 A World War II veteran, Mangione was an avid listener of talk radio and a fan of WFBR's former talk radio format.Once he acquired the station, Mangione brought most of WFBR's former talk radio line-up to WCBM, including Frank Luber, Joe Lombardo, Tom Marr, Ken Maylath, Les Kinsolving and Stan "The Fan" Charles.WCBM originally had "The Rush Limbaugh Show" on its weekday schedule in the early 1990s, but lost it to competitor 1090 WBAL in 1994.