50 Years On…
Fifty years ago, on July 1, 1970, WLIR took the air as a progressive rock station.92.7 FM was the brainchild of Michael Harrison, who convinced the mom and pop owners of the frequency, John and Dorothea Rieger, to switch formats from an old fashioned 'magazine'...
Garden City News Profile
"Adelphi grad, radio star turns mystery novelist" Listeners of WNEW-FM/ WNEW-AM from the 1970s into the early 1990s, or listeners of sports talk radio WFAN since its infancy as a startup station know the distinctive style, voice and unique legacy Richard Neer has...
Profiles in Courage
Whatever happened to "Judge not Lest Ye be Judged"? From the calls I've taken on WFAN lately, people are practically suggesting the death penalty for the Astros players who participated in the sign stealing scandal. The players made a mistake by cheating. Their bosses...
Novelist Cafe: Mary Higgins Clark
Richard's 2010 interview with Mary Higgins Clark
Professional Jealousy
Why do people buy books? As a good friend of mine opines, if we knew the answer to that, every book would be a best seller.The controversy around American Dirt reminds me of my days on FM radio when the record companies would 'hype' a particular artist and spend...
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Richard's new recording of the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. Happy holidays! A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Cool Hand Colin?
The NFL sponsored workout for Colin Kaepernick turned out badly this weekend. It's clear that neither side trusts the other and for good reason.Many have asked why the NFL did this in the first place. My guess is that Jay-Z, a Kaepernick supporter, lobbied Goodell. So...
Knowing When to Leave
I just read an interesting piece about why the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, succeeded beyond all expectations and Rocketman, the Elton John story, is not resonating with audiences.It has little to do with artistic merit, the NY Post posits, but the fact that Elton...
Privacy in Public Life
When a president invokes executive privilege, it troubles me. What is he hiding? is the natural response. But in order for any business or government to function, there must be secrets.Why?Take the example of the recently resigned British Ambassador, Kim Darroch. In a...
NBA Hijinks
A Happy Clipper Some fans are in an uproar that NBA players now are able to not only select the team they wish to play for, but choose their teammates as well. I say more power to them. The draft is inherently unfair to players but seems to be the best way to maintain...