NEW YORK (PIX11) — WCBS 880, the AM radio station in New York City, is ending its all-news format after nearly 60 years of broadcasting. The station’s owner is licensing its 880 AM signal to ESPN.

The all-news station has been on the air for nearly 57 years. Its debut was held up when a stolen plane crashed into the station’s transmitter. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll ...

The author is a broadcast technology consultant who, most recently, was CTO of WAMU in Washington, DC. He was previously market chief for CBS Radio New York and began there as an engineer at WCBS 880.

WCBS/880 AM held its own wake Thursday, with a three-hour special that spanned decades and included a couple dozen current and former reporters, anchors and newsroom icons. The tone was celebratory — ...