NYC, San Antonio Radio: iHM Jettisons Berman, Pags

It was not a good Friday for some veterans in New York City and San Antonio.  iHeartMedia has parted way with WOR-AM's morning show hosted by Len Berman and Michael Riedel.  In San Antonio, Joe 'Pags' Pagliarulo has exited iHM's WOAI 1200 AM.

Len Berman, who joined WOR in January 2015, is well-known for his long tenure as the lead sportscaster at WNBC-TV and for hosting NBC’s NFL pregame show in the early 1980s. His popular “Spanning The World” segment of sports highlights and bloopers aired on the Today Show from 1989 until 20161. Michael Riedel, who joined Berman in February 2018, had a distinguished career as a theater columnist for the New York Post and co-hosted “Theater Talk”

 Berman is an Emmy-Award winning broadcaster and New York Times Best Selling Author who has covered just about every major sports event including multiple Super Bowls, World Series and Olympics during his 50-year career in broadcasting. A native New Yorker, he graduated from Syracuse University where he began his broadcasting career at WAER Radio. He later received a Masters Degree from the Newhouse School.

He was been inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the WAER Radio Hall of Fame.

Michael Riedel is an American theatre critic, conservative broadcaster. Riedel has been a Broadway columnist of the New York Post for more than 20 years.

iHM has not released WOR's plans for morning drive starting this Monday.

Joe Pags

Also Friday... veteran talk  Joe Pags Pagliarulo exited his longtime flagship station, iHeart News/Talk 1200 WOAI San Antonio, as part of iHeartMedia’s ongoing layoffs. Pagliarulo had been with WOAI since 2005, where he hosted his show from 5-8pm. His Compass syndicated program show will continue.

He also hosted a weekend nationally syndicated radio talk show through Premiere Networks titled The Weekend with Joe Pags, which he stepped down from in 2022.

Pagliarulo has made many appearances on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC and previously served as a long-time frequent fill-in for Glenn Beck on Beck's television and radio programs. He has won multiple broadcasting awards from the Associated Press, his show is listed in the top 25 of Talkers Magazine's "Heavy Hundred", and his show has been named by Newsmax as one of the most influential talk shows in the country.

Before his tenure in San Antonio, Pagliarulo worked as a television news anchor in various cities including Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Albany. He began his radio career in West Palm Beach, FL, and later worked at stations like WXDX Detroit, WHAM Rochester, and WGY Albany.