WMAL’s morning host Larry O’Connor is ready to cross over from radio to television as he joins the Salem News Channel prime time line-up.
The news program will be called “O’Connor Tonight,” and the radio host intends to feature top writers and editors from Salem’s Townhall.com news and information portal as part of the show’s content.
“Salem News Channel represents the future of news content, going over the heads of the legacy media model and delivering informative, vital content directly to a passionate and informed audience,” O’Connor said (h/t Radio Ink).
“I am thrilled and honored to be affiliated with this dynamic company and am confident that ‘O’Connor Tonight’ will be an entertaining and relevant part of our daily American conversation.”
Although O’Connor will be transitioning to news television, it doesn’t mean he’s leaving radio. O’Connor is keeping his hosting role in the mornings at WMAL.
“[O’Connor] brings a wealth of experience and credibility to SNC, and we are thrilled he has chosen to join us as we build this network,” Phil Boyce, the SVP of Salem’s Spoken Word assets, said.
“SNC’s prime time lineup of Andrew Wilkow, Brandon Tatum, Dinesh D’Souza, Eric Metaxas and now Larry O’Connor is second to none in the cable TV news world.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
