NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westwood One,
Inc. (Nasdaq: WWON) announced today that Doug Urbanski, who has guest hosted for
Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly,
Dennis Miller, Laura Ingraham, Fred
Thompson, Michael Savage and
others, will host a three-hour daily talk show airing live
Monday-Friday beginning in January, 2011.
Urbanski has gained wide acclaim in talk radio and entertainment
where he has won awards for his theatrical productions on Broadway
and London's West End, took home a
British Academy Award for Best Picture, has produced Academy Award
nominated films, and as a talent manager, represented major artists
associated with three of the biggest franchise pictures in history:
the Harry Potter series, the Batman series, and the
Crocodile Dundee series.
The Washington Post singled him out for his "dead-on
impression" of President Obama's former Director of the White
House National Economic Council, Larry
Summers, in the country's hottest movie, The Social
Network, written by Aaron Sorkin
and directed by David Fincher.
Currently, Urbanski is in London serving as Executive Producer of the
film version of John LeCarre's cold war spy thriller, Tinker,
Tailor, Soldier, Spy, starring Gary
Oldman and Colin Firth, to be
released in 2011.
"When you find someone as schooled in talk radio as Doug Urbanski, with a resume so unique that it
can't be matched by anyone else in the business, that spells
'winner' to me," said Westwood One's founder, Norman Pattiz. "His experiences are so varied
and unique that his conservative, yet very independent, approach
will be truly special. Add to that his charm, and the fact
that he is genuinely funny, and you can see why we're so excited
about this project."
Commenting from London,
Urbanski said, "I am fortunate to have known everyone, been
everyplace and done everything. My entire life people have said I
should be on radio. These past five years speaking to millions of
people for Rush, Savage, O'Reilly, Ingraham and others, combined
with my own brand of humor, my love of telling 'the story', and my
conviction that I am actually one thousand pundits rolled into one,
it seemed to make sense to give me my own microphone."
"Doug is already known as AGH, 'America's Guest Host,' so we
knew it was time he had his own show," said Bart Tessler, SVP News and Talk for Westwood
One. "He combines politics, entertainment and humor like nobody
else in talk radio."
Urbanski will be broadcast from Westwood One's studio in
Los Angeles, California, starting
in January, 2011.
About Westwood One
Westwood One (Nasdaq: WWON) is one of the nation's largest
providers of network radio programming and one of the largest
domestic providers of traffic information in the U.S. Westwood One
serves more than 5,000 radio and 165 TV stations in the U.S.
Westwood One provides over 150 news, sports, music, talk and
entertainment programs, features and live events to numerous media
partners. Through its Metro Traffic business, Westwood One provides
traffic reporting and local news, sports and weather to more than
2,250 radio and TV stations. Westwood One also provides digital and
other cross-platform delivery of its Network Radio and Metro
Traffic content to over 700 radio, television and newspaper
affiliates.
SOURCE Westwood One, Inc.
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