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Dan Joseph Departs WBAL in Baltimore

“I spent five great years there and learned so much about the business.”

Published

2 months ago

October 9, 2023

Ryan Hedrick

(Photo: WBAL)

Last week, WBAL News Radio underwent a major change as Dan Joseph, co-host of The Torrey and Dan Show alongside Torrey Snow, has exited. Joseph had been with the station for five years, having been hired by previous program director Scott Masteller.

“I am sad to leave WBAL,” Joseph told Barrett News Media. “I spent five great years there and learned so much about the business. I found a passion for talk radio and met amazing people on both sides of the microphone.”

In a recent interview with BNM, Joseph discussed his rapport with Torrey Snow. WBAL has now given Snow his own show, which will air from 2-6 p.m.

“We agree about 60 percent of the time, maybe even about 70 percent. We have vehement disagreements about things, and that’s when the show is at its best when we have an actual debate about things,” he said. “We’re getting a lot better at not talking over each other, which has to do with timing and getting to know your co-host and their cadence.”

The station has made several changes since Jeff Wade took over as Program Director. Late last year, Kim Klacik announced her departure from the station. WBAL hired former Baltimore City police spokesperson T.J. Smith to host a midday show in March.

“I’m so grateful to Scott Mastellar for taking a chance on a talk show rookie,” Dan Joseph added. “That said, moving on presents a whole host of opportunities. I’m looking forward to the next adventure, wherever that may be.”

Ryan Hedrick

Ryan Hedrick works for WIBC in Indianapolis as a Morning News Anchor/Digital Content Producer. Prior to moving to Indy, he served as Assistant Program Director and Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. His career also includes stints at News Talk 103.7 FM in Chambersburg, PA, Sirius XM in Washington D.C., WBEN in Buffalo, NY, and WIBW-AM in Topeka KS where he earned the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) award for Major Market enterprise reporting in 2016. To connect with Ryan, find him on Twitter @SureToCover.

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5 Comments

Jennifer Davis
November 2, 2023 at 6:35 am
Dan Joseph helped make the afternoon slot palatable to many people. He was fair, and when you called in he didn’t talk over you to push his points. He let you finish what you wanted to say and didn’t make you feel like you were an idiot. I can’t listen to it anymore. He will be missed.
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- Pam Prenger
  November 3, 2023 at 2:03 pm
  I agree. I’m boycotting the station. Miss him so much
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- Bofa
  November 13, 2023 at 12:58 pm
  He was an asshole. Glad he’s gone
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Pam prenger
November 3, 2023 at 2:01 pm
I agree. I’m boycotting the station altogether. Miss him so much
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Tracey Bowen
November 13, 2023 at 7:59 pm
I miss having Dan on the show, I liked hearing from both of them. Torrey can be a little boring at times.
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Fox News Audio to Debut New Podcast Hosted by Benjamin Hall

Searching for Heroes with Benjamin Hall will debut on Monday, December 4th.

Published

3 hours ago

November 28, 2023

BNM Staff

(Photo: Benjamin Hall)

Fox News Audio is set to release a new podcast series hosted by Benjamin Hall early next month.

Searching for Heroes with Benjamin Hall will debut on Monday, December 4th. According to the network, the podcast “will highlight inspiring stories of community and compassion, while providing a voice to America’s unsung heroes.” After the initial debut, episodes will be released every Sunday at 3 PM ET.

Hall was injured in March 2022 while covering the war in Ukraine. The car Hall was riding in was struck by a projectile, killing colleagues Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova.

The first episode of the new podcast will feature a retrospective about the attack, the injuries he sustained while covering the war, and the efforts it took to return to work after suffering the injuries.

Benjamin Hall recently returned to Ukraine for the first time since the attack. He interviewed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his stay, which aired on November 21st.

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News Media Well Represented on Apple’s Most Popular Podcasts Rankings

Both radio and digital news media companies fared well in the Top Free Channels category.

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4 hours ago

November 28, 2023

BNM Staff

Apple Podcasts has released its rankings for the most popular podcasts in several categories, with news media being well represented in the lists.

In the top overall podcasts of 2023, The Daily from The New York Times was listed as the second most popular podcast. Dateline NBC finished in third. An episode from The Daily — “The Fight Over Phonics” — was the third most shared podcast episode of the year.

Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra was the seventh most shared podcast of the year, according to Apple.

Both radio and digital news media companies fared well in the Top Free Channels category. iHeartPodcasts took the top spot, with The New York Times finishing third. ABC News was seventh, followed by The Daily Wire in eighth, and Cumulus Podcast Network taking 10th.

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Mark Simone: Karl Rove Hasn’t Won Anything in 30 Years, So Why Is He on Fox News?

“And Rove, ‘he’s the architect!’. This guy hasn’t won anything in 30 years. And the only thing he ever did win — back in the 90s he won a bunch of races in Texas.”

Published

4 hours ago

November 28, 2023

BNM Staff

(Photo: Mark Simone)

As the first Presidential primaries approach, Republican challengers to Donald Trump continue to be pitched around the cable news landscape. Fox News analyst Karl Rove has been a proponent of former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) and current Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). 710 WOR host Mark Simone wonders why Rove’s opinion matters, and why he’s on Fox News to begin with.

During The Mark Simone Show Monday, Simone questioned why Rove is still viewed as a visionary of Republican politics when his record doesn’t stack up to the moniker.

“You hear Rove all over the place talking about Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. Forget it. And Rove, ‘he’s the architect!’. This guy hasn’t won anything in 30 years. And the only thing he ever did win — back in the 90s he won a bunch of races in Texas. He won an attorney general’s race in Texas (and) a state assembly race in Texas,” argued Simone.

“He helped Bush in Texas — George W. Bush — and he was always part of the Bush team and was always there in 2000. I don’t know that you can consider 2000 a great victory. It was pretty much a draw. Bush couldn’t beat Gore with enough votes to win. Remember, it had to go to the court to win, the Supreme Court.”

Rove has served as a political analyst and contributor at Fox News since exiting the Bush White House in 2008. He is also a columnist for The Wall Street Journal.

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