NYC Radio: John Gambling Frustrated By Mayor's Brush-Off

After nearly 15 years of weekly chats with New York mayors, legendary radio host John Gambling has found one mayor he cannot book:  Mayor de Blasio

The NY Daily News reports Gambling took his frustration to Twitter on Tuesday, posting that de Blasio has spurned invites to appear on his program but will sit down with Steven Colbert on Comedy Central Wednesday night.

Hey @BilldeBlasio when are you coming on our show? If you can talk to @StephenAtHome why not a local NYC audience?
— John Gambling (@JohnGambling) July 15, 2014

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He told the Daily News he believes the mayor’s office keeps giving him the brush off because he’s a conservative.

But, he added, “I’ve been sitting with mayors for 15 years. ... I’m always willing to let somebody speak their mind. I’d like to have a conversation with the mayor.”

Gambling hosted then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg for one hour every Friday on WOR-AM through all three of Bloomberg’s terms, continuing a tradition that began with Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 2000.

He announced plans to retire from his longtime home at WOR at the same time Bloomberg left office at the end of 2013 — but Gambling returned to the airwaves this year as a host on 970 AM The Answer