Steve Labunski, Man Responsible for Bringing Ruth Meyer to WMCA in 1950s, Dies

As general manager at WMCA, he was the person who gave Ruth Meyer her start in New York radio in 1958. Meyer was the trailblazing WMCA “Good Guys” program director through much of the 1960s. Meyer died in January.

At the time, FishbowlNY reached out to an ailing Labunski for reaction.

Radio great Harry Harrison credits Labunski and Meyer for bringing him to New York in 1959. He last saw Labunski during a milestone on-air shift–celebrating his 40th year in the Big Apple.

“I did my CBS-FM morning show from the Museum of TV and Radio in Manhattan [now known as the Paley Center] and the station surprised me,” Harrison remembers.