From the morning of December 9, 1980, the morning after the murder of John Lennon, comes an aircheck loaded with history, following the de-throning of WABC by WKTU-FM and its disco format. This was during the brief time that Dan Ingram held down morning drive, replacing Harry Harrison, before moving back to afternoons.
WABC was in full John Lennon mode, with all Beatles music and commentary by Ingram. The All-Lennon newscasts included John Meagher, traffic reporter Joe Nolan and feature reporter Kathleen Maloney. Ingram spoke with WABC great Bruce Morrow, as well as former Program Director Rick Sklar.
Apparently, most of these legendary professionals had very little sleep following the tragic event the day before. At one point, Ingram accidentally switches the story about Ringo Starr‘s missing medal to Lennon’s missing medal.