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Greta Van Susteren

Host of The Record With Greta Van Susteren

Greta Van Susteren has interviewed many US and world leaders while traveling the world covering breaking stories. She has been to North Korea 3 times, the Ukrainian war zone twice, Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, and many other countries. Her high-profile interviews include President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Mike Tyson, and Brett Favre.

Prior to joining Newsmax, Greta was most recently host of Gray TV’s nationally syndicated Sunday political affairs program Full Court Press and was the station group’s Chief National Political Analyst. During the height of the coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020, Greta additionally co-hosted Full Court Press Now which was 36 daily evening specials focusing on the coronavirus.

While working Gray TV, Greta simultaneously anchored Voice of America’s weekly television program Plugged In which covered foreign policy, US domestic affairs, and broadcasted worldwide in 48 languages. She was the reporter and narrator for the station’s documentary “Displaced”, which followed the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh and won medals in 3 categories at the 2019 New York Film festivals, among other awards. She also testified before Congress about the Rohingya crisis having traveled to the region 4 times.

In 2002, Greta joined Fox News where she anchored On The Record, which remained the highest rated cable news program in its prime time slot for the entire 14 ½ years it aired.

Prior to Fox, Greta worked at CNN for 7 years where she started out as a legal analyst then became co-host of CNN’s daily legal program Burden of Proof. She went on to host the channel’s prime time news and analysis show The Point with Greta Van Susteren. Greta won several awards while at CNN, including American Bar Association’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Journalism and National Headline Award.

Greta’s work has taken her around the world to places such as Mongolia, Tinian, Kuwait, Sudan, Myanmar, India, Liberia, and many more. She has interviewed a similarly diverse list of leaders worldwide – Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, President Barak Obama, President Bill Clinton, President George H. W. Bush, President Jimmy Carter, VP Dan Quayle, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - and has covered many natural disasters on location.

Greta was on the Board of Directors at the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation and has been 4 times dubbed one of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes magazine. She is the 2016 recipient of the IAC (Israeli American Council) “Honest and Fairness” award.

Greta was recently awarded the Order of Merit, III Degree by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for her work on “Putin’s Atrocities: Horror in Ukraine”, a weeklong series covering the war on Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees. She has been to the war zone twice.

Before her journalism career, Greta practiced law for 10 years in both trial courts and appellate courts, including US Courts of Appeal and State Supreme Courts.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Greta received a bachelor’s degree with distinction in economics. She earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law in 1979 and a Master of Law from the school in 1982. She was and adjunct professor at Georgetown from 1984-1999 and taught classes in Trial Practice, Advanced Civil Procedure, Evidence, and Media & The Law.

She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, John Coale, and 6 pets.

Weekdays 6pm ET

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Rob Schmitt

Host of Rob Schmitt Tonight

A native of Carmel, Indiana, Schmitt graduated from the prestigious Indiana University Ernie Pyle School of Journalism, quickly proving his talent for digging up scoops and breaking major news stories. Most recently Schmitt anchored “Fox & Friends First.”

He worked his way up from local news stations to network positions at ABC, CBS, NBC and the Fox News Channel covering such stories as the fast-spreading California wildfires and killer hurricanes Harvey, Gustav and Hanna.

Schmitt was on the ground 48 hours after an earthquake decimated Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people. He also covered the deportation of Nazi death camp guard 95-year-old Jakiw Palij who was discovered living in Queens, New York.

Schmitt’s variety of experiences in large and small media markets give him a unique perspective on the news business. He understands and identifies with Americans living in areas that are often deemed “flyover states” by coastal elitists.

Weekdays 7pm ET

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Eric Bolling

Host of Eric Bolling The Balance

Acclaimed television host and best-selling author Eric Bolling joined Newsmax in June, 2021 and is the host of “Eric Bolling The Balance” which airs weekdays at 4 PM ET.

Throughout his extensive media career, Bolling has connected with viewers by focusing on the core issues they face every day. He’s enjoyed massive ratings success as a host on shows, such as “The Five,” “Cashin’ In,” and “Fast Money.”

