his big break in radio was in 1984 with a prime time slot on new york-based wabc. i m alan colmes wabc talk radio. in 1987, he moved to wnbc inm new york, a short-lived move asm wnbc announced his radio division was closing its doors, alan giving the final sign off on the great wnbc. i m alan colmes, thank you, god bless you, for the last time, this is 66 wnbc. t in 1996, he parlayed his successful radio career into a television career. the economy is doing well, if it ain t broke, you don t have to fix it. teaming up with me to launch hannity and colmes. i m going to wonder if more people agree with me or you as a show goes on. when the show ended, it was by far the number one show and it s time spot on cable news, and consistently one of the top rated shows on cable. as the banter sometimes grew a bit contentious you are lying! alan would always use that