"I trusted him. He believed in me tirelessly. He put me front and center with everything. I've never had an executive believe in me as much as he did."
"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."
"He’s obviously got some very extreme views, but he’s very interesting, and he’s very smart, and on a lot of things, there is value to be derived from that guy’s messaging."
KDKA showed that sometimes the smartest move is throwing the plan out the window and trusting the newsroom and hosts to follow the news. This was one of those moments, and the station never hesitated.
The station procured the video distributed to Post-Gazette employees as part of a Zoom meeting that was called with little notice on Wednesday afternoon.
Dubbed as "Glenn A.I.", the first episode of the podcast shares commentary from Glenn Beck about the recent U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, and the reaction from the political left.
If you are a hiring manager for a local host, unless that person is a known and successful commodity in your market, a social media footprint is meaningless.
"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."
"What I saw was part circus, part radio festival, and part New England sports fans reunion. I couldn't help but sit there and think about how radio should be taking notes."