Since 1987, when WFAN launched, I listened irregularly, but I never called in to speak to any of their hosts. I just never wanted to be put on hold for a long time. Steve Somers started at the station at its launch and was a full-time host until 2021.
In this autobiography that I have on the Kindle, Steve Somers traces his career from his boyhood in San Francisco until he became famous as an overnight host known as Captain Midnight at WFAN, America's foremost sports talk station. He worked in several small radio and TV markets until he realized his dream of being on the air in the Big Apple. I am not a night owl, so I didn't listen to him on his overnight shift. But there were times when he was on the air during the day, and I heard his show.
He had some celebrity callers, including Jerry Seinfeld. He calls the Mets the Metropolitans (their full name) and the Islanders the Icelanders. Much of the book is devoted to anecdotes. He listed many of his regular callers on the overnight shift. He insisted that regular callers did not have a special line to the station.
On Wednesday, December 3rd, he spoke about his book at a Zoom meeting of the New York Giants Preservation Society. I attended the meeting and asked him if he preferred one host or two, also did he think that hosts should talk about non-sports related topics. He felt that the one host who talks to the callers is a better option and the host should stick to sports.
I highly recommend this book to sports fans.
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