Mark Foley�s radio gig to go weekly; Audience spikes when he�s on

By Beach Blogger at 19 October, 2009, 11:52 am



Mark Foley Disgraced former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley is now a real radio talk show host! After his recent tryout garnered some of WSVU-Seaview 960 AM ’s best ratings, Foley starts a weekly gig Nov. 3. Seaview General Manager Chet Tart tells me Foley, who resigned from the U.S. Congress in 2006 after his blue text messages to young male pages appeared online, will be on the air from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Tuesday. “It’s been a very positive experience for the station,” Tart said. “He’s been able to get guests like (know-it-all TV talking head) Gloria Allred and higher-ups at ACORN .” With lawyer Allred, the former Republican pol discussed late-night TV host David Letterman ’s own sex scandal . “It was how

the sex stuff affects the workplace,” Tart said. “It’s a good topic.” While the North Palm Beach station doesn’t subscribe to ratings organizations, Tart said the station’s Web site has shown spikes of 40,000 extra visitors when Foley’s on. That’s the site’s second-highest number, behind Joe Raineri ’s Cup o’ Joe show weekday mornings. “We’ve tracked a lot of traffic outside South Florida for Mark,” Tart said. “Places like Washington, D.C., New York City, North Carolina and even Burbank, Calif.” As for Foley getting paid (he didn’t receive money for the tryouts), “we’re working on it,” Tart said. “We’re negotiating for three or four sponsors.”

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