Paul Vandenburgh announced today that Al Roney has been hired to host the afternoon program beginning on Monday, June 21^st. Roney will host the Monday thru Friday shift from 2 to 6pm each afternoon. He will broadcast from the WGDJ TALK 1300 studios located in the Times Union Center in Albany.

Roney is a market veteran who has covered the Capital District for over a decade. He is not only a well known talk show host but has also been an established newscaster and traffic reporter in the region. He most recently served as a talk show host and newscaster at WGY and before that was a newscaster at 590 WROW.

“Al brings a strong news talk background to TALK1300”, said WGDJ President and General Manager Paul Vandenburgh. “Al and I worked together in the past and to obtain someone of his talent and background is a major plus for us, our listeners and the Capital District.”  “He will be driving the agenda in the Capital District every afternoon on the ride home and will deliver a strong product.”

Roney will begin on Monday June 21^st.

Click HERE For the entire visit Friday morning on TALK 1300.

“Then, there’s Talk 1300.  That’s the AM station, WGDJ, launched in 2007 by Paul Vandenburgh.  The Affable and conservative 53-year-old doesn’t’ look like a wild-eyed nonconformist, but he took on prevailing headwinds by scratching together an independent station devoted almost entirely to

local talk. 

“….This has been everything I hoped it would be…He has faith in radio and believes localism is the ingredient that keeps ears from the internet or an Ipod.”

“People, when they turn on the radio, want to hear that local guy from the neighborhood, he said”