{"id":15084,"date":"2020-11-17T10:11:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/?p=15084"},"modified":"2020-11-17T10:13:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:13:05","slug":"compass-media-networks-proudly-announces-this-morning-americas-first-news-has-exceeded-300-affiliates-and-congratulates-gordon-deal-on-his-15th-anniversary-as-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/17\/compass-media-networks-proudly-announces-this-morning-americas-first-news-has-exceeded-300-affiliates-and-congratulates-gordon-deal-on-his-15th-anniversary-as-host\/","title":{"rendered":"This Morning \u2014 America’s First News exceeds 300 affiliates and congratulates Gordon Deal on his 15th Anniversary as host"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, Gordon Deal celebrates 300 affiliates and his 15th anniversary as host of This Morning \u2013America\u2019s First News with Gordon Deal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gordon Deal states \u201cWith a short attention span like mine, it\u2019s hard to imagine doing the same thing for 15 minutes, let alone 15 years. There\u2019s a lot of pressure and responsibility, especially now with 300 affiliates, but having an exceptional team to work with every day and the support of Compass Media Networks means waking up at 2:30 a.m. can actually be interesting and exhilarating.\u201d<\/p>\n

This Morning \u2013 America\u2019s First News<\/em><\/strong> is produced and distributed by Compass Media Networks and broadcast daily via 300 news and talk stations in 92 of the top 100 markets and re-broadcast via all major podcast listening platforms including iHeartRadio, Radio.com, and TuneIn. The program reaches over 3 million listeners each month.*<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the history of our medium, very few shows have achieved over 300 affiliates,\u2019 said Peter Kosann, CEO\/Founder of Compass Media Networks. \u201cKudos to everyone at Compass Media Networks for reaching this goal and special thanks to Gordon Deal for his leadership and voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

“15 years is quite the accomplishment, Gordon. You continue to be the perfect voice to wake up the KTAR early risers with your always interesting perspective on the biggest news stories of the moment. Congratulations and thanks!”\u00a0\u00a0\u2014Ryan Hatch, VP Content & Operations, Bonneville Phoenix<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u201cCongratulations, Gordon, on your anniversary!\u00a0 You\u2019ve been a trusted voice for many years.\u00a0 We\u2019re fortunate to have This Morning<\/em> as a lead-in to Colorado\u2019s Morning News<\/em> on KOA NewsRadio.\u201d \u00a0\u2014Greg Foster, Program Director KOA Denver<\/em><\/p>\n

” Gordon is the perfect, upbeat host, to listen to as I start my day, six days a week. His team does a great job every day at covering stories that matter.\u201d \u2014 Rob Snyder, Townsquare Media of Lubbock, Abilene & San Angelo<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cGordon is a consummate news anchor and wordsmith. \u00a0An amazing national talent who is also amazing to work with.”\u00a0 \u2014Greg Moceri, Moceri Media, LLC<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis Morning is a GREAT lead into our morning show. Gordon and his team provide all the news you need to start the day \u2013 plus lighter lifestyle segments that we love!\u201d\u00a0 \u2014Steve Granato, VP Programming, Renda Broadcasting Corp. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>To find out more about availability in your market contact Robert Blum at rblum@compassmedianetworks.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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About This Morning \u2013 America\u2019s First News with Gordon Deal<\/em><\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, Gordon Deal celebrates 300 affiliates and his 15th anniversary as host of This Morning \u2013America\u2019s First News with Gordon Deal. Gordon Deal states \u201cWith a short attention span like mine, it\u2019s hard to imagine doing the same thing for 15 minutes, let alone 15 years. There\u2019s a lot of pressure and responsibility, especially […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.compassmedianetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}