Central NY Radio: Hank Brown Announces Retirement

Hank Brown

The “Dean of Broadcasters” Hank Brown will call it a career after 55 years in radio and television in the Mohawk Valley.

According to The Times in Herkimer, Brown’s last show on Sports WUSP 1550 AM  and WRCK 1480 AM  will be heard at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31.

Brown began his Mohawk Valley radio career in 1957 at WLFH radio in Little Falls. Over the years he has broadcast on WRUN, WIBX, WUTQ and WADR radio.

After a yearlong hiatus, Brown came back to the airwaves on WUSP and WRCK radio, the stations of Good Guys Broadcasting in Utica.

“When we bought the stations, it was with the intent to have true community stations. Hank Brown has meant ‘community broadcasting’ for almost as long as I’ve been alive.”, said station co-owner Tom Coyne.