The schedule in April 1993 had The First Team with Jimmy Cefalo and Dave LaMont on the morning shift, John Moynihan in late mornings, Rush Limbaugh in the midday shift, Hank Goldberg in the afternoon block and Ed Kaplan held late nights.
There have been a number of broadcasters that had long reigns working at WQAM. Joe Rose has co-hosted or hosted the morning show with two stints from late 1993 to December 2001 and from 2007 to the present. 5 Reasons Sports podcast host Jeff DeForrest was part of The First Team from late 1996 until December 2001. Florida Panthers television play-by-play announcer and WFOR-TV sportscaster Steve Goldstein had reigns from late 1994 to 2004 and from June 2009 to September 2012.
Hank Goldberg was mainly the afternoon host there from late 1992 to December 2007. Neil Rogers dominated South Florida hosting the midday shift from late 1997 until his retirement in June 2009. Jim Mandich, a.k.a. Mad Dog, was around from the mid-1990s until he retired in February 2010. Ed Kaplan started at WQAM in 1986 and moved on in 1994. He had a second stint with them from 1997 to late 2008.
Marc Hochman has co-hosted the afternoon show since April 2014. Channing Crowder joined him on that program in August 2015. Zach Krantz was at WQAM as a producer in 2004 and then later was an on-air sidekick/co-host from 2007 to December 2022. "The Big O" Orlando Alzugaray was there for two stints from 1995 to September 2010 and from August 2014 to November 2018. Kevin Rogers and Alex Donno had tenure as evening hosts and studio hosts at WQAM in the 2010s and early 2020s.
Other on-air talent and producers previously on WQAM have moved on elsewhere in the broadcasting industry throughout the United States. Jon " Boog" Sciambi splits his time as a Major League Baseball and college basketball play-by-play announcer with ESPN along with being the Chicago Cubs television play-by-play announcer for Marquee Sports Network. Bob Wischusen has numerous roles which includes college football, college basketball and NHL play-by-play announcer with ESPN. He is also the radio play-by-play announcer of the New York Jets. Chris Moore works as a weekend sports host on CBS Sports Radio Network and WFAN-AM in New York City.
Scott Ferrall is the afternoon sports host on SportsGrid. Phil Schoen handles soccer play-by-play announcer duties for beIn Sport and as the radio voice of Inter Miami CF. Jody Jackson is a studio host of Arizona Diamondbacks and Arizona Coyotes contests on Bally Sports Arizona.
Jorge Sedano and Scott Kaplan both co-host an afternoon show on KSPN-AM in Los Angeles. Sedano also does work for ESPN while Kaplan is an NFL sideline reporter for CBS Sports. Sid Rosenberg is the morning host on WABC-AM in New York City. Jesse Agler is the lead radio play-by-play announcer of the San Diego Padres. Dan Le Batard, "Stugotz" Jon Weiner, Roy Bellamy, Michael Ryan Ruiz and the rest of that show's staff are now at Meadowlark Media. Evan Cohen co-hosts the morning show on Mad Dog Radio at SiriusXM Radio. Adam Kuperstein is now a news anchor and news reporter at WNBC-TV.
On-air talent, producers and engineers contributed to WQAM over the past 30 years. They included David Schultz, Dan Sileo, Jon Linder, Curtis Stevenson, Greg Likens, Mike Levine, Adam Kuperstein, Michael Irvin, Gino Torretta, Warren Cromartie, Jim "Tree" Crawford, Jim "Fix It" Yelton, Ron Flatter, Larry Blustein, Joe Zagacki, Steve Shapiro, Dave O' Brien, Jason Jackson, Josh Friedman, Jennifer Figueroa, Robert Grieper, Carlos Pickerie, Sean Stanley, Tito Benach, Dan Day, Alejandro Solana, Danny Rabinowitz, Danny Garcia, Vladimir Louissaint, Eric Lauzin, Stefan Delabastied, Matthew Wilson, Zack Duarte, Chris Wittyngham, Jeff Fox, Ed Freeman, Steve White, Scott Sharpe, Anita Marks and Tony Marino.
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