Simone Inks Extension At 710 WOR/NY

• iHeartMedia News-Talk 710 WOR/New York announced that midday talent Mark Simone, the longest-running talk show host in New York City, has inked a swell new three-year agreement to keep hosting The Mark Simone Show weekdays from 10am-noon, following Len Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning.

Simone has more than 40 years of radio experience in Market No. 1, landing his first job in NYC after his graduation from Emerson College in Boston, and he’s been on the radio there ever since, with previous stops at WNEW, WPIX-FM, WMCA and WABC.

“It’s no surprise that Mark holds the longevity record for NYC radio talk show hosts,” said Thea Mitchem, iHeartMedia EVP of Programming and PD of WWPR (Power 105.1). “‘Mr. New York,’ Mark Simone, is in a class of his own.” Tom Cuddy, PD of 710 WOR commented, “When I joined WOR almost 11 years ago, Mark was my first hire. Since then, it’s been a blast watching Mark grow into becoming the highest-rated radio talk host in his time slot, along with digital numbers that are among the highest in the country.”

“There’s no better place to be in the radio world than iHeartRadio,” Simone said of his tenure at 710 WOR. “Thanks to the finest broadcasting executives around — Tom Cuddy, Thea Mitchem and Bernie Weiss for making it all happen. Walking to work every day is like walking through the Radio Hall of Fame. Just to get to my studio, I pass Elvis Duran, Jim Kerr, Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and other all-stars.”