Geraldo Rivera Interview…

The Orange County Register’s Gary Lycan interviews Geraldo Rivera about his new LA radio show…

I always wanted to do radio,” Rivera said. “I am kind of a liberal Republican but I’m not always right. I hesitated for several reasons, one of which is that it is so labor intensive. As radio talk took hold, I saw it skew hard right. Everyone wanted to be Rush. But for him, there would never have been a Tea Party or a Fox News Channel.

“I am for free enterprise. I want people to be responsible for themselves as a family. The times when we had liberals like Nelson Rockefeller and Jacob Javits have all but evaporated. I think the party is reduced because of it.”

Assessing his WABC program, he said, “It’s hard to tell. Lots of sponsors have come around, the phone calls are always coming in. The ratings are delayed. We get some numbers next month. My sense is all the people who call me have said they ‘appreciate your coverage of the wars.’”

Rivera will do both shows live from KABC starting Monday, Jan. 30. He will later divide time between New York and LA. On Sunday, Jan. 29, he will meet everyone and start to “figure out where I am living.”

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