If you have ever seen the movie "Patton" with George C. Scott, there is a scene toward the end where his character, General George S. Patton, has been relieved of command of his unit in the final days ...

Our story about former New York City powerhouse WPLJ struck a nerve with readers Tuesday. Many of you took time to comment on the story here and send notes to the experts we quoted. We’re sharing the ...

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. — It’s 9:19am on the last day of broadcasting for a radio station that has dutifully served three generations of pop and rock music fans across the New York Tri-State area. The ...

From 1974 through December 1, 1988, legendary programmer Larry Berger was the face of an AOR giant-turned-Top 40 dominator strongly competing against the Scott Shannon-led WHTZ “Z100” under original ...

WPLJ, a rock and pop music staple in New York since 1971 — will sign off for the last time on May 31. The FM station, which started spinning vinyl when Three Dog Night was king and Carole King was ...

Radio station WPLJ will soon join WNEW, WPIX and a few other New York FM stations in broadcast heaven. PLJ’s current owners announced its sale to Education Media Foundation, which is expected to ...

Pilot of the airwaves, signing off forever. After 48 years of broadcasting, WPLJ/95.5 FM enters radio silence Friday. The iconic Manhattan-based station was among a recent $103 million cash purchase ...

Longtime rock D.J. Tony Pigg, whose voice entertained listeners at WPLJ, WNEW, and K-ROCK for over 30 years, has died at the age of 85, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Pigg passed away at home of ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Friday evening marked the end of an era for music on the radio. 95.5 WPLJ went off the air at 7 p.m. Earlier this month, the radio station announced they'd be leaving the ...

Jimmy Fink goes way back with WPLJ, like to before it was PLJ. The current Scarsdale resident started at the station in 1970, when it was still WABC-FM. He stayed till 1983 and moved on to K-Rock ...

Prepare to adjust your FM radio presets, New Jersey listeners — 95.5 WPLJ is going off the air. The longstanding New York radio station that for nearly 50 years has sent pop and rock hits across the ...

Legendary New York radio station WPLJ — which launched in 1971 as a pioneering AOR (album oriented rock) station, then embraced the MTV-inspired new wave movement of the early ‘80s and eventually ...