Savage!
I'd all but forgotten about him. He was sometimes quite good, and I think he honestly spoke about the birth certificate too.
But then NYC Metro radio station WOR (same station that dumped Malzberg) began preempting his show a half hour after it started to carry the audio from some MSM TV station news for a half hour. One would have to be more devoted to Savage than I was to put up with that BS.
ML/NJ
It seemed when Rick Buckley passed away last year things really spiraled down the tubes. As you note, they pre-empt 1/2 hour of Savage to bring audio of Brian Williams NBC Nightly News, they have a big drumroll every half hour touting some kind of "power of NBC news," and they force Gambling and others to put on the monkey face guy to preview his Meet the Press show each week.
I was hoping that Malzberg would replace the 10AM WABC guy (Crummy) but they gave that slot to Geraldo Rivera! I have the impression that Gambling has to watch his Ps & Qs or they will boot him out the door as well!