 A year after Salamon joined WHN, the Business and Finance section of "The New York Times" Bicentennial edition reported that the station had “skyrocketed to listenership in the number two position among competitors, and its 1.5 million listeners are eagerly sought by local and national advertisers.” Front page advertisements in Broadcasting Magazine touted WHN as “#2 Adults 25-49 all week long” and the “biggest thing since Rock’n’Roll (a reference to the format of WABC, the only station ahead of WHN in the ratings).In 1976, WHN was named Station of the Year by Billboard Magazine.A year later, WHN was again named Station of the Year by Billboard Magazine, and Salamon was named Program Director of the Year.