Most recently, Bolling hosted a popular talk show called “America This Week With Eric Bolling.” The show aired weekly across the Sinclair broadcast platform of 200 stations.

At Fox News, Bolling was its most visible and popular guest host, sitting in for Bill O’Reilly more than 200 times and guest hosting for top-rated “Hannity” more than 70 times.

After a brief attempt at playing professional baseball (he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates), Bolling started his working career as a commodities trader, rising quickly to the most active independent natural gas trader in the world. He was named among Trader Monthly’sTop 100 and received their Man of the Year Award.

He served on the board of the New York Mercantile Exchange for five years and helped orchestrate the Merc’s IPO, which in 2006, was the largest IPO in history.

In 2016, he published his New York Times best seller Wake Up America and followed that success with another best seller, The Swamp, an exposé of Washington’s culture of corruption.

Bolling has never shied from confronting important—and sometimes uncomfortable—topics to inform and make people’s lives better.

In 2017, he experienced the loss of his son Eric Chase to the deadly opioid fentanyl. To honor his son and educate the nation about what he says is “the worst drug crisis in American history,” Bolling created The Eric Chase Foundation. Recently, the foundation partnered with GOYA Foods and Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers to expand its increasing efforts.

Weekdays 8pm ET

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Greg Kelly

Host of Greg Kelly Reports

Greg Kelly is a television personality, journalist and military veteran. He was the co-host of Good Day New York on Fox 5 for almost a decade, reporting the news and interviewing notable figures from the world of politics, law enforcement, education and entertainment.

Prior to hosting Good Day New York, Kelly was an anchor and correspondent for the Fox News Channel (FNC). Kelly joined FNC in 2002 and went on to serve as a White House correspondent from 2005-2007. He has also covered the war in Iraq extensively, including four long-term assignments in Baghdad.

During the 2003 invasion, he was embedded with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade. He was the first television reporter to deliver live pictures of U.S. forces infiltrating Baghdad, as well as exclusive reports of the storming of Saddam Hussein’s presidential palace.

Before joining FNC, Kelly was a reporter for New York 1 News, where he covered New York City politics and the September 11th attacks. He started his career in journalism as an anchor and reporter for News Channel 34, the ABC affiliate in Binghamton, New York.

Prior to this, Kelly spent nine years as an attack pilot in the United States Marine Corps. He specialized in flying the AV-8B Harrier jet. During his military service he amassed 158 aircraft carrier landings and flew over Iraq in Operation Southern Watch, enforcing the United Nations imposed “No-Fly Zone.” A licensed commercial pilot, he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves.

Weekdays 9pm ET

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Chris Plante

Host of Chris Plante The Right Squad

Chris Plante and his “THE RIGHT SQUAD” are the most interesting, informative and funny group of talking heads in the world!

It’s a big claim. But it’s true!

Few TV news hosts can claim the bona fides of Chris Plante.

Award-winning news correspondent. Top-rated syndicated radio host. A news analyst grounded in the real world – with a flair for humor.

During the day, Chris hosts the popular “The Chris Plante Show” radio program from Washington, D.C.’s powerhouse WMAL – and syndicated by Westwood One across the nation.

And every weekday night he’s at Newsmax’s D.C. studio leading “THE RIGHT SQUAD.”

On his show he demands fact-based news, fact-based opinion and even fact-based laughs!

For over a decade Chris served a CNN correspondent reporting from all across the globe while covering the Pentagon, with a focus on military, national security and intelligence.

Chris received the Edward R. Murrow Award for his outstanding coverage from the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001.

He is no stranger to war. He covered Operation Desert Shield following Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, running news pool operations from Saudi Arabia.

In his role as a reporter and producer, Chris has piloted fighter jets, flown off of aircraft carriers, driven nuclear-powered warships and jumped out of perfectly good airplanes.

He has covered everything from Presidential Inaugurations to the everyday politics of Washington, D.C. and even street crime.

Old school journalism is in Chris’ blood. The son of famed CBS correspondent Bill Plante, he’s the third generation of his family to thrive in radio and television news.

And he may be the only Washington journalist to have been awarded both the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Reed Irvine Accuracy In Media Award For Excellence In Journalism.

Chris lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife.

