Steve Somers Net Worth 2023, Age, Wife, Children, Height, Family, Parents, Salary

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Introduction

Steve Somers is an American talk radio host. He is best known for his work on the New York City sports radio station WFAN (660 AM). He has been with the station since its inception in 1987. He appeared in the 1979 film The Visitor.

Early life

Name	Steve Somers
Net Worth	$5 million
Occupation	Talk radio host
Age	75 years
Height	1.79m

Steve Somers net worth

Steve Somers was born on April 17, 1947 (age 75 years) in New York, United States. Somers is a native of San Francisco, California, and became a fan of the San Francisco Giants upon the team’s arrival to the city in 1958.

He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969. His nickname is “The Schmoozer.” He roots for the New York Mets (or Metropolitans as he refers to them), the New York Knicks (or Knickerbockers) the New York Rangers and New York Jets (sometimes he even calls them the Jetropolitans).

Career

Steve Somers began his career in the Bay Area. Before graduating high school, he worked at KYA radio in San Francisco delivering on-air high school sports. Somers began hosting a news talk show on KNEW radio in Oakland after college. To that effect, Time Magazine ran a story naming him the youngest talk show host in the country at that period of time.

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Somers also worked as a public address announcer for the NBA’s San Francisco Warriors. In 1970, Somers joined KPIX in San Francisco as a weekend sports anchor and won a San Francisco Press Club Award. Over the next decade and a half, he held other television sportscasting positions at KOVR in Sacramento, WXIA-TV in Atlanta and KNBC in Los Angeles.

He also launched a sports talk program at KMPC radio while in Los Angeles. Somers joined WFAN at the station’s inception in July 1987. He spent his first few years with the station as the overnight host. While he was on the overnight program he dubbed himself “Captain Midnight”. During this time he conducted one of the last-ever interviews with Mark Koenig, who was the last living member of the 1927 New York Yankees.

Steve Somers later spent a few years co-hosting the 10 am-1 pm slot with WWOR-TV sports anchor Russ Salzberg. He is also known to refer to the New York Mets, by their official name “The New York Metropolitans” drawing out the parts as Metro-Politans, and referring to the Islanders as the Ice-landers.

Somers usually works during the evening on weekdays. His program can be heard anywhere from 6:30 pm to 2 am, depending on whether WFAN airs a sporting event that night. He is also sometimes heard on weekends. He is colloquially known as “The Schmoozer.” Somers has said of the infrequent scheduling, “Sometimes, just sometimes, I forget what time zone I live in.”

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In October 2021, Somers stated that WFAN’s owner Audacy had requested to move his show back into the overnight hours, a request Somers declined as he was no longer willing to work a graveyard slot. He stated that, because of the request, he was planning on retiring from his regular shift at WFAN “sooner rather than later,” with the intention of remaining at WFAN on a reduced schedule as a fill-in host if Audacy allows.

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Wife

Steve Somers is currently married to his lovely wife Robin Somers, they had their wedding in New York. His wife is a private person and rarely interacts with the media. Much is not known about their children. As of March 2023, Steve Somers and his wife Robin currently reside in Manhattan.