Mike O'Meara






































Mike O'Meara
Birth name Michael Sean Patrick O'Meara
Born
(1959-06-22) June 22, 1959 (age 59)
Glastonbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Show The Mike O'Meara Show
Station(s) KCJJ
Time slot Weekdays 10:30am-12pm on mikeomearashow.com (ET)
Style Talk, Guy Talk, Comedy
Country United States
Website http://www.mikeomearashow.com/

Michael Sean Patrick "Mike" O'Meara (born June 22, 1959 in Glastonbury, Connecticut) is a podcast personality, 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 more than 20 years; first at WAVA-FM (105.1 FM) in Washington from 1985 to 1991, then at WJFK-FM from 1991 to 2008. His talk show was revived in 2009 as a free podcast as well as a weekly one-hour premium bonus show for paying subscribers.




Contents






  • 1 Radio


  • 2 Restaurant businesses


  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Radio


Main articles: The Mike O'Meara Show and The Don and Mike Show

On 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 30 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.[4]


On December 7, 2009, The Mike O'Meara Show premiered on a daily podcast. The podcast is also broadcast on KCJJ in Iowa City, Iowa, a former CBS affiliate of The Don and Mike Show.[5] The show is hosted by O'Meara, 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.


O'Meara announced on his podcast on November 13, 2012, that "The Mike O'Meara Show" will be returning to the airwaves.[6] O'Meara, along with Burbank, Spewak and Santana, will be returning on January 14, 2013 to talker WTNT, 730 AM/102.9 FM. Their show will run from 7pm to 9pm ET.


On May 31, 2014, Open Mike: From Corporate Radio to New Media: The Story of The Mike O'Meara Show[7] was released, which covers the story of the start of the podcast and was written by W. Michael Kelley. The book has sold more than 400 copies.[8]



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.[9]




Personal life


O'Meara is the father of three children: Catherine born (1995-06-09) June 9, 1995 (age 23), Elizabeth born (1997-07-11) July 11, 1997 (age 21) and Michael born (2013-07-19) July 19, 2013 (age 5).[10][11][12] He married his third wife Carla (born September 17[13]) on September 12, 2009.[14]



References





  1. ^ Farhi, Paul (January 22, 2008). "Station Break". Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-02-04..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Rowland, Kara (2008-02-05). "Don Geronimo to leave talk-radio show". Washington Times. Retrieved 2008-02-05.


  3. ^ "Legendary Don Geronimo to Exit WJFK-FM on May 30". Radio Online. 2008-02-05. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-02-05.


  4. ^ Farhi, Paul (July 18, 2009). "WJFK DJ Mike O'Meara Is Off the Air, but Not Maintaining Radio Silence". The Washington Post.


  5. ^ "KCJJ Will Air O'Meara Podcast". December 3, 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.


  6. ^ http://mikeomearashow.com/2012/11/698-pump-dump/


  7. ^ https://www.amazon.com/Open-Mike-Corporate-Radio-OMeara/dp/149956516X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415539220&sr=8-1&keywords=open+mike


  8. ^ http://www.novelrank.com/asin/149956516X


  9. ^ Argetsinger, Amy (2008-05-05). "O'Meara's Goes Dark for Good in Manassas". Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-05-06.


  10. ^ http://mikeomearashow.com/2012/07/615-gina-lola-and-bridgitte/


  11. ^ http://mikeomearashow.com/2012/07/616-the-chokes-on-me


  12. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2618841/bio


  13. ^ http://mikeomearashow.com/2013/09/898-rescue-leopard/


  14. ^ http://mikeomearashow.com/2013/09/894-no-autographs-please/




External links




  • Official website and podcast home


  • Mike O'Meara on IMDb

  • Washington Post article




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