Weekdays 10pm ET

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Chris Salcedo

Host of The Chris Salcedo Show

Chris Salcedo is a veteran broadcaster, author and a political analyst. The Chris Salcedo Shows can be heard on AM 700 KSEV, Houston and on 820 AM WBAP in Dallas/Fort Worth, right before the great Rush Limbaugh Show. You can also watch your "Liberty Loving Latino," on Newsmax TV at 8 AM to 10 AM Eastern.

A graduate of San Diego State University, Chris got started in radio in news and traffic. From there he began his career in television doing weather on XETV, San Diego’s Fox 6. Chris has filled in for the nationally syndicated Glenn Beck, Andrea Tantaros and Roger Hedgecock radio shows.

Chris's news experience extends past being one of the few weather men in the nation to do a hard-hitting story on Social Security. He was a news anchor in the 5th largest TV market in the nation at CBS11/TXA 21 in DALLAS/FORT WORTH. Chris moved to Washington D.C. to take an anchor position on the nationally syndicated America’s Radio News Network. Currently, Chris is the executive Director of the Conservative Hispanic Society.

Weekdays 4pm ET

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Carl Higbie

Host of Carl Higbie Frontline

Carl Higbie is well known to Newsmax viewers for his incisive interview style and self-deprecating humor, having hosted the network’s Saturday Report from early 2020 to 2022. He has also served as co-host of the network’s flagship Wake Up America Weekend from January 2022 until his move to anchoring Carl Higbie Frontline in April 2023.

A former Navy SEAL Carl has been in national media for over a dozen years, emerging on the national stage after leaving the SEALs.

During his almost decade-long military career, Higbie was deployed twice to Iraq and to various other theaters around the world.

Higbie is the author of four books regarding some of our nation’s most complex issues and served as the spokesman for Great America PAC. He has been an entrepreneur and most recently ran his own construction company.

Weekdays 5pm ET

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Rob Finnerty & Sharla McBride

Host of Wake Up America

Rob Finnerty

Prior to joining Newsmax, Rob served as an anchor and reporter on CBS affiliate WTSP in Tampa, Florida, covering everything from major hurricanes to Florida’s transition from a swing state to a red state with two Republican senators and a Republican governor for the first time in over a century.

Rob studied communications at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was hired out of college by WEEI Sports Radio in Boston, hosting the Red Sox Pre-Game Show and the Celtics Halftime Show. He made the transition to television as a sports anchor and reporter at NBC’s NECN, where he covered the biggest events in sports, including the World Series and the NBA Finals.

With his real passion being news and politics, Rob was tapped as morning anchor at KBAK/KBFX in Bakersfield, California, in 2013 and he quickly became the go-to talent for political coverage.

He also was the only local reporter allowed into the Santa Monica, California apartment where notorious South Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger lived while he was on the run from the FBI.

In addition, he worked as morning anchor and host of KCTV’s daily talk show "Better Kansas City," where he interviewed celebrities, newsmakers and other movers and shakers.

Rob lives in Connecticut with his family, and can be followed on Twitter @FinnertyUSA.

Sharla McBride joins Newsmax as co-host of ‘Wake Up America’ alongside Rob Finnerty. Sharla comes to Newsmax from CBS affiliate, WUSA-TV in Washington D.C. where she was a news and sports anchor.

Sharla also worked as a sports anchor at NBC Sports Philadelphia. She brings 17 years of professional experience to Newsmax, having also worked as a main evening news anchor and sports anchor at WNEP-TV, ABC affiliate in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA before moving to our nation’s capital at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Born and raised in Austin, Sharla is a proud Texan, who began her broadcast journalism career in her home state, as a reporter at KTXS-TV. Sharla chose to stay in the South for college, studying International Affairs and Foreign Policy with a concentration in broadcast journalism at the University of Georgia, and roots for her Dawgs every chance she gets! Sharla resides outside NYC with her husband, Todd, and stepdaughter, Maris.

