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There’s Only One . . . WNEW – continuer

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Ed Brown created the WNEW1130.com blog on April 27, 2009.

Since January 24, 2024, it has been my great honor to keep it running for him, as Editor, after his death in late 2023.

Ed’s first WNEW1130.com post that April day read,

There’s Only One . . . WNEW

There was a time when most radio stations, no matter how big, were local and part of neighborhood life.  WNEW-AM, where the forms of modern radio were invented and made personal, existed within a community of broadcasters and listeners who shared in life’s events and now, share memories. This blog, exists to collect as many as possible of the bits and pieces of that history. What do you remember? What part of the story can you tell?

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Not having Mr. Brown’s wealth of historical and WNEW knowledge, I do plan to draw from his earlier posts, his memories, and even from  commentary archives from the 7PM radio time slot.  These are gems of history, excellence in writing, and many-just plain enjoyable to read.

So, I ask as Ed did, “What do you remember? What part of the story can you tell?”

I am excited to receive your contributions.

We’ve / I’ve got quite a few friends.

A huge thank you to Bill P, Jean, Edw M, Karen, Jeff, Al, Alan, Andy, Bill D, Bob, Mike, and their families, for the many different ways in which you support me, and this site.

Thank you so very much for helping to keep WNEW1130.com alive and well.

 

 

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Personal, Staff

Happy Heavenly Birthday, Edward Brown

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Happy heavenly birthday, Edward Brown. Celebrating your life and your exemplary service and commitment to your listeners, and viewers, by bringing the truth of current affairs as only your writing, analysis, and voice could do.  And, from all of us, the world is less bright without your shining light. (Sept 23, 1933 – Sept 15, 2023)

Edward Brown

Brown spent ten years (1965-1975) with WNEW Radio, N.Y. as newscaster and news analyst.  He won AP and UPI awards for his commentaries on Watergate, and other influential issues of the time. Brown made frequent news analysis appearances on WNEW TV’s “10 O’ Clock News, and had assignments to Cuba for the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Viet Nam negotiations in Paris.

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Obituary, Personal, Staff

Remembering Edward Brown

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Today is a hard day as it reminds us all that it’s been a year since we lost you.   A year?   How is that even possible, when each day without you can feel like an eternity. I hope you know how much you are loved and dearly missed.

Edward Brown
Ed & Jean

 

 

 

 

 


Edward C. Brown, of Sun City Center, FL, and formerly of New York, NY, passed away on September 15th, 2023 at his home with his family by his side, a week before his 90th birthday.

Dad’s heart overflowed with kindness, gentleness, caring, giving, love, and humility.
The Family of Edward Brown

I share with you now, a favorite song of Dad’s.

Marianne (Brown) Palmer
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Remembering This Site’s Founding Father!!

The ever-pensive and always fair Edward Brown is more than a little deserving of some meaningful ink at this juncture! Though not one to ever call attention to himself, it’s now been exactly one year since we lost this accomplished broadcast journalist, news analyst and friend on September 15, 2023, a week before his 90th birthday.

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When it came to getting it said, Ed was a master storyteller, respected by his colleagues, and his listeners and viewers in a nearly half-century career that took him from suburban radio stations on Long Island before he stepped up to New York’s WMCA for a half dozen years and a full decade at WNEW. His tenure at the latter was punctuated by AP and UPI awards, particularly for his commentaries on Watergate. In addition, he made appearances on WNEW Television’s “Ten O’clock News” as an analyst. His superb writing and commanding voice also led to Edward winning a network position as an analyst for NBC’s News and Information Service, a news broadcaster on NBC Radio and an important contributor to NBC Radio’s 1976 election coverage.

Before he and wife, Jean, moved to Florida, Ed did his final news anchoring and on-air writing at WCHL Radio in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Ed’s retirement years were spent in Sun City Center, Florida and it was there, at home, where the spotlight on his labor of love focused on WNEW1130.com. Yes, that is this very site where you are seeing this remembrance and a wholesome outpouring of stories tied to that once-prestigious New York Radio Station.

I am delighted to be among a small group of gifted, retired broadcasters who are privileged to write for this web site and can only hope this flashback would have passed muster with Ed and his daughter, Marianne, who is our Editor!

Bob Gibson

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