VALHALLA, N.Y. — It was a perhaps atypical farewell compared to other on-air goodbye from legendary radio air personalities. But, considering it involved Scott Shannon, perhaps it was the perfect send-off for a man who started his career some 55 years ago at nights at Bernie Dittman-owned WABB in Mobile and has been a morning star for some 40 years.
Shannon and co-host Patty Steele hosted their final show for Audacy Corp.’s Classic Hits WCBS-FM in New York on Friday (12/16), concluding an 8 1/2 year run that came after Shannon’s first “retirement,” from former Hot Adult Contemporary WPLJ.
Could Shannon still be thinking about more than hosting his weekly syndicated America’s Greatest Hits, even after today’s fundraising-filled farewell show from Blythedale Children’s Hospital, which saw its board of directors donate upward of $400,000 to the medical center in Westchester County, N.Y., in honor of Steele and Shannon?
