The last original host at Audacy Sports 660 WFAN/101.9 WFAN-FM New York is preparing to bid adieu.
Newsday reports that Steve Somers told listeners overnight that he will be departing the regular schedule “more sooner rather than later,” but may return for occasional fill-in shifts. Somers has been with WFAN since its 1987 launch with a run in overnights before moving to middays with Russ Salzberg from 1995 to 1999. Since then he has hosted nights and late nights around play-by-play programming. Somers told listeners he was offered the opportunity to return to overnights, but told listeners “What I’ve done before, I don’t want to do again, working five hours overnight. They made it clear that they wanted to keep me around, but the bottom line is the time period. I would need to recharge the batteries and so forth and so on.”
Prior to joining WFAN in 1987, Somers worked as a television sportscaster with stints at KPIX San Francisco, KOVR Sacramento, WXIA Atlanta, and KNBC Los Angeles. He also had some radio stints at KYA and KABL San Francisco and KMPC Los Angeles.