TALKERS 2024 to Feature “The Great Debate”
Attendees of the 27th annual gathering of the talk media industry’s longest running and most important annual gathering – TALKERS 2024: Radio and Beyond – are in for a presidential election year treat as a pair of leading conservative and progressive radio talk show hosts will face off in what promises to be “The Great Debate.” The participants in this exhibition between verbal heavyweights will be WYD Media progressive star Thom Hartmann and Salem Radio Network conservative giant Mike Gallagher. The half hour verbal exchange of ideologies on the hottest topics of these passionate times will be moderated by the legendary broadcast journalist Lee Harris, who spent years in the morning drive anchor chair at all news 1010 WINS, New York and now serves as the director of integrated operations for NewsNation and WGN, Chicago. TALKERS VP/executive editor Kevin Casey states, “With the most consequential presidential race of the modern era just a handful of months away, this will be a timely display of the best airing out of the issues our industry can offer considering the skills and respect these outstanding practitioners of the news/talk radio arts bring to the table.” For more information about TALKERS 2024: Radio and Beyond, see story below.