NYC Radio: WCBS-FM's Patty Steele Plans Career After Scott Shannon

Scott Shannon and Patty Steele

Upon her co-host Scott Shannon announcing his retirement from WCBS-FM, Patty Steele moves on from the 101.1 FM New York City morning show to consider all current and future options.

Live from the Blythedale Children’s Hospital, their last show together will be Dec. 16, after which Steele will devote more time to her award-winning podcast, The Deep 6. She’ll also explore new opportunities that have been presented in radio and digital, as well as public speaking and writing, all real passions of hers.

“My career in New York City has been in blocks, three of which were with Scott at Z100, then WPLJ, and now WCBS-FM,” says Steele. “I fully support his decision and look forward to pursuing new career opportunities and diving deeper into my own creative endeavors.”

Steele is a legendary figure in the radio broadcast industry, who for years in New York City, has been the one and only woman to co-host shows with such icons as Elvis Duran, Scott Shannon and John Lander on dominant stations including Z100, WPLJ, and currently WCBS-FM where she co-hosts Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele.  

She has also anchored news for WCBS Newsradio 880, 1010WINS and WOR.  In 2015, she launched her first podcast called News on the Rocks with Patty Steele, which was featured on the BBC.  In 2021, she launched her second, award-winning podcast with WLS Chicago’s Steve Cochran, The Deep 6, available at pattysteele.com.  Currently, she’s producing another podcast based on her love of history as a storytelling medium.

Throughout her on-air career, Steele made an impact as a voice-over talent for television, film, Broadway shows and blue-chip advertisers. Radio and television stations also sought her out for imaging. 

In 2022, Steele was honored with a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation for her Deep 6 podcast and was named as one of Radio Ink’s “Most Influential Women” in radio.  She was also given the Airblazer Award by the organization Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio.

As an eight-year breast cancer survivor, Steele regularly speaks at events and fundraisers in the fight against the disease for Susan G. Komen and the TJ Martell Foundation, which honored her in 2018. In 2017, she was the keynote speaker for the Breast Cancer Alliance in Westchester and Greenwich, Conn., which raised a record $1.7 million.  She was also the featured speaker in 2019 for National Cancer Survivors Day at the Danbury, Connecticut Medical Center.  Additionally, she has spoken publicly for children’s causes as well as the fight against addiction.

Steele is represented by David Katz of the Elvis Duran Group