WABC Radio host Rita Cosby is one of the most recognized and respected broadcasters in America who has attained an extraordinary level of success in multiple arenas that few in the media landscape have achieved. The editorial board of Radio Ink Magazine has chosen Cosby as its 2018 Most Influential Women in Radio Legend. Watch this video below as Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti surprises Cosby by popping into WABC to tell her the news.
Cosby is an Emmy-winning TV host, veteran correspondent and multiple best-selling author, who anchored highly rated primetime shows on Fox News Channel and MSNBC. She is currently a special correspondent for the top-rated CBS syndicated newsmagazine, Inside Edition, does frequent hosting and reporting for CNN/HLN, and co-hosts Curtis and Cosby weekdays 12-3 p.m. with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa on the legendary WABC Radio. She’s been one of Radio Ink’s Most Influential Women in Radio list since 2014. Cosby has also received six Gracie Awards, including “Outstanding Host” and “Outstanding Talk Show,” as well as “Best Talk Interview” for her interview with Hillary Clinton in 2017.
Throughout her career Cosby has interviewed six U.S. Presidents, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and met with Fidel Castro, and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. She was also granted a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, and years earlier with Pope John Paul II, to discuss death penalty issues after receiving an exclusive letter from Timothy McVeigh explaining why he carried out the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Our interview with Rita Cosby will appear in the June 18 issue of Radio Ink Magazine. NOTE: Our MIW list will not be published online. It will only be available in the print issue of Radio Ink Magazine. To subscribe to Radio Ink in time to receive this issue CLICK HERE.