Sharla McBride

Sharla McBride joins Newsmax as co-host of ‘Wake Up America’ alongside Rob Finnerty. Sharla comes to Newsmax from CBS affiliate, WUSA-TV in Washington D.C. where she was a news and sports anchor. Sharla also worked as a sports anchor at NBC Sports Philadelphia. She brings 17 years of professional experience to Newsmax, having also worked as a main evening news anchor and sports anchor at WNEP-TV, ABC affiliate in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA before moving to our nation’s capital at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Born and raised in Austin, Sharla is a proud Texan, who began her broadcast journalism career in her home state, as a reporter at KTXS-TV. Sharla chose to stay in the South for college, studying International Affairs and Foreign Policy with a concentration in broadcast journalism at the University of Georgia, and roots for her Dawgs every chance she gets! Sharla resides outside NYC with her husband, Todd, and stepdaughter, Maris.

Weekdays 6:30am ET

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Shaun Kraisman & Emma Rechenberg

Host of National Report

Shaun Kraisman, an Emmy-nominated television news anchor, reporter and host, joined Newsmax in January, 2020. Based at the network’s New York City studio headquarters, Kraisman is currently the anchor for American Agenda, airing live every weekday morning.

Prior to being hired by Newsmax, Kraisman was a weekday evening anchor in New Orleans from 2016 through 2019. During his time in the “Big Easy,” he received two regional Emmy nominations, both for “Best Evening Newscast.”

Kraisman’s experience has taken him all over the country and around the globe. In November 2019, Kraisman had the privilege of travelling to Seoul, South Korea, teaching broadcast journalism for the Far East Journalism Conference, educating select high school seniors considering broadcast news as a career.

Prior to his work in New Orleans, Kraisman worked in Southwest Florida as a morning and noon anchor for WINK-TV in Fort Myers.

Kraisman also worked in Dayton, Ohio, for several years as an evening anchor and host of Living Dayton, an hour-long live lifestyle show.

With a Bachelor Degree in Communication from the College of Charleston and an Associate Degree in Radio/TV Broadcasting, he began his TV career on the ground floor, working in Charleston, South Carolina, as a production assistant, audio director, photographer, news reporter, and fill-in traffic anchor. While Kraisman has had serious news positions throughout his career, many may remember him from a much lighter moment, on the premiere of the 11th season of American Idol on which he was dubbed “Ryan Seacrest’s Doppelgänger.”

Kraisman’s strong passion for connecting and engaging with people carries over to the stage. He was fortunate enough to work for the Miss America Organization as a four-time host for the Miss Illinois State competition. He also served as a guest judge for the Miss Capital City competition in Atlanta, Georgia.

Kraisman served as a presenter for the 2018 Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards in Orlando.

Kraisman has also been honored to emcee several events for charitable organizations, including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Make-A-Wish Foundation, American Cancer Society, and the National MS Society. He resides in New York City.


Emma Rechenberg is an Emmy award-winning journalist who covers breaking news and politics for Newsmax TV.

She has previously reported for NBC affiliate television stations in Missouri and Minnesota. In 2018, she received the Upper Midwest Emmy Awards for her breaking news reports and weekday noon newscast. She has interviewed U.S. Senators, state governors, local lawmakers, legal analysts, medical professionals, business executives, Olympic athletes, and environmental advocates.

Emma is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri (Mizzou) — one of the top-ranked journalism schools in the nation. She is originally from St. Louis, Missouri and cherishes her visits with family in America’s heartland.

Weekdays 9am ET

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Bianca de la Garza

Host of Newsline

Bianca de la Garza is the co-host of Newsline. An award-winning, 10 time Emmy nominated journalist, de la Garza has more than 20 years in television experience. Starting her career covering New York politics for Albany’s ABC-WTEN. Following Governor George Pataki and the campaigns of Hilary Clinton and Chuck Schumer. Next Bianca signed with west coast station ABC-KGTV in San Diego, California. Bianca received a San Diego Investigative Press Club award for her reporting along the U.S. / Mexico border that exposed and shut down an illegal sweatshop In Southern California Bianca reported on the front lines of wildfires and earthquakes and covered the Egypt Air plane crash in Port Hueneme.

