"I was trying to figure out ways I could work with them in some like licensing way. But then I thought, '(Expletive) these guys. I don’t want to work for them. I just don’t.'”
"So we would open up one beer. Half a beer here, half a beer there in unmarked cups. Not to get drunk while we're doing the game, but more just to put him in that mindset of like we're two dudes at the bar watching the game."
"Who lets me in this morning? Jim Kerr, 52 years, a legend at WAXQ, who remembers me from back in the 70’s interviewing when I started the Guardian Angels.”
"WABC does not want personal attacks on any individuals. Disagree with policies, disagree with opinions, that is fine. That is what talk radio is all about."
"It’s a full circle moment for me as my first radio station appearance for me was in 1971 when WOR’s Arlene Francis interviewed me as a kid, and I’ve been talking on the radio since.”
"I love to do some impressions. We sing a little bit, play some funny clips. It's just a little buffet of everything. And my producers know that among the stories we have to cover every day, there are two or three fun things we can do, which are either New York-centric or from around the country and sometimes the world.”
"You have a vision, and you try to create a culture that supports the vision. Sometimes everything sounds so simple. But if it were that simple, everybody would get to the top."
Randy Michaels compared radio to railroads. Trains are still running, and radio stations are still playing the hits of yesterday and today. But there’s a lot less of both.
"So we would open up one beer. Half a beer here, half a beer there in unmarked cups. Not to get drunk while we're doing the game, but more just to put him in that mindset of like we're two dudes at the bar watching the game."