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Mike O'Meara Birth name Michael Sean Patrick O'Meara Born June 22, 1959
Glastonbury, Connecticut, U.S.Show The Mike O'Meara Show Station(s) KCJJ Time slot weekdays 11am-12pm on mikeomearashow.com (EST) Style Talk, Guy Talk, Comedy Country United States Website http://www.mikeomearashow.com/ Michael Sean Patrick "Mike" O'Meara (born June 22, 1959, Glastonbury, Connecticut) is the host of The Mike O'Meara Show, previously a nationally syndicated radio show which returned as a podcast. Previously he was the co-host of the nationally syndicated The Don and Mike Show. He was also the co-host of The Kirk and Mike Show weekday mornings on WVRX-FM in the Washington DC area from 2010 to 2011.
O'Meara is a graduate of American University. Before being teamed with co-host Don Geronimo, he worked as a bar and nightclub disc jockey and held many positions in radio. He was partnered with Don Geronimo for over 20 years; first at WAVA-FM (105.1 FM) in Washington from 1985 to 1991, then at WJFK-FM from 1991 to 2008.
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Radio
Main article: The Mike O'Meara ShowMain article: The Don and Mike ShowOn February 4, 2008, WJFK-FM announced that Geronimo's last day would be May 30, 2008, and that The Don and Mike Show would continue as The Mike O'Meara Show with Don and Mike Show regulars Buzz Burbank, Joe Ardinger, and Robb Spewak. The announcement brought to rest speculation about the show's future. Geronimo's retirement was moved up to April 11, 2008. The Mike O'Meara Show began on April 14, 2008 having moved the show back to the WJFK studio in Fairfax, Virginia.[1][2][3] After one week, former Don and Mike Show producer Beth Ann McBride returned to become the producer of The Mike O'Meara Show.
On July 14, 2009, it was announced his show would no longer air on flagship WJFK Manassas-Washington DC, and his show will remain in syndication as "best-ofs" for thirty days before ending completely. The final broadcast of the Mike O'Meara Show on WJFK-FM was on Friday, July 17, 2009; the following Monday, July 20, 2009, the station started broadcasting in its new all-sports format.
On December 7, 2009, The Mike O'Meara Show premiered on a daily podcast. The podcast is also broadcast on KCJJ in Coralville, Iowa, a former CBS affiliate of The Don and Mike Show[4]. The show is hosted by O'Meara, Buzz Burbank, Robb Spewak, and Oscar Santana, and is one hour long.
O'Meara returned to broadcast radio on July 7, 2010, teamed with Kirk McEwen mornings on "105.9 The Edge", WVRX-FM. This show ended on September 19, 2011, when WVRX changed formats to a simulcast of sister station WMAL.
Restaurant businesses
In addition to his radio career, O'Meara also owned O'Meara's Restaurant and Pub in Manassas, Virginia from March 2003 until its closing in April 2008.[5] It was his second unsuccessful attempt in the restaurant business.[6]
Family
O'Meara is the father of two daughters.
References
- ^ Farhi, Paul (January 22, 2008). "Station Break". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/01/18/DI2008011802933.html. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ Rowland, Kara (2008-02-05). "Don Geronimo to leave talk-radio show". Washington Times. http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080205/BUSINESS/573627930/1006. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ "Legendary Don Geronimo to Exit WJFK-FM on May 30". Radio Online. 2008-02-05. http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/$rol.exe/headline_id=n17597. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ "KCJJ Will Air O'Meara Podcast". December 3, 2009. http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/67772/kcjj-will-air-o-meara-podcast?ref=search. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
- ^ Argetsinger, Amy (2008-05-05). "O'Meara's Goes Dark for Good in Manassas". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/04/AR2008050402238.html. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ Argetsinger, Amy (2006-09-06). "Mike O'Meara and the Pub That Got Away". Washington Post. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-128320824.html. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
External links
- Official website and podcast home
- Mike O'Meara at the Internet Movie Database
- Washington Post article
Categories:- 1959 births
- Living people
- American impressionists (entertainers)
- American talk radio hosts
- American University alumni
- American people of Irish descent
- People from Manassas, Virginia
- People from Glastonbury, Connecticut
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