Bianca joined FOX Boston in 2001, on her second day, she would be covering the terrorist attacks of 9/11. While in Boston de la Garza reporting made national news the first TV reporter in the United States to interview the husband of Huntsville Alabama school shooter Amy Bishop. de la Garza was also the only Boston journalist to speak with a victim of Craig's List killer Phillip Markoff.

Bianca reported live at the UN during Colin Powell’s weapons of mass destruction speech and the trial of Shoe Bomber Terrorist Richard Reid. Helming the anchor desk during the capture of Osama Bin Laden, Newtown Connecticut school shooting and Boston Marathon bombing. Internationally in Rome, Italy Bianca covered the church sex abuse scandal. In London, England scored a world exclusive and Emmy nomination for her interview with Mohamed Al-Fayed while covering the Royal Wedding. Bianca has flown with the Blue Angel’s and driven along the Indy Speedway as a passenger with Mario Andretti’s grandson at the wheel.

Leaving FOX to anchor at ABC WCVB Bianca received multiple Emmy nominations as the morning anchor and noon anchor of New England’s most watched broadcasts. In 2015 de la Garza partnered with SONY to create and produce her own late night show. ‘BIANCA’ taped in from of a live NYC audience and aired in 20 million U.S. homes on ABC and CBS flagship stations, beating Saturday Night Live several times in the ratings and garnering 3 Emmy nominations.

Bianca graduated cum laude from Emerson College in Boston. While there she began the local chapter of acclaimed organization SPJ- Society of Professional Journalists. She and is a member of the International Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Weekdays 12pm ET

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Bob Brooks & Katrina Szish

Host of American Agenda

Bob is a proud native of the small town of Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, tucked in the corner of Southwest Pennsylvania.  He's also a product of a public high school education and a graduate of Pennsylvania's largest public university, Penn State.  No matter where you're from, city or town, Bob believes anything is possible.  He's honored to have been given the chance to call Newsmax his new home.

He learned early on in life that hard work mixed with dedication is the recipe for success.  His parents showed him that as his father is a 5th generation funeral director and his mother was a public school elementary teacher.

Bob had to work his way up the broadcast industry ladder.  After college his career took him up, down and back up the eastern seaboard with stops in Elmira, NY at WETM 18 News, Miami, FL at the NBC affiliate, and for the last seven years Bob worked at the number one station in Philadelphia, PA 6abc Action News.   He's covered everything from natural disasters, the 2020 riots in downtown Philadelphia, to politics and everything in between.

Brooks' experiences from growing up in a small town next to a family owned farm, to covering stories in some of the nation's biggest metropolitan areas has taught him there are different sides to every story and everyone deserves a chance to be heard.  Though in recent years he's come to the conclusion that portions of the country's voices, like were he's from, have too often gone ignored.

He also has a personal interest in finance having passed the SIE exam (Security Industry Essentials) and Series 3 (National Commodities Futures Examination).


Katrina Szish has more than 15 years of experience as a journalist and host in news, entertainment, fashion, and pop culture. Prior to joining Newsmax in 2022, Szish created The Szish List on QVC, a panel-based style show that quickly became the highest-performing fashion series at the network.

Szish was the style correspondent for CBS News’ The Early Show, with anchor, host, and correspondent credits for ABC News Now, E!, CNN, Food Network, and TBS. She was the first on-air national correspondent for UsWeekly and InStyle magazines, and provided red-carpet coverage of the Oscars, Emmys, and Golden Globes for national broadcast networks.

A Harvard graduate, Szish worked for Vogue and GQ magazines, with stints at CNN’s political investigation unit in Washington, D.C., and CNN’s Style with Elsa Klensch in New York City. A sought-after mentor, she has been tapped by Harvard as a Professional in Residence and frequently works with young women to help them pursue their career goals.

Szish lives in New York City with her husband and their two rescue dogs, and has been an active member of the Humane Society and animal rescue initiatives for the past decade.

