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The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Mark Simone claimed the top spot for midday news talk radio in 2025, as reported by Barrett Media. In the Savannah Guthrie case, authorities are looking at a delivery driver as the possible intended suspect. Border Czar Tom Homan announced that ICE will be pulling out of Minnesota. Mark interviews economist Steve Moore. He explains that the government sector shrinking is actually positive for the overall economy. Ford’s CEO released a statement noting that EV sales have significantly underperformed expectations. NFL players are reportedly losing thousands of dollars because of California’s Jock Tax. What changes does the Big Beautiful Bill bring when it comes to filing your taxes this year? With many seats currently up for grabs in the upcoming Midterms, it’s a crucial time for the RNC and the GOP. Nikki Haley was allegedly not offered a role in Trump’s administration due to concerns about her attitude. During Trump’s first term, CNN experienced a “Trump bump” that boosted its ratings. Mark interviews WOR Weeknight host Jimmy Failla. What’s the latest discussion surrounding Voter ID requirements at the polls? Did former President Obama use voter fraud tactics to push Obamacare? Jimmy Failla’s name appears in the Epstein files, though not for any wrongdoing, while the Clintons’ situation is viewed differently. Plus, some Valentine’s Day advice for your significant other.

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0:00.0	You just heard the news. Now you'll find out what it all means.
0:05.0	It's Mark Simone on 710 W.O.W.
0:09.0	Well, we'll get to Donald Trump, Pam Bondi. We'll get to Bad Bunny and Mom Donnie's in Albany, asking for money.
0:21.6	We'll get to, hey, developments in Minnesota.
0:23.7	We'll get to that.
0:24.3	We'll get to the Guthrie kidnapping.
0:27.0	We'll get to Valentine's Day and a whole lot more coming up.
0:30.6	It's 36 days until spring.
0:34.5	It's not bad today.
0:35.8	It'll be mid-30s, maybe upper 30 maybe upper 30s going to be in the 40s over
0:39.2	the weekends 40s next week and then once you get through next week you'll only have like
0:43.9	four weeks till spring so uh hey before we start want to thank barrett media now in the radio
0:52.9	business barrett media is like the bible of the industry it's the official
0:57.5	trade magazine of radio talk radio music radio all kinds of radio it's the the trade magazine
1:04.7	barrett media it's a website you can go look at it and you should it's actually got very
1:09.9	interesting stuff if you're interested
1:11.2	in radio and news and talk and they got all kinds of great stories barrettmedia.com
1:17.1	two rs two t's barrettmedia dot com and then every year at this time they do uh this is like our
1:25.0	equivalent of the academy awards uh and the best thing you can win is
1:29.3	a number one show uh there's a number one show in america morning show number one afternoon
1:34.9	show number one midday show and it just came out today we won as the number one show in
1:40.7	america middays number one in amer. This is like winning the Oscar for best
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