'Aaron Klein Radio' goes live in Philadelphia

The live edition of "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio" is being added Sunday to the lineup at Salem's Philadelphia station, NewsTalk 990 AM.

Klein's news-oriented, talk-radio program is broadcast from the beach in Tel Aviv and airs on AM 970 The Answer in New York from 7-9 p.m. Eastern Time.

Klein is also WND's senior reporter and Jerusalem bureau chief.

The program's entry to the Philadelphia market is particularly nostalgic for Klein, the host tells WND, because he was born and raised in Philadelphia and lived there until attending college in New York and then deploying to Israel as WND's Middle East reporter.

Klein is the subject, this weekend, of an extended profile story in the hometown Philadelphia Daily News.

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"I'm thrilled to be returning to my roots via the airwaves of the great NewsTalk 990 AM," said Klein. "I feel deeply connected to the city of brotherly love and cannot wait to incorporate the Philadelphia audience into the show."

NewsTalk 990 AM programming manager Mark Daniels stated: "NewsTalk 990 couldn’t be more pumped about adding 'Aaron Klein Investigative Radio.' There’s nothing else like it, especially on the weekends! If you watch the Sunday talking heads on TV, then listen to Aaron Sunday evening, and you’ll appreciate the difference his global perspective brings."

NewsTalk 990 AM’s line-up includes radio hosts Mark Levin, Bill Bennet, Michael Medved, Dennis Prager, Mike Gallagher and Hugh Hewitt.

With a population of more than 1.5 million, Philadelphia is home to one of the biggest radio markets in the U.S.

Klein's program has accumulated a vast audience.

Just last week, the show was ranked among the 50 most-listened-to talk-radio shows via Internet streaming for the year 2014.

Klein made the “Power 50″ list of Talk Stream Live, which sampled more than 4.5 million listeners in 2014.

“Aaron Klein Investigative Radio” is one of only three weekend shows to make the list and is the only local weekend show on the list.

In both 2013 and 2012, Klein also made the radio industry’s highly coveted Talkers’ “Heavy Hundred,” the only local weekend host to make the prestigious list both years. With thousands of weekday shows competing, it is rare for a weekend program to make the list, often cited as the most definitive radio ranking.

The Talkers 2014 list will be released next month.