Craig Carton
Awards & Honours
11
Awards Won
3
Honours
2
Records
Carton's record in sports radio is narrow but genuinely rare. Hosting the top-rated show in both morning and afternoon drive at the same station is a feat only one other broadcaster has managed, and that broadcaster is Howard Stern. Boomer and Carton ran for a decade and finished as the most-listened-to show in WFAN history, first among men 25 to 54, which is the demographic the entire format is built around. His 2024 induction into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame put an official stamp on a career that had already survived a prison sentence and a comeback. What makes the record unusual is not the volume of trophies but the shape of it: peak, collapse, and a second peak at the same station.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Hall of Fame Induction
Inducted in October 2024 in recognition of his career in New York sports radio
Only second broadcaster to host the number-one show in both morning and afternoon drive at WFAN
Joined Howard Stern as the only broadcasters to top both drive slots at the station
Most-listened-to show in WFAN history
Boomer and Carton finished first among men ages 25 to 54 during its ten-year run
Records & Feats
Second broadcaster ever to host the number-one show in both morning and afternoon drive at WFAN
After topping morning drive with Boomer and Carton, Carton returned in 2020 to host the number-one afternoon-drive program with Evan Roberts, a feat previously achieved only by Howard Stern.
Most-listened-to show in WFAN history
Boomer and Carton, which Carton co-hosted from 2007 to 2017, became the most-listened-to program in the station's history and placed first among men ages 25 to 54.