Michael Smerconish Says Talk Radio Is Like Pro-Wrestling: Fake

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Who Michael Smerconish

Age 51

New gig Host, Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM’s P.O.T.U.S. channel

Old gig Midday host, WPHT-AM, Philadelphia. Continues as fill-in host on MSNBC’s Hardball, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist, author.

Why leave 80 stations and a big audience for sat radio?

Talk radio has changed since I cut my teeth in the business. It’s all about fake fights, the pro wrestling of the new millennium. It’s evolved into something that is too old, too white, too male and too nasty.

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