A calendar year afterwards on March 28, 1986 (Good Friday of that calendar year), the simultaneous radio broadcast of "We Are the World" was recurring in excess of 6,000 radio stations globally. I’d like to see that by way of, and I have a feeling that would be a seriously excellent time to go away." Thompson has mentioned that it would "make sense economically" for NBC to conclude the clearly show just after Michaels' retirement.