Geraldo Rivera is experiencing a rebirth on radio. The WABC midday host will expand to a national audience later this summer. Rivera’s show will be offered to Cumulus Radio Network affiliates, totaling more than 4,000 stations.
The show, which launched on WABC in January, and subsequently added KABC in Los Angeles.
Following the success of those shows, Geraldo will become a single live national show launching in advance of this summer’s political conventions. The show’s tagline is, “Not Red. Not Blue. But Red, White & Blue.”
“When Geraldo agreed to host shows for Cumulus stations in New York and L.A. we had a hunch there’d be national substantial listener interest in his incisive and insightful style,” John Dickey, co-chief operating officer of Cumulus, says. “Now we’re thrilled that with Geraldo such a success in those two markets the show will now be available across the country.”
In just a few months on the air, Rivera spearheaded coverage during the early stages of the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman murder case. And his comments about the role apparently played by the young victim’s clothing, his ‘hoodie’, became the basis for an international debate.
Rivera will continue to host his Sunday night show on Fox News Channel, where he’s a frequent contributor weekdays. The Geraldo radio show begins its national run Aug. 13, from 9 a.m. to noon ET.
