WWDC advanced the careers of several famous ( or notorious ) morning radio personalities . Howard Stern was the morning man from March 1981 to June 1982 . When Stern left the station on June 29 , 1982 , it was rumored that he was fired because of his on-air prank of pretending to call Air Florida airlines to book a flight to the 14th Street Bridge only one day after 78 people died when Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River at the bridge . Nearly six months elapsed between the crash of Air Florida 90 occurred on January 13 , 1982 , and the firing in late June . It is more likely that Stern was fired because of an impasse on his compensation , because he had already signed with WNBC before his WWDC contract ended . It is at WWDC that Stern was first paired with news anchor Robin Quivers . WWDC is featured prominently in Stern 's 1997 bio-pic '' Private Parts ''
Air Florida Flight 90
Air Florida Flight 90
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