WCBS Newsradio 880’s Rich Lamb will retire in February after 50 years in broadcast news. Lamb called working in New York City an “extraordinary honor of a professional lifetime.”
“Through all the news stories, great and small, beautiful and terrible, it has been my good fortune to have reaped the benefits of the skills, knowledge and camaraderie of my fellow professionals at this station,” Lamb wrote in a web article.
Lamb covered events such as 9/11, the 88-day newspaper strike and the New York City transit strikes in 1980 and 2005, four major area plane crashes, and the funeral of Pope John Paul II and the election of Popes Benedict and Francis.
“Rich is a one-of-a-kind reporter and human being,” WCBS 880 News Director Tim Scheld said. “He will be missed not just for his broadcast journalism and eloquent storytelling, but Rich is a selfless friend, colleague and mentor whose influence and friendships can be seen across the New York City landscape in business, journalism and politics.
Lamb’s career began in Michigan as an anchor/reporter at the former WEXL Royal Oak.
“Through all the news stories, great and small, beautiful and terrible, it has been my good fortune to have reaped the benefits of the skills, knowledge and camaraderie of my fellow professionals at this station,” said Lamb.
“Rich may be leaving, but he has left each one of us at WCBS 880 with something to help us carry on his legacy,” said Scheld.
Lamb’s last day on WCBS will be Feb. 26, 43 years to the day after his first assignment.
