5/28/2023 0 Comments Spike eskinThe never-before-tried All Sports format debuted on Jat what was Country-formatted WHN at 1050 AM. Sports Radio 66 WFAN New York is celebrating its 20th anniversary. WFAN made their all-sports conversion in 1987, about a year before WIP, according to Radio Ink, which wrote this anniversary story back in 2007: But anyway, sports on WIP was indeed a part-time thing until 1988, when the full format switch was complete and Angelo Cataldi joined Tom Brookshier for the launch of “Brookie and the Rookie.” Howard is correct when he says that WIP added sports in the summer of 1986, which was when Judas Priest was touring the United States in support of the Turbo album. Larry King’s syndicated radio show aired on 610, and there was a time when it was music during the day and talk shows at night. ![]() Prior to the 2011 WYSP format flip, WIP existed on 610 WTEL, and it was a music station up until the 1980s, when programmers began to dabble with some talk shows as well. I appreciate the notes app statement though.”Īs you know, the current iteration of WIP broadcasts on 94.1 FM in our area. “WFAN was the first full time sports talk station big guy. Second, Spike basically poo-poo’d Howard’s full time/part time thing, saying the following in response: Right up there with Cowboys/Eagles and Flyers/Penguins. technology will continue to be one of the best rivalries in Philadelphia sporting history. CLit5UmLeZįirst of all, I love how Howard tried to tag Twitter accounts in the notes app. I mean, man, people would go crazy over these shoes," Iverson said.Just to set the record straight with and Not quite what my son said with and when he started in NY this week. Then I got to the point where I started to throw them in the crowd after the game, or after I knew the game was going to be over. So after a while, I basically knew that after every game the shoes was gone. "I just remember having my sneakers, and after every game somebody from the other team would ask me for 'em-for his son, his cousin, his niece. Iverson still remembers the hype over the shoe after its initial release more than a decade ago. The Question will once again be on store shelves on May 25th. The sense about him is that he's comfortable where he is, he admitted he made a lot of mistakes," Twersky said. If he's having all of the problems everyone is saying, he hides it well and he denies it even better." "He's in a great zone, and we started talking, and he just opens up. "I get there, all his kids are with him, all his friends are with him, he's all smiles," he said. Most times when you hear about Iverson now, the story is a negative one, but Twersky said it looked to him like Iverson is doing just fine. That's the only reason I did it the second time is because I seen how hard he bit when I wasn't even doing a move, I was setting a move up. And, you know, Mike's probably been shook before-somebody probably got him before-but right there, at the top of the key like that, with everybody watching. 'Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.' Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan. "Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. ![]() Iverson said one thing he still gets asked about to this day, is when he crossed over the greatest player of all time. He brought it up on his own," Twersky said. The way he talked about the Philly, I've never heard another athlete talk about a city like that. "It almost had a club-like atmosphere, people came dressed up." When Iverson talked about Philadelphia, he remembered the atmosphere at the arena. restaurant, often times parking his Bentley in the parking lot. "He said, 'we made it the third biggest franchise in the United States.' He said 'I remember they used to have to check ID's at the door because it was so bumpin'." Iverson famously frequented the City Line Ave. Twersky recently sat down with Iverson to discuss his time in Philadelphia, and the re-release of Iverson's classic Reebok shoe, The Question. ![]() for a half hour," said Slam Magazine senior editor Tzvi Twersky. "Allen literally reminisced about the Friday's on City Line Ave. The best memory he has might not be at the corner of Broad and Pattison though, it's on City Line Avenue. The fans, the NBA Finals run in 2001, his coach Larry Brown, all have special places in his heart. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Allen Iverson has a lot of great memories about the city of Philadelphia.
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