Mark Simone Joins WOR-NYC For Talk Show

In a move that took many by surprise, veteran market radio personality has signed-on with Clear Channel’s WOR 710=AM.  Simone will be holding down the 10a-12n time slot.  It was unexpected.

Simone reisgn his most recent position at WABC.

The betting man had his money placed on Glenn Beck airing in the time lot.

What happened?

Well, the Simone move appears to be WOR’s attempt at flanking WABC with local talk. 

At least for the time-being. 

The question remains, will Glenn Beck air on WOR and when?  Reportedly, the Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity contracts with Cumulus-owned WABC 770-AM have another year to run.

If so, I suppose we can expect 90days notices to go out around October 1^st.

will begin new daily show 10am-noon, starting this Monday on 710 WOR Radio, maybe even a Saturday morning show there tomorrow, stay tuned
— MARK SIMONE (@MarkSimoneNY) January 4, 2013

The Simone signing follows  the addition Wednesday of the John & Ken Show via CC-LA’s KFI.  The Dave Ramsey contract was renewed Wednesday of this week.

At WABC, Simone has been hosting a Saturday night show and filling-in at WABC. He is a longtime fixture in New York radio having spent time at WPIX-FM 101.9 FM and WNEW 1130 AM among other stations.

The WOR lineup now features John Gambling 6-10am, Mark Simone 10am-12pm, Joan Hamburg from 12-2pm, Dave Ramsey from 2-4pm, fill-in hosts from 4-6pm, America Now with Andy Dean from 6-9pm, and John & Ken from 9-11pm.