Herb Oscar Anderson (Mornings) - Lives in upstate NY and Florida in retirement. His son, actor John James, starred in the TV series ‘Dynasty’ in the 80’s.

Ferrel Smith (Early Afternoons) - left WABC and went to New Haven.

Jack Carney (Afternoons) - Became a legend at KMOX in St. Louis in the 70’s and 80’s. Passed away in 1984. His son works in St. Louis in radio.

Chuck Dunaway (Nights) -

Harry Harrison - The only ‘WMCA Good Guy’ to join WABC, did mornings from 1968 to 1979; joined CBS-FM as morning man in 1980 retiring in 2003.

Ron Lundy (Middays) - Hosted last music show on WABC w/ Dan Ingram. Retired from mid-mornings at WCBS-FM in 1997. Currently enjoying life on the farm in Mississippi.

Sam Holman (PD/Afternoons) - went from WLS in Chicago to WABC and stayed for a couple of years. Died in the 80’s.

Bob Dayton (Nights) - fired for the infamous "Happy Birthday Baby" on the Hiroshima anniversary, worked at various stations in NYC including CBS-FM. Died in 1995.

Roby Yonge (Late Nights) - Fired over the "Paul is Dead" broadcast in early 1969. Went to Miami and was known for the Levitz Furniture commercials he did in the 70’s and 80’s. Died 1997.

Johnny Donovan (Early Afternoons/Fill-ins) - Stayed with WABC after transition to talk, where he still is today as Production Director. Responsible for the yearly WABC Rewound broadcasts on Memorial Day

Frank Kingston Smith (Early Afternoons/Fill-Ins) - did AM Drive in Boston after leaving WABC in the mid-70’s, now out of the business doing air shows around the country. He pops up on AOL every so often in the radio bulletin boards.

Dan Ingram (Afternoons) - with WABC for 21 1/2 years, mostly afternoons, with a year in AM Drive. Commercial Voiceover artist, and was Weekend Afternoon Air Personality at WCBS-FM for 10+ years before leaving in 2003.

Bob Cruz (Afternoons/Fill-Ins) - did PM Drive when Ingram was doing mornings and filled in for Ingram on vacations. Left WABC to work for ABC TV Network as voiceover announcer (ABC Sports broadcasts and 20/20). Died in 1995.

Scott Muni (Early Evenings) - Scotto became the first of the WABC jocks to leave the station after constant arguements over music with Rick Sklar in 1965. From there, went to WMCA and WOR-FM. Fired in 1999 after 30 years at WNEW-FM, where he served as PD/afternoons during the station's heyday in the 70's and 80's. Died in 2004.

Cousin Bruce Morrow (Evenings) - Cousin Bruce left WABC in 1974 and went to WNBC for three years. Was with WCBS-FM on a part-time basis 1981-2005, hosting the Saturday Night Dance Party. Took two turns at station ownership in the 80's and 90's, including WRAN in Randolph, NJ, where he hired a guy named Tripp Rogers for mornings in 1984. Active with the Variety Club Childrens Charity. Now works for Sirius

Chuck Leonard (Late Nights/Evenings) - has been with KISS-FM in NYC as AM Drive personality in the 80’s, filled in at WQEW in the 90's. Passed away in 2004.

George Michael (Evenings) - Worked nights at WFIL in Philly in late 60’s and early 70’s. Followed Cousin Brucie in the night slot in 1974, stayed for 5 years. Moonlighted as a sportscaster for the NY Islanders and WABC-TV while in NY, went to Washington, DC working at the NBC affiliate there as nightly sports anchor (retiring in 2007). Host of the George Michael Sports Machine on NBC-TV.

Howard Hoffman (Evenings) - did evenings for a couple of years towards the end of the music days. Since WABC, Morning drive at KOPA/Phoenix 1982-1984; Afternoon drive on KMEL/SanFran 1984-1987; Morning drive on KHIT/Seattle 1987; Morning drive on KKFR/Phoenix 1988; Morning drive (with Stephanie Miller) on Hot 97/New York 1989-1993; & Production Director at KABC/Los Angeles 1993-present. Author of the infamous ‘Nine’ tape. Was one of the voices of an Oscar nominated cartoon in 1996.

Sturgis Griffin (Evenings/Nights) - hired after the Thanksgiving massacre in 1979 from WBLS (air name Sergio Dean).

Charlie Greer - Overnights in the 60’s, retired from radio in Akron, OH. Passed away in 1996.

Bob Lewis (Overnights) - In a surprising move at the time, left the AM to work for WABC-FM/WPLJ. Also spent time at WCBS-FM (early 70's). Worked part-time at WNEW-FM in the mid 80's & became a commercial voiceover artist, died in 1987.

Jay Reynolds - overnights in the 70’s, came from and went back to Indianapolis where he worked for a number of stations. Died in March, 1996

Marc Summers (Fill-Ins) - from WABC went to WCBS-FM as production director from 1982-1995.

 

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