Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – Art Wander, a beloved sports broadcasting legend, died Wednesday night surrounded by his family. His daughter, Kelley Clem, said Wander was discussing Mets baseball with her just the night before his passing. He died with a Buffalo Bills blanket on his bed, a Mets banner nearby, and Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” playing on his Alexa, which she says he affectionately called “Alaska.”
Wander served in the U.S. Navy, producing radio programs for the Veterans Administration hospital system. In 1956, he joined WKBW radio as a news reporter.
He left Buffalo for New York City in the early 1960s. During the 1970s, Wander programmed radio stations in Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Baltimore, Atlanta, Tampa, Dayton, and Memphis. He helped launch the careers of national hosts Rick Dees and ESPN’s Dan Patrick…