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Mark Riley with Politics Plus
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"Mark Riley with Politics Plus"
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Biography
What do you get when you mix politics, culture and talk radio? For 33 years in the nation's #1 radio market, it's been Mark Riley, known for his charismatic approach to political controversy as well as his adept skill for remembering newsworthy details and statistics.
For three decades, listeners in the tri-state New York area dedicated their respect for his in-depth and unbiased journalism as a broadcaster on WLIB at 1190AM. Over the years he has also been commended by a plethora of celebrities and politicians, as well as receiving honors from numerous civic organizations.
In 2004, Riley was invited to share his wealth of radio experience to Air America Radio, where he first co-hosted the early morning drive program "Morning Sedition," later evolving to become “The Mark Riley Show.”
“Experience has to be earned” says Riley, “and it is only after time that you learn how to manage smoothly all the many complex situations that can arise during a live radio broadcast.”
Riley’s first on-air opportunity came as host of the public affairs program Urban Notebook, which skyrocketed in popularity throughout the New York tri-state area. In 1986, Riley moved to the prime time morning slot broadcasting live from the World Famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem.
Since that time, Riley has worked his way up through a spectrum of roles to include writer, editor, managing editor, executive editor, program director.
During his tenure as WLIB program director (1992-1996), Riley identified the diversity of the WLIB audience and set to establish more balance between the African American and Caribbean dimensions of the station's programming. Riley also pioneered the station's efforts to enhance listener awareness in the political arena, airing full coverage of all Democratic and Republican conventions since 1990, as well as coverage of both Democratic Inaugurals in Haiti.
Is there anyone Mark Riley hasn’t interviewed? Some career highlights include exclusive interviews with President Bill Clinton, President Nelson Mandela, Jean Bertrand Aristide (former president/Haiti) former New York mayor David N. Dinkins, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, Lena Horne, Spike Lee, Max Roach, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Muhammed Ali, Professor Cornell West (Harvard), Johnetta Cole (Spelman), Senator Hillary Clinton, and Don King.
In addition to radio, Riley is a popular TV political analyst with appearances on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, The Road to City Hall on New York 1 News, BET, The Charles Grodin Show, CNN's Reporters Roundtable, the Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes, The CBS Early Show, and MSNBC.
International credits include work as a producer on documentary programming for the BBC 2 in London, and work as a regular contributor for BBC Radio Live at Five.
Even after 33 years in the radio business, news doesn’t get old for Mark Riley! And it makes no difference where you are, who you are, or how you’re listening…you can still enjoy the Mark Riley spin. For Mark Riley, that means making issues plain, and debunking spin, nonsense, and skullduggery whenever they appear. It also means separating rhetoric from real progress and promoting peace, tolerance, and equality as the foundation on which such progress can be made. . |
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