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The term “sports radio” made its way into New Yorkers’ consciousness with the arrival of WFAN. Other stations already had sports talk segments and play-by-play of sporting events, but WFAN was the first to make it an around-the-clock proposition.

FishbowlNY has been offering a week-long series in preparation for the ‘FAN’s big day. That day is tomorrow! WFAN turns 25, and to commemorate the occasion, the station is welcoming back former hosts for a day to remember.

The special programming lineup is listed after the jump.

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“I’m the original update person on the weekends from midnight til 6, and also was on the street [reporting] for three days during the week,” Minko tells FishbowlNY, moments before returning to the studio for another live sports report.

During the 2000s, Minko was the radio play-by-play man for Army football on WABC and WFAN’s top rival WEPN/(then ESPN 1050).

These days Minko, 59, is one of the station’s main update anchors, handling the afternoon slot, including for Mike Francesa‘s show, which is simulcast on the YES Network.

But with his quarter-century logged at the ‘FAN, Minko is also an unofficial station historian.

“I remember everybody’s schedule on air from the very beginning,” Minko says. “Every single person.”

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The Wimbledon Tennis Championships ended Sunday, and with that the opportunity to make the common, albeit lazy, pronouncation error.

1010 WINS sportscaster Marc Ernay, as we reported at the start of the fortnight, has targeted broadcasters mispronouncing ”Wimbledon” and has turned their reporting into a fundraiser for the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

Anyone who heard the mistakes, should simply use social media to alert the person. The individual would then, in turn, owe the charity $1 for each error.

 ”But none of them responded directly to me, so I have no idea if they’re actually sending in any money,” Ernay admits.

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