After nearly 30 years, 1010 WINS anchor Lee Harris is leaving the New York all-news station.
In an internal memo obtained by Barrett News Media, 1010 WINS Vice President of New York News Ben Mevorach shared that Lee “is not retiring” but that his “insane 3:00 AM wake up is coming to an end”.
“For nearly 30 years, Lee has occupied the morning drive slot at WINS. Day in and day out he spoke the language of most New Yorkers. He could be funny, irreverent, or sarcastic. He viewed the world and everything in it with a healthy dose of skepticism, often pointing out the absurdity of a story or sound byte along the way,” Mevorach said.
“He took occasional on-air shots at (John) Montone and editor story selections…but always (well almost always) from the perspective of how a true New Yorker would have reacted. He could be biting and caustic and incisive. By definition, he had a mordant wit. He is a New Yorker through and through.”
Harris has served as the station’s top-of-the-hour morning news anchor since 1995.
Mevorach thanked Harris for his tenure with the station, concluding he was “the signature voice of the greatest news station that ever was. It was a magnificent ride”.
Lee Harris is a great guy and a pro’s-pro.