WABC Launches Live Overnight Show

• Red Apple Media’s TalkRadio 77 WABC/New York this week launched a new live overnight show — The Other Side of Midnight, hosted by Frank Morano, weekday mornings from 1-5am ET. Morano will continue to host a weekday show from 10-11am ET on Long Island sister WLIR (Talk Radio 107.1).

“Frank has already proven to be one of the most entertaining young voices in talk radio today,” said Chad Lopez, President of Red Apple Media and WABC. “We’re thrilled to add Frank to our ranks as we continue to cement our place as New York’s premiere news and talk station. This is the city that never sleeps and New Yorkers deserve a live and local overnight show.”

Morano commented, “I grew up listening to overnight radio. To me, there’s nothing more intimate and more fun. There’s no daypart where you can combine long-form interviews, wacky topics, off-the-wall guests, and a bit of irreverence. When I’d fall asleep, or wake up early, listening to the likes of Alan Colmes, Brian Whitman, Art Bell, Jay Diamond and Doug McIntyre, I’d quickly find those voices becoming the soundtrack of my dreams; I was absolutely hooked. I’m hoping to give insomniacs one more reason to stay awake.”

Dave LaBrozzi, SVP of Programming for WABC, said, “Frank has already contributed a great deal towards furthering civic discourse in New York. Since returning to WABC, it’s been a real treat to have Frank as both a fill-in and on the weekend, and we know he’ll be an essential building block in making radio fun again. This show further demonstrates our commitment to making WABC New York’s live and local news talk leader.”

John Catsimatidis, owner of Red Apple Media, added, “We are proud to launch this overnight show, which will eventually be seven days a week, much to the satisfaction of all the insomniacs in our country. The Other Side of Midnight will air all of the mysterious stories that the normal news networks never report, and Americans deserve to know.”