The current iteration of The Rich Zeoli Show on 1210 WPHT is coming to an end next week, as the Philadelphia news/talk host has announced plans to launch a nationally-focused podcast.
Zeoli will end his afternoon drive program at the end of the week. He’ll then begin a new podcast next week that will air in the 6-7 PM window on 1210 WPHT, with the station serving as the “flagship home” of the new endeavor.
“In thinking about my career and my future — and what I want for the future, and what I want for my life going forward at this point — what we’re going to do starting Monday is make a little bit of a change to the show,” Zeoli said. “Now it’s going to be a little bit of a change in the sense that I’m not going to be on for four hours a day. I’ve decided I’m going to launch a national podcast.”
Zeoli added that he’ll publish both the video and audio versions of the new show in advance of the 6 PM airing on the news/talk station so listeners and viewers don’t have to wait until the late afternoon or early evening to consume the show.
After noting that his children getting older and working afternoon drive makes it more difficult to attend their events and spend more time with them, as well as the strain it puts on his wife to shepherd them from place to place without his help, Rich Zeoli shared his excitement for the new project.
“The goal of this, obviously, is to create something that is big and something that I think is going to just be a game changer,” said Zeoli. “The world is going in this direction in a big, big way. But radio still matters in a big, big way. This is the best of both worlds.”
Zeoli has spent the past 15 years at 1210 WPHT. He returned to afternoon drive in 2022 after a stint hosting the station’s morning show. When he returned to afternoon drive at that time, he replaced The Sean Hannity Show in the daypart, with current morning host Nick Kayal assuming the morning show.
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He is mediocre.