"Sportsradio 66" WFAN AM 660 kHz is a radio station in the city of New York. As WNBC, it was the flagship radio station of the NBC Radio Network from 1922 until NBC left the radio business in 1988. The station is on a clear channel and is owned by Infinity Broadcasting. [1]

On the afternoon of October 22, 1986, the station's N-Copter traffic helicopter crashed into the Hudson River killing traffic reporter Jane Dornacker and severely injuring pilot Bill Pate. As millions of WNBC listeners heard Dornacker giving her traffic report she suddenly paused, a grinding noise could be heard in the background and Dornacker screaming in terror "Hit the water! Hit the water! Hit the water!", then the radio transmission was cut off and a very shaken radio host Joey Reynold could be heard trying to figure out what just happened.

WFAN, then at 1050 kHz, was launched on July 1, 1987, billing itself as the world's first twenty-four-hour-per-day sports talk station. When WNBC signed off in October 1988, WFAN moved down the radio dial to replace it at 660 kHz while 1050 kHz was sold off.

Over the years, WFAN has been the broadcast home to several big names in the world of radio, including the sports-talk team of Mike and the Mad Dog (Mike Francesa and Chris Russo) and the political commentator Don Imus, whose program is now nationally syndicated.

The day begins at 6:00 am, with Imus in the Morning with Don Imus who gave out political opinions to all the listeners across the country.The Imus in the Morning show is now syndicated to over 90 stations across the United States with an audience in excess of 10 million. It has become a regular stop on the circuit for Washington insiders, both conservatives and liberals in the media elite, best-selling authors and the occasional presidential candidate. In September of 1996, MSNBC, the cable/Internet venture of Microsoft and NBC, began a simulcast of the Imus in the Morning show for their own morning programming.

The rest of the day is devoted to the world of sports-talk and/or sports play-by-play at 10:00 am on the weekdays (sports talk runs through the whole entire weekend). At 10:00 am, until 1:00 pm, "Joe B. and Sid" (Joe Beningo and Sid Rosenberg) began the day of talk in sports, followed bt the five-and-a-half hour "Mike and the Mad Dog show" hosted by Mike Francesa and Chris Russo.

After Mike and Chris, Steve Somers, and/or either another WFAN personality or a live play-by-play sporting event (Noteably, Westwood One's NFL, NHL and NCAA radio broadcasts. (For others, see bottom of page))

Chris Carlin takes care of the overnight shift on Monday-Friday mornings.

WFAN also has broadcasting rights for New York Mets baseball, New York Giants American football, New Jersey Nets basketball, and New Jersey Devils hockey.

WFAN's primary competition is WEPN, the New York ESPN Radio affiliate, ironically located at WFAN's old 1050 kHz frequency.

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