710 WOR morning host Len Berman exited the New York news/talk station amid widespread cuts from iHeartMedia late last year. He hopes that isn’t the end of his long career.
Berman — alongside co-host Michael Riedel — were two of several cuts made to news/talk stations around the country by iHeartMedia after the 2024 election concluded in November. The pair had been together since 2018, when Riedel joined Berman in mornings after he had been in the daypart since 2015.
In an interview with Newsday, Len Berman shared he hopes that being laid off by iHeartMedia isn’t the final job he’ll hold.
“The way I look at it, radio came out of the blue, but I don’t want to retire,” Berman said. “Podcasting? I don’t understand it because there are like eight zillion of them, and how do you become successful at it? A lot of listeners have said to me, ‘Just pick up where you both left off.'”
The 77-year-old spent decades as a local television sports anchor in New York before making the jump to radio.
He concluded by stating he hopes his career is extended similarly to how it continued when he was approached by 710 WOR.
“I’m sort of hoping something will drop out of the sky. Maybe it won’t, but just about every job I’ve ever done in my life I didn’t apply for. Stuff happens!”
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