WFAN losing its last voice of sanity with Richard Neer’s exit

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WFAN's Loss

Richard Neer's departure from WFAN signals the end of a long-standing era of calm and intelligent sports talk radio on the station.

Neer's Legacy

Neer, known for his thoughtful approach and well-prepared discussions on various sports, including golf, provided a reliable source of mature commentary since 1988.

The Void

His exit leaves a gap, replaced by hosts described as crude, attention-seeking, and prone to defamation. The author suggests a decline in the quality of the station's programming.

There used to be a ballpark …

I suppose he lasted years longer than the game plan allowed, a split-T formation vs. an empty backfield world, but there will be no Richard Neer starting tomorrow morning at WFAN.

The last reliable stop to enjoy thoughtful, calm, topical and clean adult-oriented sports talk radio — and since 1988 — has been vanished, except for some spot fill-ins, when the usual crude, attention-desperate name-callers, self-sensitive defamation artists and indistinguishable bad guesswork adult adolescents need their whoopee cushions serviced.

And Neer was well-prepared to intelligently discuss most sports, golf included as his Saturday listeners drove to meet their tee times.

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