On February 28th, 2001, WNSW 1430 was preparing to go off the air. Broadcasting from the city of Newark, New Jersey and known by the catchy title of “Sunny 1430,” WNSW was the third and (to this date) last known radio station famous for airing big band and standards music in the New York metropolitan market, the other two being WNEW and its successor WQEW, both of which went off the air in 1992 and 1999, respectively.
In the three years that WNSW worked with the standards format, a steady stream of on-air talent introduced the classic music of Sinatra and his contemporaries to new audiences, including Johnny Knox, Chuck Leonard, legendary Danny Stiles, as well as vocalist Julius LaRosa.