Megyn Kelly is signed up to host a weekday live talk show on SiriusXM in her first major gig since leaving Today
- The Megyn Kelly Show will broadcast for two hours, SiriusXM said on Tuesday
- Will feature her opinions on the day's top stories, listeners' calls and interviews
- Show will premiere September 7 and will be available to her podcast listeners
- Kelly's hiring comes months after SiriusXM announced huge exclusive deals with Howard Stern and Andy Cohen
Megyn Kelly will host a weekday live talk show on SiriusXM this fall, it emerged Tuesday - in her first major gig since leaving Today.
The Megyn Kelly Show will broadcast for two hours at noon and feature Kelly's viewpoints on the day's top stories, as well as listeners' calls and interviews.
The program will premiere September 7 and the deal she struck means the radio show will become available to her podcast listeners after premiering on SiriusXM.
Kelly is SiriusXM's latest high-profile signing, with the network recently hiring shock jock Howard Stern on a contract worth $500million over five years - which he greeted by announcing he was taking the whole summer off in a move that infuriated fans. Kelly's pay packet has not yet been revealed.
The station also recently signed up top talk show host Andy Cohen for an undisclosed fee.
The Megyn Kelly Show will broadcast for two hours at noon and feature Kelly's (pictured) viewpoints on the day's top stories, as well as listeners' calls and interviews
The show will premiere September 7 and the deal she struck means the radio show will become available to her podcast listeners after premiering on SiriusXM
Announcing her new role, Kelly said Tuesday: 'My team and I have been grateful to see our show, in less than a year, become one of the most successful podcasts in America - proving that there is a thirst for open, honest and more meaningful conversations about current events.
'I can't think of a better partner to help us expand that reach even further than a blue-chip brand like SiriusXM, which has always been a leader in predicting market trends and is perfectly positioned for the evolving manner in which Americans consume their news.'
She later tweeted: 'Happy to announce our show (already one of the top podcasts in the USA after 9 mos) is expanding its reach - partnering w/SiriusXM (a great team!) in a live, 2-hour show, going 5 days/wk & adding video too. Starts in September.
'Thank you to our listeners!'
Share this article
Kelly was a star at Fox and helped moderate five presidential debates, then became anchor of the third hour of Today.
But her time at NBC was short-lived; Kelly was left in 2018 after defending blackface Halloween costumes.
In an interview published Tuesday, Kelly compared her time at NBC to her first marriage, insisting she doesn't have any regrets and referring to it as 'part of the journey that gets you to where you are.'
'I had this soaring career at Fox that was great by any measure, but I was miserable at home. It was too stressful, too much time away from my family and my kids, and then I overcorrected at NBC by going too soft,' Kelly told Business Insider.
'To be perfectly honest, the job wasn't intellectually stimulating for me, and now I feel like I have the best of both worlds. I'm fired up and making a difference,' she continued.
Kelly posted this picture on Instagram Monday showing her meeting tenor Daniel Rodriguez, who is known as the 'singing policeman'
In the segment, Kelly said she did not understand what was wrong with blackface if a white person was 'playing a character.'
After a huge backlash, she began her next program by reading prepared remarks in which she apologized for her comments the previous day.
'I'm Megyn Kelly. And I want to begin with two words - I'm sorry,' said Kelly as she fought back tears.
She then rehashed her comments before stating: 'I have never been a P.C. kind of person.
'But I do understand the value in being sensitive to our history, particularly on race and ethnicity. This past year has been so painful for many people of color. The country feels so divided. And I have no wish to add to that pain and offense.
'I believe this is a time for more understanding, more love, more sensitivity and honor. And I want to be part of that. Thank you for listening and for helping me listen, too.'
Shock jock Howard Stern enrages fans by announcing he's now taking entire summer off after signing $500M SiriusXM contract
By Melissa Koenig for Dailymail.com
Shock jock Howard Stern managed to shock his loyal fanbase last month, when he announced he is taking the summer off under his new contract with Sirius XM, which is believed to be worth $500million over five years.
On his show Monday, Stern, 67, seemed to imply that he negotiated a clause in the December contract negotiations to give him a break from the end of June through early September, during which time the subscription radio service would air re-runs of 'The Howard Stern Show.'
Soon after, fans took to social media to gripe about the announcement, saying Stern should honor his commitment to the show, or they will cancel their Sirius XM subscriptions.
Shock jock Howard Stern enraged his fans when he announced on Monday he would be taking a two months summer vacation under his new contract with SiriusXM
One fan wrote on Reddit Tuesday: 'Howard Stern just announced per his new contract there will no be any new shows after this week until September.
'At first he tried to claim they always do this during the summer, then pivoted and said the summer off was part of the new deal he made,' the Redditor wrote, asking why Stern could not just take two weeks off for vacation, rather than the whole summer.
'No that would be too fair to his customers,' he continued.
'I pay $20 a month for Sirius XM and I am not paying $40 for re-runs. All Stern fans should do this.
'If I knew the deal would be like this I would have rooted for Howard to retire.'
One person took to Reddit following the announcement to demand Howard Stern fans cancel their SiriusXM subscriptions in protest
Others also expressed their frustration with the announcement.
InaShensh responded to the original poster's comment that he wonders 'how many subscribers will cancel for the summer,' to which Moremintjelly said there would be half of SiriusXM's subscribers 'right in the trash.'
And user Thos19 wrote: 'It s****. But it bothers me more that he refuses to fill in the gap with any original content.
'Heck, why not replay a block of shows unedited from July 1, 1990 - 2000 to August 31, 1990 - 2000?'
