Cumulus Media Conservative Talk 105.9 WMAL Woodbridge VA/Washington DC is resetting its on-air lineup starting Monday, May 24.
Afternoon host Larry O’Connor will move back to mornings as host of “O’Connor & Company”. O’Connor joined WMAL as morning co-host in 2012, then added an additional 5-6pm solo show in 2014. Since January 2017, he has hosted afternoons from 3-6pm. As part of his move to mornings, O’Connor will also give up the 10am-12pm Pacific show he has hosted for 790 KABC Los Angeles.
Current morning host Vince Coglianese will move in the opposite direction to afternoons. Coglianese co-hosted mornings with Mary Walter from July 2017 until Walter announced her departure last week.
The schedule change is timed to coincide with the launch of Cumulus’ new Dan Bongino Show in middays from 12-3pm replacing Rush Limbaugh on the station’s lineup. Chris Plante remains in the 9am-12pm late morning slot.
CUMULUS MEDIA announces that it will bring popular Washington, D.C. talk radio personality Larry O’Connor to Mornings on 105.9 FM WMAL as Host of a new Morning Show, O’Connor & Company. O’Connor, WMAL’s current Afternoon Drive Host, will kick off the station’s new weekday programming line-up on Monday, May 24th, as O’Connor & Company takes the 5:00am to 9:00am on-air slot. The program, which marks a return to Mornings for O’Connor, will be a lively and topical mix of guests, listeners, contributors and O’Connor’s take on the day’s Breaking News.
Vince Coglianese will segue from Mornings on WMAL-FM to host Afternoon Drive from 3:00pm to 6:00pm, as the station re-sets its line-up, along with the addition of The Dan Bongino Show from Noon to 3:00pm.
Bill Hess, VP/NewsTalk, CUMULUS MEDIA, and Program Director, WMAL-FM, said: “Having Larry and Vince in these new roles, along with the launch of The Dan Bongino Show and the continued strength of Chris Plante, sets WMAL up perfectly for the next stage in the station’s success.”
Larry O’Connor commented: “I’m thrilled to return to mornings on WMAL in Washington, where my career began nine years ago. Four years after creating the first live and local afternoon drive program on the station since 2001, it truly feels like coming home and I can’t wait to be a part of the morning commute for families across the Mid-Atlantic and in the nation’s capital. I appreciate the confidence that Bill Hess and Dave Milner have in me and I am thrilled to work together to continue Cumulus’ great success at this historic station.”
Vince Coglianese remarked: “I’m beyond thrilled to make the leap to afternoons with the country’s single greatest talk radio audience. After four years of taking the WMAL audience to work, I now have the awesome privilege to bring them home. If we’re going to get America up and running again, we need to obsessively tell the truth about what’s happening in our nation’s capital. I’m grateful to our program director Bill Hess and the whole WMAL team for entrusting me with that very mission.”