Weekdays 2pm ET

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Tom Basile

Host of America Right Now

Tom Basile’s work in business, government, politics and the media has earned him a reputation for candor, credibility and common sense. From Wall Street to Washington to Baghdad, Basile has been in the middle of the action on some of the biggest stories of the last twenty years. He has served in government at the local, state and federal levels including in the administration of President George W. Bush. He deployed to Iraq in 2003 serving alongside our men and women in uniform as an advisor to the coalition government. He received the Joint Civilian Service Commendation for his work in Iraq in 2004. Basile has been involved with several presidential campaigns including Bush-Cheney 2000 and has been a consultant to the Republican National Committee. He served as Executive Director of the New York State Republican Party from 2009-2011.

He was one of only two American conservatives featured as part of Time Magazine’s 2011 Person of the Year photo feature on citizen activism around the world. A former Forbes Opinion Contributor, conservative columnist, and critically-acclaimed author, Basile has become a respected voice on a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues as well as national politics. Before hosting America Right Now on NewsmaxTV he was the host of ‘Sunday in America’ on SiriusXM radio. His columns have appeared in a wide range of publications including the Washington Times, FoxNews.com, Newsmax, and the New York Post.

His critically-acclaimed book, Tough Sell: Fighting the Media War in Iraq (Potomac, 2017) examines war-time communications strategy. It has garnered high praise for its analysis and candid look behind-the-scenes of the Iraq mission. Basile’s latest book Let it Sink In: the Decade of Obama and Trump, features a curated collection of his writings about politics and public policy during the 2010s to help create a roadmap for American Freedom in the decade ahead.

Tom Basile holds a bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University and earned his Juris Doctorate attending Fordham and Georgetown Schools of Law. He has been on the faculty at Fordham University for more than a decade. He sits on a number of academic and philanthropic boards. Basile is presently a Knight Commander in the Roman Catholic Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He and his wife have three children.

Saturdays 9am ET

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Wendy Bell

Host of Wendy Bell Common Sense

Wendy Bell is a 21-time Emmy Award-winning journalist whose storytelling and news anchoring on national and local television earned her four Edward R. Murrow Awards and dozens of other broadcasting accolades. She is the host of the Wendy Bell Radio Show heard nationwide weekdays from 9AM until noon.

Born in Chicago and raised in Calabasas, California, Bell landed a national TV job straight out of grad school at the University of Missouri and enjoyed 24 years in television, working in New York City for the newsmagazine “American Journal” and for NBC affiliate KSDK in St. Louis. It was in the Show Me State where Wendy met her husband, Joe. She followed him to his hometown of Pittsburgh so he could pursue his medical career. As he completed his residency and fellowship in interventional cardiology, Bell became the main anchor and most decorated reporter at Pittsburgh’s ABC affiliate, where she worked for nearly 20 years.

Wendy made the transition to radio in 2018 as the lone conservative female voice on southwestern Pennsylvania airwaves, hosting an afternoon-drive radio program on KDKA 1020AM. In less than one year, Bell’s talk show jumped from 17th to second place in the ratings, handily beating Sean Hannity.

Known as a common-sense conservative, Bell has an explosive social media presence under the handle Wendy Bell Radio and on the Wendy Bell Radio Network app, where her videos have received more than 40 million views. Wendy’s followers hail from all fifty states and several dozen foreign countries, with three-fourths of her fans being women between the ages of 35 and 54.

With more than 28 years of broadcasting experience, Wendy has covered a wide array of news stories and breaking headlines. A storyteller at heart, she is a proud advocate of the Armed Services and its military veterans and is a fierce defender of law enforcement and first responders.

Wendy is a proud American who believes in traditional family values. Honesty. Loyalty. Integrity. Her favorite role is being mom to five sons, Michael, Jack, Ryan, Christopher and Bobby. She believes it is her mission to leave her boys an America of which we can all be proud.

Saturdays 4:30pm ET

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Mark Kaye

Host of The Mark Kaye Show

Mark Kaye is a radio host from Jacksonville, FL. He graduated from New York University with a double major in film production and political science, but bribed his way into radio station when he was 20 years old and never looked back.

He was born in Toronto, Canada and moved to the United States when he was 8 years old. His family settled in the cigarette capital of the world, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

In addition to producing two top-rated daily talk shows, mark gained international fame as the host and creator of the first talk show to air exclusively on Snapchat.

His daily social media posts and livestream shows are seen by millions of people around the world.

