 In 1988, when WNBC signed off and WFAN signed on, McCord was retained.McCord continued to serve as the news anchor for WFAN's morning show for several months after the departure of Imus, and then, after over thirty years at the 660 kHz frequency in New York, left WFAN at the end of August when the contract between Imus and WFAN was settled.McCord rejoined "Imus in the Morning" when the program returned to radio on WABC on December 3, 2007.