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In this week’s issue… NY TV anchor, radio historian both retiring – XPN PD to retire – More Cumulus cuts – Rogers sells FMs as Corus makes big talent cuts
By SCOTT FYBUSH
*There aren’t many radio stations with their own historians, and one of the most prominent is retiring. Andy Lanset has been with NEW YORK‘s WNYC since 2000 as the founding director of the station’s archives, and what a career he’s had there, following up on an already fascinating life in which he was a news reporter for WBAI and a freelance audio producer working on ventures that included the “Yiddish Radio Project” in the 1990s.
When we first met Andy, he was just a few years into the job, making sense of a chaotic collection of discs, tapes, wires and paperwork that was jammed into the attic of the old Municipal Building, and he’s done a magnificent job making sense of it all, moving to a spacious archival facility in WNYC’s current Hudson Square digs. Along the way, he added curatorial duties for WQXR when WNYC bought the classical station, and he did much of the work that went into WNYC’s centennial celebration this year.
(photo: Christine Butler/WNYC)
Lanset also put out a weekly WNYC history newsletter for more than two decades, announcing his retirement in this past week’s edition.
*Most New Yorkers didn’t know Andy Lanset, but they all knew Chuck Scarborough, who came to WNBC-TV (Channel 4) in 1974 after two years helping to drag Boston’s WNAC-TV (Channel 7) out of the ratings basement.
At WNBC, Scarborough became the first anchor of the new 5 PM newscast, which evolved into “Live at Five” and paired him with his longtime co-anchor Sue Simmons, then propelled him into the lead role anchoring the news at 6 and 11.
After retiring from the 11 PM show in 2017, Scarborough has remained on the 6, but at 81, he announced last week that he’ll leave the anchor desk on Dec. 12, though he’ll keep a finger in as a special projects anchor for channel 4.
As we announced a few weeks ago, the 2026 edition of the Tower Site Calendar will be the last.
We began publishing it 25 years ago, and the broadcast landscape is radically different now.
Radio World just ran an excellent article about us if you want to know more.
Once it’s gone, that’s it. We won’t be printing any more.
Thank you to everyone who saw our announcement and rushed to buy it. We appreciate you.
(There are some calendars from previous years if you want more of a tower photo fix — all under $5.)
But don’t wait to get this year’s Tower Site Calendar — buy it now!
We are selling the Broadcast Historian’s Calendar again this year, but we have that in an even smaller quantity — definitely don’t hesitate for that.
And visit the Fybush Media Store to check out our selection of books and videos, too!
In this week’s issue… NYC morning shows exit - Carton back amidst WFAN shakeup - FM signing off in Canada - More radio centennials
In this week’s issue… Veteran newsman returns - Remembering NY's Leitner, RI's Jones - CT AM saved - Maine AM moves - "Indie" adds suburban signals
In this week’s issue… Scripps stations face takeover - Sinclair moves more affiliations - CT stations sold - Maine AM surrendered - Remembering WVBR's Shapiro, WABC's Morgan
In this week’s issue… CT TV legend succumbs to cancer - Remembering PA's Adams - FCC still stalled by shutdown - Pittsburgh morning host exits
