligent solution WCBS was there through it all and then came November of 1963 Wayne the Assassin of President John F Kennedy ladies and gentlemen we interrupt this program to bring you a bulle from WCBS radio news the story as it is just being handed to me is dineed Dallas Texas it says according to the United press three shots were fired at President Kennedy's moday today in Downtown Dallas by the mid 1960 CBS was in Black Rock The Beloved name for our corporate headquarters and our radio home at 51 West 52nd Street what a beautiful building you take one look at it you know why it's called Black Rock right there and that was where so much of CBS and the Tiffany Network grew by this time you could hear hints of what would become WCBS news radio 888 up to the minut it was an afternoon DriveTime program that would really become the Prototype of news radio 88 in 1967 and it was right around this time of the year August 28th as a matter of fact of 196 7 when we began WCBS news radio good morning this is Steve Porter welcoming you to WCBS news radio 88 because of an accident yesterday an aircraft knocking over our am transmitter Tower WCBS FM will carry our new broadcasting concept until WCBS am facilities are repaired WCBS time is 5:30 in the morning and weather is behind most of the news this morning even though the worst of it has finally left the New York metropolitan area heavy rain and fog yesterday caused Transportation tie-ups caused flooding and was indirectly responsible for the destruction of WCBS and wnbc radio's am broadcasting Tower a small plane groping through the fog yesterday afternoon slammed into the tower knocking it down and killing at least two passengers one report says there may have been three other persons aboard the Piper Cherokee which slammed into the WCBS NBC Tower the plane wound up in Long Island Sound after kening off the tower two bodies surfaced immediately but police fear more have may may have been aboard one of the two bodies recovered has been identified as Ronald Balo of Manhattan police say he may have been one of a party of four that spent the weekend at East Hampton presumably the four plus the pilot could have been aboard the craft according to a report from the company that owned the plane the aircraft was originally taken without authorization from the LaGuardia Airport it PID to save the so your savings account R away save more and borrow less save for your happiness save the savings it's WCBS Through The Years hello as I've said tens of thousands of times here on 880 I'm meteorologist Todd Glickman in the WCBS weather center it has been an honor and privilege to bring you the weather for the past 45 years I hope that in some small way we've helped you understand how the weather affects your everyday lives and from the small business breakfast to the New York Marathon in Central Park we've also had some fun along the way huge thanks to our WCBS family both off been on air for their friendship and support and especially to Craig Allen who's been a personal friend 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two-car hit right before stedwick Avenue and I'm Susan Browning in the wcvs traffic center most places are going to be dry here as we head through the evening pretty nice evening across the Tri City area and for tomorrow partly sunny warm maybe an afternoon or evening thunderstorm uh certainly that's probably more widespread across Connecticut tomorrow 85 the mostly clear tomorrow night now to 69 very warm Tuesday at to 88 and hot steamy Wednesday thunderstorm of the afternoon and evening up to 93 and not aside for Thursday this is Tom Kaminsky and I know better than anyone the importance of staying focused on the road distracted driving kills people every year calling on your cell phone taking emails or text SW driving is selfish and puts you and those around you at risk think twice before you reach for your cell phone in the car ask yourself is this really worth it a message from WCBS 880 they say to make yourself indispensable at work so I developed a digital catering solution that 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heavy fire today and White House National Security adviser Jake Sullivan says the US is closely watching we have been tracking the threat of hisbah attacks against Israel for some time now um and of course those attacks have been unfolding since October 7th with convention over cbs's Skyler Henry tells us the presidential candidates will hit the campaign Trail this week Trump heads back to Michigan twice in Pennsylvania on Friday and Harris will go on another bus tour this time across Georgia Phil Jones a CBS News correspondent for more than 30 years has died Jones was best known for covering Washington politics where he found people to respect elected officials who were as fiercely partisan as they come but at the end of the day it was always country first first political party last Phil Jones was 87 CBS News brief I'm Michael Toscano New York New Jersey and Connecticut's home for News traffic weather and the mess this is WCBS 880 news portions of this broadcast have been recorded WCBS Through The Years continues welcome back to WCBS through the years I'm Wayne Kev I'm Paul mdan a way to tell a radio station story a way to tell the listener what they're listening to is through the magic of Jingles we know about earworms they just stick with you and here are some of the earworms over the years the jingles a little sample of how our WCBS jingle package changed from the 1950s right through today WCBS New York as your service with new new information At Your Service here on your nework your home yours every night and w [Music] news is WCBS New York Sports is WCBS New York where it's at and where it's going to be is WCS New York no matter where the news is we're here to tell it best WCBS New York WCBS New York all news news day and night around the it's your news you get it home when you set you to all news 88 WCBS New York WCBS New [Music] [Applause] York WCS news TR weather on air online we are news radio WCBS New York all news radio arrives at 880 a.m. in 1967 here's Lou Adler in 1968 after LBJ said he would not seek another term in the white house but it's doubtful anyone was prepared for the political punch President Johnson was about to deliver last night New York City Council president Frank O Conor one of the Johnson spear carriers in New York state took the news grimly think share with all Americans all over