FULL SHOW: Family Values; Times Square fun.

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4.3 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Curtis Sliwa fills in for Mark Simone and shares some of the important values his family taught him, like always picking up and properly disposing of trash. With the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration happening tonight, Curtis offers some humorous advice for anyone planning to see the ball drop in person: you might want to wear some Depends diapers! Curtis takes calls from listeners about family values, New Year's Eve traditions, and more. Curtis continues as guest host for Mark Simone, paying tribute to two hard-working legends in the entertainment industry: the late, great Regis Philbin and talk radio icon Bob Grant. He discusses Regis Philbin’s remarkable journey through television and reflects on how Bob Grant influenced talk radio for generations of broadcasters. Curtis takes your calls on Regis, Bob Grant, and other topics.

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0:00.0	Now, the Guardian Angel of Top Radio is here.
0:05.1	Curtis Sliwa guest hosts the Mark Simone show on 710 W0.
0:15.0	Oh, yeah, my responsibility as being on Mark Simone's turf, the best talk radio host in our region, bar none.
0:31.5	And I'm sure Greg Kelly is listening over there at WABC doing his show prep as he always did by listening to Mark Simone.
0:39.1	Hey, why not?
0:41.2	He had good stuff and always says good stuff.
0:44.3	He'll be back on the 5th on Monday.
0:47.5	But I'll be back on Friday.
0:50.2	And the kind of talk radio I do is different than most because I believe that we have this opportunity
0:58.1	to speak to all of you now because of the technology, not just throughout the tri-state area,
1:03.8	throughout the United States, but all over the world.
1:06.8	Because any radio station can be picked up virtually anywhere.
1:13.6	And I've heard from a lot of people listening to me on W.O.R. My place to be, 710.
1:18.9	Never again at W.A.B.C., which the acronym stands for always blaming Curtis,
1:24.2	for Zora Mandami being the mayor, and always bashing Curtis, even to the
1:30.7	state.
1:31.6	You think they would give it up, right?
1:33.9	They ain't coming back there, never.
1:35.5	I'd rather live in a homeless shelter.
1:37.7	I'd rather be stuck on the number four train going round and round around.
1:41.3	Do you think people understand that?
1:44.6	And this is a much better station in a lot of different ways.
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