Charles McCord

Charles McCord (born c. 1942 in Joplin, Missouri) is a former news anchor and on-air radio personality in the New York metropolitan area. He was most notable for being the news anchor and head writer for Imus in the Morning for over three decades.[1]

McCord began his radio career at KICK in Springfield, Missouri in 1963 before moving to the now-defunct WFAA in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and then to WWDC and WTOP in Washington, DC before joining WNBC in New York City in the early 1970s. He was assigned as a news reader for the Monitor weekend program and as the sidekick to Don Imus.

In 1988, when WNBC signed off and WFAN signed on, McCord was retained.

McCord continued to serve as the news anchor for WFAN's morning show for several months after the departure of Imus, and then, after over thirty years at the 660 kHz frequency in New York, left WFAN at the end of August when the contract between Imus and WFAN was settled.

McCord rejoined Imus in the Morning when the program returned to radio on WABC on December 3, 2007.

McCord's responsibilities on the Imus program included news reporting and writing comedy material for celebrity impersonators Larry Kenney and Rob Bartlett, as well as writing the questions host Don Imus would ask his guests during interviews.[2] In character, he was usually the straight man and occasionally an Imus sycophant or antagonist.

McCord announced his retirement in April 2011; his retirement became effective May 6.[3]

References

  1. ↑ New York Times article from August 15, 2007
  2. ↑ Don Imus leaves a trail of way more than dust by David Hinckley
  3. ↑ Hinckley, David (2011-04-14). Don Imus wingman Charles McCord calling it quits after 48 years behind the mic: Sources, New York Daily News. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  • A semi-mock bio of McCord, from his official WABC page. Some of the information, such as his broadcast history, is in fact true. However, the bio itself is largely satirical due to the deprecating nature of the Imus program.
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