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WCBS Newsradio 880: From the last day of live news coverage, Ray anchors the 3:30 PM half-hour from August 23, 2024. Only minutes earlier, Robert F. Kennedy Jr had announced that he was 'suspending' his presidential campaign. His comments, as well of those of certain campaign aides, created some confusion. That is, until later that afternoon when Kennedy endorsed Donald Trump at a rally in Arizona. The initial coverage, at 3:31, reflected the uncertainty of the moment:
Here is the 4:00 PM half-hour from August 23. Ending an association with WCBS that began in 1989, Ray offers some final thoughts on the legacy of the radio station, followed by a happy farewell:
A hour of Newsradio, trimmed to about 30 minutes by scoping the commercials. Ray is anchoring at 1:00 pm on August 19, 2024. This includes two live interviews:
From 8/21/24, the 6pm half-hour with a live interview with Rep. Josh Gottheimer on the passing of longtime fellow New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell, and some remembrances by WCBS Chief Meteorologist Craig Allen:
CEO Radio: He went from billionaire to broke to billionaire all over again. From 2019, a series of life and business lessons with the CEO of Viking Cruises, Torstein Hagen:
Having two guests on CEO Radio would almost always be more fun than just one. Like Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanchez of the Silicon Valley firm Duarte. But James Watt, CEO of Brewdog (author of Business For Punks), was plenty fun, too:
On the CEO Radio series, there often was the matter of explaining a new product or concept to the radio audience...and making it interesting and entertaining. This is from 2022:
Moments captured on video with some of the CEOs and other guests over the 15-year run of CEO Radio.
Two favorite audio interviews from "This Is Capitalism", the podcast series for Stephens, Inc. In "Entrepreneurial Love", Ray profiles a husband-and-wife who are reclaiming buildings and neighborhoods in Baltimore. "The Other Ford Family" is Ray's profile of Scott Ford, CEO of Rwanda Trading Company and former CEO of Alltel (again, click the 'full screen" icon to listen from the beginning):
For BusinessWeek, Ray's review of "The Rockefeller Century", plus a guide to buying a minor league ballclub:
