A Conversation with Gene Valicenti

Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth® · Feb 9, 2023 · 29m

Gene and I lived in adjoining towns in New Jersey but met here in Rhode Island decades ago. (He calls our origins “the old country.”) He’s won a ton of awards for local and national reporting, including being one of the first reporters inside the perimeter after 9/11 and covering Papal visits, presidential elections, and moderating election debates at state level. We talk here about the future of AM radio, where Gene has the most popular talk and news show in the surrounding part of the country every year. Some electric car makers claim the AM interference may preclude inclusion in their…