Tim Scheld Reflects on Career, WCBS 880 Legacy in New Memoir

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Former Executive Producer of the New York Yankees on WCBS Radio, Tim Scheld, with assistance from Paul Semendinger, has authored a brand new book, My Front Row Seat.

The following excerpts are from an article on Barrett Media: https://barrettmedia.com/2026/08/12/tim-scheld-wcbs-880-new-memoir/

"Tim Scheld spent nearly two decades shaping the sound of WCBS 880, and now he’s put his stories on paper. The longtime news director and brand manager, who led the all-news institution from October 2003 until his retirement in November 2022, has released a new memoir, My Front Row Seat, chronicling his decades on the front lines of American news."

"Translating decades of broadcast writing into book form wasn’t seamless, so Scheld leaned on longtime friend and author Paul Semendinger to help him shift from writing for the ear to writing for the eye."

“It was a little harder than I thought,” Scheld said. “I was skilled in broadcast writing, and that’s a lot different than writing a book. I had help from a good friend, Paul Semendinger, who’s a writer of books, and he looked at my chapters and said I needed to be more descriptive. After a few chapters, I understood that."