In the mid-1950s he moved to his native New York City and over the next four decades worked at several major radio stations in various sports and news capacities, including WMGM and its successors, WHN, WINS, WABC, WNEW-AM and WOR.
As a news reporter, he covered riots and blackouts in New York and anchored WINS' coverage of the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission on July 20, 1969.
He worked in those capacities on-and-off in both radio and television over the next three decades, occasionally alternating with other New York sportscasters like Marty Glickman, Les Keiter, Bob Wolff, Win Elliot, Tim Ryan, Don Criqui and Marv Albert.
In between Knicks and Rangers assignments, he appeared on CBS Sports' NHL coverage as a commentator alongside Stu Nahan and lead play-by-play man Dan Kelly, and he also was the original television voice of the New York Islanders, calling games in the 1972–73 season.
Gordon is best known for his call of Scott Norwood's 47-yard field goal attempt with eight seconds left in Super Bowl XXV, which would have won the game for the Buffalo Bills: Snap, spot, in the air, it's got the distance, it is... NO GOOD!His trademark catchphrase was "Giants have it!