Curran announces new gig

                                                                                  



Looks like former Nassau County Executive Laura Curran got the  on-air NYC job she was looking for when her county term expired Dec. 31 --  after the Democrat lost her bid for re-election to Republican Bruce Blakeman.

Curran tweeted today: "Check out my new podcast!" 

Sure enough. Curran's "Cut to the Chase" is listed among one of  Talk Radio 77 WABC podcasts.

The radio station says Curran's first podcast is with former Newsday reporter, Gus Garcia-Roberts, now with the Washington Post, who wrote a book about former Suffolk cop James Burke, " Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice and the Reign of a Dirty Cop."

According to "Linked In", "The station’s on-air lineup includes some of the biggest names in media and politics, including Mark Levin, John Batchelor, Rudy Giuliani, Bill O’Reilly, Bernard McGuirk and Sid Rosenberg, Curtis Sliwa and Juliet Huddy, Brian Kilmeade, and Frank Morano. In addition, 77 WABC is the home of the Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis. WABC began broadcasting in 1921 and is one of the leading talk stations in America. WABC is owned by Red Apple Media, a subsidiary of Red Apple Group. 

Along with a flurry of radio appearances after she lost,  Curran sought advice from media-savvy Republicans and Democrats about how to land an on-air job at a New York City television or radio station, sources said in January.

It appears she heeded their advice.

 

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