Saturdays 7pm ET

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Dick Morris

Host of Dick Morris Democracy

Richard Samuel Morris is an American political author and commentator who previously worked as a pollster, political campaign consultant, and general political consultant. A friend and advisor to Bill Clinton during his time as Governor of Arkansas, since his 1978 run, Morris became a political adviser to the White House after Clinton was elected president in 1992. Morris encouraged Clinton to pursue third way policies of triangulation that combined traditional Republican and Democratic proposals, rhetoric, and issues so as to achieve maximum political gain and popularity. He worked as a Republican strategist before joining the Clinton administration, where he helped Clinton recover from the 1994 midterm elections by advising the President to adopt more moderate policies. The president consulted Morris in secret beginning in 1994. Clinton's communications director George Stephanopoulos has said, "Over the course of the first nine months of 1995, no single person had more power over the president." Morris went on to become campaign manager of Bill Clinton's successful 1996 bid for re-election as President, but his tenure on that campaign was cut short two months before the election, when it was revealed that he had allowed a prostitute to listen in on conversations with the President.

Saturdays 7:30pm ET

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Rob Carson is a talk radio host who's done time on the biggest talk stations in places like Chicago, Washington DC, San Francisco, Dallas, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Nashville, Phoenix, Minneapolis, NYC and Baltimore. Rob is also a nationally syndicated comedy writer who's political satire has been a staple on the Rush Limbaugh Program for over two decades through five Presidential administrations. Rob also is an accomplished video and audio podcaster talking politics, pop culture, comedy and oddly enough, food! He also has extensive experience as a cooking/lifestyle video host and amateur chef. Rob has a line of politically incorrect t-shirts/swag he does in concert with his graphic designer, Sam Cangelosi. Rob is very involved in a variety of charities including the Salvation Army, Friends in Service of Heroe (F.I.S.H.) Foster, adopt, Connect, Alzheimer's Association, and Children's Miracle Network. Rob is a major supporter of fostering and adoption. Rob discovered his biological family in 2018.

Rob is a Midwesterner from a small town of 1,000 people near Omaha: Neola, Iowa. Rob received a communications degree from Northwest Missouri State University. He began writing satire for Rush Limbaugh right after graduation. His work has been published in at least one of Rush's books. Rob has a wife of 22 years, Kelly, and two kids: Will, a student at the University of Kansas, and Avery, a freshman in High school. Rob's two podcasts are entitled "What in the World is Going On?" with Rob Carson about politics, pop culture, and comedy. Rob's other podcast is "Sound Bites" with Rob Carson about food, wine, cigars and the lifestyle movement. Rob is also an accomplished home improver.

Saturdays 8pm ET

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John Tabacco

Host of Wise Guys with John Tabacco

John Tabacco is the host of “Wise Guys” — Newsmax’s newest weekend show — and has been an expert television commentator and personality for nearly 20 years.

Tabacco uses his regular-man style to appeal to the every-day, working-class American. He has hosted three previous shows on America’s 4th-ranked, and fastest growing cable news network — “Table Talk” (a four-part docuseries), “What’s the Deal” (covering the intersection of politics and the economy), and “Liquid Lunch.” Tabacco has been featured on every cable news network, and was a regular contributor to “Money Talks,” “Stuart Varney, Makin’ Money,” and “Bull and Bears.”

A Wall Street financial technology inventor, innovator and entrepreneur for the past 25 years, Tabacco is recognized as one of the preeminent experts on television when it comes to capital markets, trading and financial technology. He was the founder of Locatestock.com, which changed the paradigm in Securities Finance Technology in US Capital Markets.

Tabacco has been frequently invited by the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, the U.S. Senate Judiciary and Banking Committee, as well as the Securities Exchange Commission on matters of national security and capital markets vulnerabilities.

During the 2008 financial crisis, he was invited as an expert to assist the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, in its fact-finding examination of Chinese Short Selling, and its manipulative effects on American capital markets.

Tabacco is a registered Independent, serving as the Vice Chairman of the N.Y. State Reform Party. He earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from St. John’s University.

