Way back in 1985, when Infinity Broadcasting's K-Rock hired Howard Stern, fans gave the company kudos for bringing him back to New York radio after WNBC-AM unceremoniously dumped him a few months earlier.

Shortly afterward, WNBC-AM - the NBC Network's New York flagship - went four feet in the air and sold its frequency to a sports talk radio station.

Now it's Infinity that's throwing Howard Stern off the air (for one day, but it's a bitter, infantile dispute that led them to the action).

The Ghost of WNBC-AM must be making room for Infinity in the radio afterlife.