Joining the likes of Steve Dahl and Tom Leykis, who made the jump from successful FM Talk shows to internet broadcasting, Don Geronimo has announced he will launch a daily stream and podcast on RELMNetwork.com in April.
The program will debut on April 1 and feature Geronimo along with co-host Drew Hoffar, Joe Ardinger and features regular appearances by Buzz Burbank, who was a part of the Don & Mike show on WJFK Washington and is a partner in the RELM Network along with Marc Ronick and Lowell Melser. Hoffar and Ardinger were part of Geronimo’s most recent show at KHTK Sacramento.
The move to a streaming/podcast platform will have Geronimo follow former on-air partner Mike O’Meara who made a similar move in 2009 after exiting CBS’ WJFK Washington himself.
Why a podcast? Because I am tired of some halfwit program director who has no on air experience telling me what to do because research says2
— DonGeronimoShow (@DonGeronimoShow) March 18, 2014
Because what I do best is spontaneous, and many times it involves working w/o a net. Radio 2014 offers neither. For instance, if I was on
— DonGeronimoShow (@DonGeronimoShow) March 18, 2014
The radio yesterday I'd have wanted to call Ireland, and Boston to talk to drunks in bars. FCC and radio rules do not allow such interaction
— DonGeronimoShow (@DonGeronimoShow) March 18, 2014
Qui want to call Malaysia" to ask where the flip that plane is. I want to call 7/11, and Abe Vigoda. I want to call the people in those
— DonGeronimoShow (@DonGeronimoShow) March 18, 2014
Dumb human interest stories you see everyday. I love to play my phone games, and take unscreened uncensored calls. This Internet thing will
— DonGeronimoShow (@DonGeronimoShow) March 18, 2014
Not be for everyone, and I'm not having wild thoughts of world domination. But it IS the best way for me to do the kind of show I want with
— DonGeronimoShow (@DonGeronimoShow) March 18, 2014
The people I want to work with. And I am confident my audience will support this new venture for me. At the veery least, I won't hate doing
— DonGeronimoShow (@DonGeronimoShow) March 18, 2014
What I've always loved, my whole life, 2hrs a day, no ads. All content,and we'll work our asses off to make it good.
Or a good as we can do— DonGeronimoShow (@DonGeronimoShow) March 18, 2014
Legendary broadcaster Don Geronimo will launch his latest (and greatest) show, days from now, on the world’s fastest-growing podcast outlet, The RELM Network.
The Don Geronimo Show will be presented live, Monday through Friday, starting in early April, at www.DonGeronimoPodcast.com. The exact launch date will be announced soon. A recorded version of the show will be available on that website, shortly after each live show ends.
The cast includes Don Geronimo, co-host Drew Hoffar, their sidekick, Joe Ardinger and features regular appearances by longtime pal and newsman Buzz Burbank.
The show will be available by subscription only—in monthly, quarterly and annual packages, with a discount for early subscribers. Details are available at www.DonGeronimoPodcast.com.
As changes in the radio industry continue to disappoint listeners, Geronimo looks forward to doing the show he’s always wanted to do, without interference from corporate radio executives or the FCC rules that quashed the medium’s spontaneity and fun.
Longtime listeners especially won’t want to miss the show’s opening week, in which Geronimo will talk about the events that—and people who—led him to do this podcast.
“Fun, laughs and paybacks,” Geronimo tweeted recently.
Burbank, who will panel on the show and bring bits of his news, worked with Geronimo nearly thirty years in their days at CBS Radio. Burbank will continue his daily newscast at http://www.BuzzBurbank.com. He is a partner in, and co-founder of, The RELM Network, along with Marc Ronick and Lowell Melser.
With the addition of The Don Geronimo Show, The RELM Network now features 17 shows, including Buzz Burbank News and Comment, The Kirk McEwen Show, The Marc & Lowell Show, plus shows focusing on gaming, the arts, interviews, sports, politics—left and right—and more at www.RELMNetwork.com.
RELM plans continued growth, adding even more broadcast favorites, and promising new talent, with a focus on diversity.
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what do don, Tom, and Steve have in common? Yes its the obvious answer, they all transitioned to podcasting from some sort of cbs talk outlet. I scrutinize every company with a fare eye, and cbs’s biggest problem is that it has only created enough digital initiative to please clients, but their digital platforms don’t offer other incentives to the listeners such as podcasting. so cbs, ironically a part of viacom, which had a lot to do with mtv. This lead to a song called video killed the radio star, and now its podcasting killed the the radio talk star. that is unless you know how to turn up your hearing aids after having your ears beaten by people who want to blame obama for all their problems including the broken washing machine, but I digress. Don would be smart to at least incentivize new listeners to even give it a chance, by offering the first week of podcasts free.