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Neer began his radio career as a student at Adelphi University , from which he graduated in 1970 . He worked for a while at Long Island, New York station WLIR , where he was one of the early adopters of the Freeform or Progressive Rock Radio Format . In 1971 , he joined the airstaff of progressive rock radio powerhouse WNEW-FM in New York City , where he worked as a disc jockey, mostly on weekends and overnight shifts. For a while he had a friendly relationship with Bruce Springsteen and played a part in bringing Springsteen's music to a wider audience. He witnessed the growth of this format and then its gradual shift into a more rigid, programmed, Classic Rock -driven product, a transformation he described in his 2001 book ''FM: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio''. Concurrently, Neer began working as a sports radio talk show host at New York stations WNEW-AM in 1986 and then at WFAN in 1988 . WFAN was the first and most visible of the successful all-sports format radio stations. Neer broadcast on the last day of music at WNEW-FM in 1999 , then stayed with that station for a bit after its switch to a "hot talk" format to work on the Sports Guys sports talk show. As of 2005 , Neer remains at WFAN doing sports talk, working on weekends and some nights. BOOKS
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