Dan Bongino is set to depart his Westwood One podcast and nationally syndicated radio show to join the FBI as its new Deputy Director. That doesn’t mean his media endeavors are over, though.
During The Dan Bongino Show on Rumble, the host stated his plans for the future as his departure looms.
“I’m not going to leave you without high-quality content,” said Bongino. “We’ve always had this production company, whether it involved books, whether it involved movie projects, whether it involved the podcast, the business side was always run by y wife, Paula. I don’t think you guys even understand the depth of how involved she was in building out this media, whatever, empire, I don’t want to be self-congratulatory. She is going to be taking over as president of the new company. The new company will be divorcing itself from me and my business interests because of obvious ethics rules.”
The new media company will be called Silverloch, which Bongino explained grew to be a synonym for the word “dreams” for he and his wife after wanting to purchase a house on Silverloch Drive when the couple lived in Maryland.
Included under the Silverloch umbrella will be its current stable of shows, including The Bongino Report Early Edition with Evita Duffy-Alfonso, Nightly Scroll with Hayley Caronia, as well as The Dan Bongino Show.
Bongino’s final episode of his podcast, national radio show, and digital video show is currently scheduled for Friday, March 14th.
However, in his announcement of the creation of Silverloch, he stated the the company is working on coming to an agreement with a guest host for the program to continue as he serves at the FBI.
“These shows will continue. We are going to get a guest host,” he revealed. “I will leave that surprise. We’re working on this person right now. We’re very excited. (It is) a very, very, very talented individual. We are hoping to seal this deal soon. The guest host will be in this specific time slot while I’m gone.”
Dan Bongino added that he has long been interested in moving to a broader stable of hosts and talents and his business not being so self-reliant. And he believes taking the step away from the media sphere to work at the FBI as its Deputy Director allows Silverloch to do that.
“It’s going to be divorce for me, but we’re setting the foundation for something that’ll last. We’ll have some big announcements coming soon. So please, please keep watching … We’ve been putting a ton of work into making this transition away from me and into this new business I have to separate from. So I hope you enjoy this.”
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