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October 18, 2005
INFINITY BROADCASTING ANNOUNCES STATIONS TO FEATURE JAY SEVERIN
Former Political Advisor's Three-Hour Talk Show To Be Broadcast On KRLD-AM, WPHT-AM, WJFK-FM And KMOX-AM
Infinity Broadcasting today announced that four of its stations will
broadcast former political advisor Jay Severin's three-hour weekday
talk show. KRLD-AM in Dallas, WPHT-AM in Philadelphia, WJFK-FM in
Washington, D.C., and KMOX-AM in St. Louis will premiere Severin's show
on Tuesday, January 3, 2006. (check local listings for program times)
The show will be a smart, fast, thoughtful, provocative, high-energy
insight and opinion program on the hottest issues of the moment,
including challenging one-on-one discussions with listeners.
For 20 years, Severin was in private practice as a national
political and media consultant, advising candidates and incumbents in
major campaigns for Governor, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and President.
He currently hosts a top-rated afternoon drive program in Boston.
Severin is a former MSNBC political advisor, appearing frequently on
various NBC News programs, and also was a featured columnist for
MSNBC.com. His extensive media work also includes contributions to the
BBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, CNBC, CNN, and foreign television networks in
Ireland, Japan and Australia, as well as the New York Times, Wall
Street Journal, Washington Post, Newsweek and Business Week. He has
authored op-ed articles for the New York Times, Boston Globe and San
Francisco Chronicle, and is a frequent guest on the "IMUS IN THE
MORNING" radio program.
Severin was a 2004 nominee for the Marconi Award for Radio Personality of the Year, the radio industry's highest distinction.
Severin spent considerable time during his teenage years engaged in
the Vietnam era war protests with his early political/media mentors
Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. He currently resides in his family's Sag
Harbor home.
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Karen L. Mateo
212/846-7638
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