Geraldo Rivera ending show at Cleveland's WTAM 1100; final show to air Friday
Geraldo Rivera announced on Tuesday that his show, 'Geraldo in Cleveland,' will air its final episode on Friday.
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Geraldo Rivera ending show on WTAM
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Dang Geraldo's Cleveland Talk show is an after thought given the other roles he had to do for Fox News especially.Geraldo Rivera ending show at Cleveland's WTAM 1100; final show to air Friday
Geraldo Rivera announced on Tuesday that his show, 'Geraldo in Cleveland,' will air its final episode on Friday.
Here is the aircheck of Geraldo leaving WTAM.
Could WTAM give the 9am hour back to Glenn Beck or keep that hour local?
The 9a hour originally was given to Mike Trivisonno and Bob Frantz as "The Spew", with John Lanigan eventually replacing Frantz, and after Lanigan bailed mid-show in 2018, the slot would be given to Geraldo.
Basically, the spot was helmed by a "big gun" (Triv, Lanigan, Geraldo) for it to be taken from Beck.
The only local personality that could be pegged for the hour slot, that has "big gun" gravitas may by Jimmy Malone, coming down the hall from 1350 The Gambler, but he politically doesn't mesh with the rest of the WTAM lineup (not by a long shot)
My guess is Beck gets his hour back.
Between this and Bloomdaddy, the median age for air talent at WTAM continues to inch downward.
TBH, I don't see any way that Jimmy would want to associate himself with the conservative talk format. Plus he easily could retire now if he wanted to.
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Jimmy Malone will indeed replace Geraldo Rivera on WTAM.
Jimmy Malone will indeed replace Geraldo Rivera on WTAM.
File this into the “I legitimately did not expect to see” folder. The Maloner is an obvious mismatch against the rest of the conservative talk format as currently constituted.
I guess this means that WARF loses their lone “local” show and becomes even more of an embarrassing legal fiction than ever before.
I guess this means that WARF loses their lone “local” show and becomes even more of an embarrassing legal fiction than ever before.
It doesn't matter. It's only one hour a day. I doubt this will be a long-term gig. WTAM is a talk and sports station. Yes, there are conservative talkers, but not exclusively like on a Salem station such as WHK.
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It’s basically a victory lap gig for Jimmy. I have no problem with that whatsoever.
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It doesn't really matter whether Jimmy is conservative or not. He is well known in the area and can add some variety to the lineup even if it's only an hour.
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