Steve Somers

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Not to be confused with Steve Sommers (2 Ms), the unrelated host of America's Trucking Network.

Steve Somers (born April 17, 1947) is an American talk radio host best known for his work on the New York City sports radio station WFAN (660 AM). He has been with the station since its inception in 1987.^[1]

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 2.1 Film 3 References

[edit] Personal life

Somers is a native of the Bay Area, and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969. He currently resides in Manhattan.^[1] His nickname is "The Schmoozer."

[edit] Career

Somers began his career in the Bay Area. Before graduating high school, he worked at KYA radio in San Francisco delivering on air high school sports reports. After college, Somers began hosting a news talk show on KNEW in San Francisco long before the talk radio format became popular. To that affect, Time Magazine ran a story naming him the youngest talk show host in the country at that period of time.^[1]

In 1970, Somers joined KPIX-TV in San Francisco as a weekend sports anchor and won a San Francisco Press Club Award.^[1]

For WFAN, Somers has been a part of the station since its inception in 1987. He spent his first few years with the station as the overnight host. He later spent a few years co-hosting the 10am-1pm slot with WWOR-TV sports anchor Russ Salzberg. The program was titled "The Sweater and the Schmoozer."^[2]

Currently, Somers usually works during the evening on weekdays. His program can be heard anywhere from 6:30pm to 2am, depending on whether WFAN airs a sporting event that night. He is colloquially known as the "The Schmoozer."^[1]

[edit] Film

Steve appeared in the 1979 film The Visitor.^[3]

[edit] References

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