Saturdays 10pm ET

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Jon Glasgow

Host of Sunday Report

Jon Glasgow, an Emmy-nominated correspondent, and the dynamic host of Sunday Report on Newsmax. Coming from humble beginnings in the small town of Devon in Edmonton Canada, Jon contributed to Global News as one of the primary anchors in Western Canada and later at CTV News, where he made a significant impact in Vancouver and Edmonton.

Transitioning to the big city, Jon joined 9NEWS KUSA in Denver, Colorado, an NBC affiliate honored with an Edward R. Murrow award. Over the span of 15 years, he has covered a diverse range of topics including politics, presidential elections, sports, news, and historic events such the 2020 BLM protests.

With his enthusiastic approach, Jon connects and relates to the audiences with his engaging informative style and extensive coverage of the U.S politics. Blending his expertise in journalism and vibrant personality, Jon is excited to be part of the Newsmax team. He looks forward to contributing to Newsmax's commitment to maintaining integrity and excellence in news reporting.

Sundays 10am ET

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Lidia Curanaj

Host of Sunday Agenda

Lidia Curanaj is a two-time Emmy award-winning journalist who thrives on the excitement of breaking news, covering politics and acting as a voice for the people.

After graduating college, Lidia began working at CBS News as a production assistant and quickly rose through the ranks. She became the coordinating producer for “The Evening News with Dan Rather” and worked on historic events such as September 11th.

Lidia then went on to become a reporter/anchor/executive producer for Fox Carolina, in Greenville, South Carolina.  Several of her stories garnered national attention and her first Emmy. After five years in the South, Lidia made her way back home to New York.

She then reported and anchored for News 12 where she won another Emmy. Two years later, she began reporting for Fox 5 in New York City. While at Fox 5, Lidia covered a wide array of stories from terror attacks to helping find a kidney for a little girl.

After six years at Fox 5, Lidia ventured into radio and became the news director for 77 WABC radio in New York City. While at the legendary station, she also solo hosted their 4pm drive-time show and co-hosted the 5pm show.

After three years at WABC radio, Lidia’s career culminated when she joined Newsmax in 2023. She currently hosts “The Count” on Saturdays at 5pm ET and “Sunday Agenda” at Noon ET. You can also catch her fill-in hosting on Newsmax during the week.

When not working, Lidia spends time with her husband, daughter, and large Albanian-American family. Lidia’s Catholic faith also plays an important role in all that she does. It’s why she ends every show with a message of hope during these trying times, “Trust and remember that God is with you in all ways, always.”

Sunday 12pm ET

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Nancy Brinker

Host of Conversations with Nancy Brinker

Nancy G. Brinker is the founder of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer organization, an author and former U.S. Ambassador. Nancy is regarded as the leader of the global breast cancer movement. Her journey began with a simple promise to her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything possible to end the shame, pain, fear and hopelessness caused by this disease. In one generation, the organization that bears Susan’s name has changed the world.

Sundays 3pm ET

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Sebastian Gorka

Host of The Gorka Reality Check

Dr. Sebastian Gorka joined Newsmax TV as host of “The Gorka Reality Check” in 2021. An internationally-recognized authority on national security, Dr. Gorka is known for his quick wit and extensive knowledge of history and current affairs.

Each week on his show, Dr. Gorka hits back hard against legacy media, Big Tech, and the Washington Swamp. He is unafraid to challenge the top politicos and newsmakers – as he exposes their disregard for the founding principles of the American republic. Dr. Gorka is a former Strategist and Deputy Assistant to President Donald J. Trump and host of the nationally-syndicated radio show AMERICA First.

Born in Great Britain to parents who escaped Communism during the Hungarian Revolution, he served in the British Territorial Army in a military intelligence unit. After coming to America, he served as a Defense Department instructor teaching at the National Defense University in Fort McNair.

Prior to joining President Trump’s White House, he spent two and a half years at Quantico, as Chair of Military Theory teaching at the Marine Corps University and War College.

He remains a guest-instructor for the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg.

He is the author of several books including Why We Fight, Defeating America's Enemies with No Apologies.

Last year. President Trump appointed Dr. Gorka to the Defense Department's National Security Education Board.

Sundays 7pm ET

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