Posted on 10/19/2016 1:54:32 AM PDT by raccoonradio
Westwood One has announced it will begin syndicating conservative talker Chris Plante nationally from 9am-12pm eastern beginning Monday, January 2, 2017.
Plante has worked at Cumulus’ 630 WMAL Washington DC/105.9 WMAL-FM Woodbridge VA since 2005 and has been syndicated internally on additional Cumulus stations the past few years. Prior to joining WMAL, Plante spent 17 years as a reporter at CNN.
PRESS RELEASE follows: Westwood One today announced that it will launch The Chris Plante Show, featuring conservative talker Chris Plante, on Monday, January 2, 2017. The program will emanate from its flagship station, Washington, DC’s WMAL 105.9 FM/AM 630, from 9 am – 12 noon ET.
Plante, known for his conservative values, will bring his daily political talk show to radio stations nationwide. The Chris Plante Show – insightful, irreverent, and always entertaining – weaves pop culture references throughout the discussion of the topical news of the day.
A third-generation media pro, Plante began his radio career at WMAL in 2005 after 17 years inside the Washington bureau at CNN, where he moved up the ranks from researcher and assignment editor to Pentagon correspondent. During his tenure at CNN, he crisscrossed the globe, covering events from Vietnam and Albania to Jakarta. He was the director of the U.S. television network pool operations in Saudi Arabia for three months following Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
Plante won the Edward R. Murrow Award from the RTDNA for his live coverage of the terrorist attack on the pentagon on September 11th, 2001. He was the first to report that the Pentagon had been attacked. He was also recognized by the Television Academy for his September 11th reporting. He makes regular appearances on The Fox News Channel and The Fox Business Network.
Plante follows in the footsteps of his maternal grandfather, Pat Barnes, who was a radio pioneer in New York and Chicago in the 1920’s and 1930’s following his return from Europe after World War One. His mother, father, and several brothers have also made careers in broadcasting and journalism. His stepfather is esteemed CBS News correspondent Bill Plante.
Plante said, “I can’t wait to engage with new audiences around the country, where I will continue to rattle the cages of the high and mighty and share the unfiltered truth in this incredibly treacherous time. It is a great honor to be invited into your community, where I hope to become a welcome guest in your daily lives. And remember, just because the wheels are coming off everywhere you look, that doesn’t mean you can’t laugh your face off about it.”
“Chris Plante takes the news of the day and breaks it down in his signature direct, funny, and fearless style,” said Suzanne Grimes, President, Westwood One and EVP, Corporate Marketing, Cumulus. “He engages a legion of devoted fans who tune in every day whether they agree with him or not. He’s a captivating storyteller who makes great radio. It’s the kind of programming we are proud to add to our best-in-class talk lineup.”
Stations interested in The Chris Plante Show can contact Stuart Greenblatt at (212) 419-2946 or sgreenblatt@westwoodone.com.
Good. Hilarious show and great radio guy.
WHAT!!??
Congratulations to Chris Plante!!
Catch His Podcasts...
“They LOVE their colons....don’t they?”
In the 80s, driving through Washington on my way north, I encountered my first news/talk show. They’ve changed my life to even more Conservative.
Chris is one conservative radio host I can agree with most of the time. He has been a little too timid and critical on Trump for my liking. He seems to be reluctantly coming around.
Finally!!
I guess he is replacing the loon Beck in the AM slot?
I’ve heard of him, but never listened. Although from what I’ve heard he says it’s nothing original. Nevertheless, all of his listeners seem to like him. So I’ll give him a week.
Maybe in some areas he could be, but Beck is syndicated by iHeart/Premiere while Westwood One is doing Plante. On iHeart talk stations it would probably still be Beck. Westwood One features Imus, Levin, and Savage.
Until the hillary administration, the Globalists, and the UN shut down any talk critical of One-World Government and stifle the Internet with fines, imprisonment, and widespread censorship.
Yea! A caller just yesterday made a comment that he wished Chris’ show reached a wider audience and Plante’s sort of non-response made me wonder if things were in the works. His show is great.
He is the most amusing talk show host out there...and smart. Just wish he was more on board with the Trump Train....all aboard Chris!!!
Awesome!!! Chris Plante is one smart cookie.
Good to hear.
Plante really likes to trash DC elites, to whom he is practically local.
He has had some broadcast stations around the country, so he’s not completely unfamiliar.
good move he and laura can split becks empire that is crumbling as we type.
Awesome!!!!
My fave. LOL!
The fact he worked at CNN brings a lot of “how is he a conservative” questions.
“ja-whore-nalists”
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