Former 77 WABC host Curtis Sliwa has been away from a permanent place in the talk radio landscape in New York since departing the station to run for Mayor in the Big Apple last year.
However, he says it is time for him to get back into the game in New York.
While filling in for 710 WOR midday host Mark Simone on Monday, Sliwa said he’s received urges from power brokers in the city to not return to the airwaves.
“I gotta tell you, a lot of people would tell me, ‘Don’t go back to talk radio. You’ve done it for 35 years,'” Sliwa said. “People have wanted me to do videos or podcasts. I’ve got a lot of Gen Z’s and millennials now following me … They don’t listen to talk radio. Come on. Let’s be honest. They don’t listen to talk radio. It’s people 55-plus. But the other day, my wife said on Valentine’s Day ‘You got a mission. Everywhere we go, people say, ‘Hey, would you come back and save talk radio?’
“So stay tuned, ladies and gentlemen,” Sliwa continued. “It’s time for me to get back into the mix of talk radio, in addition to all of the other things I’m doing.”
During his monologue, Curtis Sliwa reiterated his claim that he would never return to 77 WABC after he felt he was backstabbed by those both on-air and behind the scenes at the station during his run for Mayor.
While he did not announce any concrete plans for when or where he would return to news/talk radio permanently, Curtis Sliwa is billed as appearing at a 710 WOR event alongside morning host Larry Mendte and midday host Mark Simone later this week.
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