The importance of local talk radio

[Sid Schweiger]

>>You are correct; Palmer Payne did news at WOR after leaving WRKO. 
There was another fellow whom I believe also worked at both stations (though 
I may be wrong); his first name was Roger and he had a last name that I 
could never quite catch --- something like "Skivenas."  Ring any bells with 
anyone?<<

Roger Skibenes.  (not sure of the spelling)

Palmer Payne also did news at WABC around the time of its transition from music to talk (1982), as did another Channel 7 alumnus, Roger Sharp.  The standing joke at ABC was that if the two of them ever co-anchored a newscast, they could call it...


(wait for it)


...the Sharp-Payne Report.

(ducking and covering)



Sid Schweiger
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