NYC Radio: WABC Names Noam Laden As News Director

Noam Laden

77 WABC Radio announces that it has appointed Noam Laden as News Director for the famed New York City news talk station.

For nearly a decade, Noam has been the host of The News Hour with Noam Laden that regularly sits within the top 10 shows at 5AM in New York City. Also, he writes and anchors the news for 77 WABC Radio between 10-12PM. He is a frequent analyst for Headline News. Born and raised in Trenton, NJ, Laden joined WABC after stops in South Carolina and at WOR. He holds a B.S. degree in Communications, Broadcast Journalism from Emerson College.

Chad Lopez, Vice President/Market Manager of Cumulus Media-New York said: “Noam Laden is a highly respected and seasoned news professional who will give our news coverage even greater dimension and focus in this critical election year and beyond. This appointment reflects our commitment to covering Election 2016 in an incomparable way, with the very best news professionals and enhanced resources that provide our listeners with immediate, accurate and complete coverage that they can depend on.”

Craig Schwalb, Program Director of 77 WABC Radio, said: “Having Noam Laden leading our news operations as News Director will raise our game substantially. He will work to help us drive heightened excellence in our news coverage, with expanded digital news functions, weekend news enhancements, special in-depth reports, and more. This is a fantastic step for our team and great news for our listeners. It is all about making WABC even stronger in news content and coverage.”