New Yorkers will soon be hearing a familiar voice back on the airwaves, as Andrew Cuomo prepares to re-enter public life with a new radio platform.
According to The New York Post, the disgraced ex-governor has secured a weekly Sunday slot on 77 WABC radio, a station now known for giving airtime to a wide range of political voices, including those often sidelined by liberal media. His one-hour show, titled The Pulse of the People, is scheduled to debut at 5 p.m. Sunday, signaling Cuomos latest attempt to rehabilitate his image after being forced from office.
A source close to the arrangement indicated that Cuomo will not be paid for the program, a move apparently designed to speak his mind without entangling himself in financial conflicts. This is a moment when our country has rarely felt more divided, politics more polarizing and public discourse more toxic, Cuomo said in a statement to The Post.
Pulse of the People is about cutting through the noise and the rancor to have real, substantive, fact-based conversations about the issues that actually affect peoples lives. Ive spent my career focused on making government work and getting results, and thats the same straight-forward, problem-solving approach Ill bring to this program. WABC owner John Catsimatidis, a Republican businessman who has often welcomed robust debate on his station, publicly embraced Cuomos addition to the lineup.
The show will focus on listener calls and open discussion about the issues, concerns, and views of New Yorkers. WABC believes in bipartisan conversation and thoughtful discussion of solutions, and we invite listeners to tune in and be part of the discussion, Catsimatidis said, framing the program as an open forum rather than a partisan pulpit. Cuomo will deliver opening remarks before taking calls from listeners, giving him direct access to a public that watched his rapid fall from power.
This marks Cuomos most significant public step since his failed comeback attempt in last years mayoral race, when he lost first to Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary and then again in the general election while running on an independent line. He previously served as governor from 2011 to 2021, resigning amid sexual misconduct allegations that he continues to deny, after earlier stints as state attorney general and as federal housing secretary under Bill Clinton.
The Post reported last month that Cuomo and Catsimatidis were already in talks about a radio role, and the deal now gives the Democrat a new megaphone at a time when many New Yorkers still remember the heavy-handed COVID policies and scandals that defined his tenure. Whether The Pulse of the People becomes a vehicle for genuine accountability or merely a rebranding exercise for a damaged political figure is a question listeners will begin to answer when the show goes live.
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