[AmericaUnite]

Mark Simone is amazing. I don't think he's a wanna be. He's always available. He has a sense of humor. He keeps up on his facts. He's local mostly. He only has his own show on Sat. morning. It seemed as if no one else wanted to do it at 6 AM on Sat. He has an amazing array of interview audios which he sprinkles in with live interviews.
http://www.marksimone.com/

I only catch about 45 minutes before work. But, he has a way about him that drives the lib callers nuts. He apparently is well known in NY nightlife & will interview them too.

[rodguy911]

There are a number of hosts who only want to do a limited number of hours per week. I "totally"(from experience) understand that, and yes he is an excellent host.

[cvq3842]

I'm a big Mark Simone fan. I don't know that he's in the same category as Rush, Sean, etc. in terms of what he does - he seems to be more in the "celebrity interview" mold. He also was a rock DJ and had a weekly Frank Sinatra retrospective on WABC a while back.

To the extent that there is any politics on his
Saturday morning radio show, he is more of a New York - Rudy/Bloomberg type of Republican. Not a good fit with what I think of as the Free Republic crowd, and he's not into heavy political philosophy at all. It's not what he's about. BUT he was, and is, tremendously effective in combating the "loony left." His criticisms of Kerry last year were very reasoned and effective, I think. I'd recommend him if you want a mix of politics, news, etc.

[petercooper]

Mark Simone blows Hannity out of the water. Quite frankly, I don't know how Hannity made it as far as he did.