{"id":2522538,"date":"2025-12-18T06:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T11:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turning-point-hands-off-charlie-kirks-radio-time-slot-to-scott-jennings\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T06:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T11:10:11","slug":"turning-point-hands-off-charlie-kirks-radio-time-slot-to-scott-jennings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turning-point-hands-off-charlie-kirks-radio-time-slot-to-scott-jennings\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Point Hands Off Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Radio Time Slot to Scott Jennings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fturning-point-hands-off-charlie-kirks-radio-time-slot-to-scott-jennings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2522538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Conservative commentator Scott Jennings will be taking over a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-is-swirling-down-the-toilet\/\" title=\"Fox News Is Swirling Down The Toilet\">talk radio<\/a> time slot previously held<\/a> by Charlie Kirk. According to Axios, Salem Radio Network is appointing Jennings, along with Breitbart News editor-in-chief alex Marlow, to host segments filling &#8220;The Charlie Kirk Show.&#8221; Marlow will host the noon to 1 p.m. slot, while Jennings will extend his existing one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-plans-mega-concert-for-reopening-majority-of-tickets-will-go-to-vaccinated\/\" title=\"NYC Plans Mega Concert For Reopening, Majority Of Tickets Will Go To Vaccinated\">-hour show<\/a> at 2 p.m. to a two-hour program from 1 to 3 p.m., starting January 5.<\/p>\n<p>The original podcast version of &#8220;The Charlie Kirk Show,&#8221; co-hosted by Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff, will continue separately on the Salem Podcast Network. Jennings, known for his combative defense of President Trump on CNN, expressed gratitude to Kolvet and Turning Point USA for their role in maintaining Kirk&#8217;s radio legacy.<\/p>\n<p>The talk radio noon to 3 p.m.slot was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amy-coney-barrett-reacts-to-enslaver-of-women-heckler-audience-erupts\/\" title=\"Amy Coney Barrett Reacts To \u2018Enslaver Of Women\u2019 Heckler, Audience Erupts\">famously held<\/a> by the late Rush Limbaugh for many years. Salem expects the new shows to reach over 300 radio stations and more than 1.2 million weekly radio listeners, with an additional million podcast listeners.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings is a senior political contributor for CNN and a former White House aide under President George W. Bush. He has recently emphasized the importance of Western civilization&#8217;s foundations in faith, truth, individual obligation, and rule of law, warning against left-wing hostility toward religious beliefs and stressing the need to preserve thes values for the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentator Scott Jennings will take over a talk radio time slot formerly held by Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/12\/17\/charlie-kirk-radio-scott-jennings-alex-marlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> reported on Wednesday that Salem Radio Network is tapping Jennings, along with Breitbart News editor-in-chief Alex Marlow, to fill &ldquo;The Charlie Kirk Show.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/google-reportedly-diminished-breitbart-search-results-99-7-daily-caller-gets-savaged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marlow<\/a> will host the noon to 1:00 p.m. slot, while Jennings will expand his current one-hour program at 2:00 p.m. on weekdays to run from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The change will start on Jan. 5.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jennings&rsquo; profile has surged in recent years, fueled by his combative CNN appearances defending President Trump in clashes with liberal co-panelists,&rdquo; Axios noted.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;The Charlie Kirk Show,&rdquo; co-hosted by Turning Point USA&rsquo;s Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff, will continue on the Salem Podcast Network as a podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings responded to the announcement, posting on social media, &ldquo;To my friend Andrew Kolvet and the Turning Point USA team, thank you for your stewardship of Charlie&rsquo;s radio legacy&hellip; These are some of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-stars-who-are-speaking-out-in-support-of-cuban-protesters\/\" title=\"6 Stars Who Are Speaking Out In Support Of Cuban Protesters\">important hours<\/a> in talk radio.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;To my friend Andrew Kolvet and the Turning Point USA team, thank you for your stewardship of Charlie&rsquo;s radio legacy &hellip; These are some of the most important hours in talk radio,&rdquo; Jennings said.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/2001259416159654357?\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/decent-liberals-rob-reiner-said-horrible-things-rush-limbaugh-cancer-diagnosis-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rush Limbaugh<\/a> reigned supreme during the noon to 3:00 p.m. talk radio hours for decades until his death in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-politics-horrible-way-rob-reiner-responded-charlie-kirks-murder-way-respond-reiners-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kolvet<\/a> said of Salem&rsquo;s decision that &ldquo;ultimately we agreed that Alex and Scott were the perfect hosts to take over on the radio portion&rdquo; as &ldquo;The Charlie Kirk Show&rdquo; continues as a podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While some of the details around how we want to distribute the show will change, our friendship and trust in Salem does not,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding their new radio lineup, a Salem representative told Axios that &ldquo;the network anticipates over 300 radio stations will be taking the shows, serving over 1.2 million listeners a week. More than a million additional listeners are expected to tune in via podcasts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jennings is also a senior political contributor <a href=\"https:\/\/politics.georgetown.edu\/profile\/scott-jennings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for CNN<\/a> and previously served as White House aide to George W. Bush and on his two successful presidential campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scott-jennings-right-trumps-leadership-saving-western-civilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">communicated in the spirit<\/a> of Charlie Kirk at an event at Liberty University in Virginia last month as he spoke of the importance of Western civilization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The West is not a place on a map. It is a set of ideas born in Jerusalem and Athens and Rome and carried forward by generations who believed in truth, individual responsibility, and the rule of law,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings made the case that central to Western civilization is the belief that our rights come not from the Constitution or the founding fathers, but from God.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The left wants you to believe that your rights are whatever they decide to give you. That&rsquo;s why they can take them away so easily,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Let us remember that saving Western civilization is not an act of nostalgia. It is an act of stewardship.<\/p>\n<p>The&rdquo; Revolution of Common Sense&rdquo; that President Trump has ushered in is our window to STOP the advance of evil forces who want to tear it down.<\/p>\n<p>Failure is not an option. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XW6gGrhxSG\">pic.twitter.com\/XW6gGrhxSG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/1989404966596006184?\">November 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is why the left is so hostile to faith,&rdquo; Jennings argued. &ldquo;They need you to believe that they are the highest authority in your life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, &ldquo;If we remain faithful to God and to the truths that built this great Western civilization, then our best days and the world&rsquo;s are still ahead.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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