Chris Plante

Chris Plante (born December 12, 1959) is the stepson of one-time CBS News White House correspondent Bill Plante, currently hosting a syndicated radio program heard on Westwood One[6] and a nightly TV talk show on Newsmax TV.

Chris Plante
Chris Plante Show
Born (1959-12-12) December 12, 1959[1]
Alma materSanta Barbara City College (attended)[2]
OccupationRadio Talk Show Host
Parent(s)Jules Orteig (father)

Bill Plante (stepfather)
[3]

Barbara Barnes Orteig Plante (mother)[4]
Relativesfive brothers[5]
AwardsEdward R. Murrow Award

Career

CNN

Plante worked at CNN for 17 years, mostly covering The Pentagon and U.S. Military.[7] At various times at CNN, he was a Pentagon correspondent, senior producer for national security affairs, military affairs producer, and an assignment editor. Plante traveled to foreign locations, including Saudi Arabia, Bosnia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Africa, and the former Soviet Union covering stories for CNN.

Radio

After leaving CNN, Plante got a job doing a weekend radio show at WMAL, which serves the Washington, D.C. metro area, sometimes hosting a joint show with liberal host Jerry Klein.

In 2005, Plante moved to weeknights, and in 2008 he moved to the midday time slot. In 2009, Plante's show was briefly replaced by The Joe Scarborough Show, but demand from fans saw his return to the 9 AM – Noon time slot in October 2009.[8] Guest hosts include Mary Walter and Mike Opelka.[9]

Plante has filled in for national hosts including Mark Levin, Michael Savage and Rush Limbaugh.

In 2016, Cumulus Media announced Plante would be nationally syndicated by Westwood One, replacing Herman Cain's program, which reverted to a local program.[10] The Herman Cain Show would still air in the Atlanta, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tulsa, and Dayton markets.[11] Westwood One and Plante's home station, WMAL, are both owned by Cumulus Media.

Newsmax

In May 2023, Newsmax announced it would broadcast a new 9 PM panel show titled Chris Plante The Right Squad. The show will film in Washington DC and will feature Plante, Jenn Pellegrino, and other regular panelists.[12]

Awards

Plante received the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTNDA) for his reporting from the Pentagon during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

In 2015, Plante won a Reed Irvine Award for Excellence in Journalism.[13]

References
  1. Plante reported he was nine years old when Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon (Chris Plante Show, August 31, 2018)
  2. Chris Plante Show, July 5, 2023
  3. Farhi, Paul (November 4, 2010). "Conservatively speaking, WMAL radio host Chris Plante is on the rise". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  4. "Barbara Barnes Plante, 73". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  5. Langer, Emily (September 28, 2022). "Bill Plante, CBS News correspondent for a half-century, dies at 84". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  6. "Conservatively speaking, WMAL radio host Chris Plante is on the rise". The Washington Post.
  7. Farhi, Paul (November 4, 2010). "Conservatively speaking, WMAL radio host Chris Plante is on the rise". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  8. "NTS MediaOnline". www.ntsmediaonline.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  9. "The Chris Plante Show on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  10. "Westwood One To Officially Offer WMAL/D.C.'s Chris Plante In Syndication". All Access. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  11. "The Herman Cain Radio Show will be loud and strong in 2017". Herman Cain. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  12. Johnson, Ted (May 4, 2023). "Newsmax To Launch Chris Plante Primetime Panel Show". Deadline.
  13. "AIM's 10th Annual Reed Irvine Awards to Judge Jeanine Pirro, Chris Plante, and Rep. Lamar Smith". Accuracy in Media. May 8, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
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