77 WABC morning host Sid Rosenberg and now 710 WOR morning host Curtis Sliwa have been at odds since the end of the 2025 New York mayoral election. Rosenberg had largely remained quiet about the situation. Until Monday.
During Sid and Friends in the Morning, Sid Rosenberg unloaded on Curtis Sliwa.
He spent the opening segment of his show lambasting his former colleague for participating in a skit with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who defeated Sliwa in the election. Mamdani and Rosenberg have been large critics of each other, leading to headlines about each other.
However, Rosenberg said he’s always been supportive or Sliwa. He pointed to the fact that he welcomed the mayoral candidate to his show every day for six years. He noted, though, that leadership at 77 WABC didn’t want him to operate that way.
“Management wasn’t happy about it,” said Rosenberg. “That’s a fact. They didn’t want him on every day. I fought for Curtis. I also saved his life a couple of times. This is a true story. When he was bashing people in the streets, they wanted to bash his face in. I saved his life.
“For six years, he was on this show every day. A man with no plan,” said Rosenberg. “I created Curtis the politician. I created him. It wasn’t his noon show. 45 minutes at 12:15 in the afternoon? That show gets 1/10th the listeners that I’ve got. Sorry, that’s a fact. I created that bastard. Created him.”
Sid Rosenberg shared that he has repeatedly reached out to Sliwa in an effort to repair the relationship, but those overtures haven’t been reciprocated.
“The last six messages between him and I are all me saying, ‘Hey Curtis, can we talk? Hey Curtis, can we grab a bite? Hey Curtis, how are you?’ The last six? No response. Zero. Nothing … I wish Curtis the best. I really do,” Rosenberg said. “But there’s been very few people in my life who have been more disappointing than that guy. And for you folks that still support him, you’re (expletives). That’s all I’m going to say. You’re all traitors, and backstabbers, and sellouts, and (expletives). So go enjoy yourself.”
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