Wilkow was raised in the
Long Island town of
Bellmore, New York. Wilkow's interest in radio began during his freshman year of college at
SUNY Delhi at the college's campus station, WDTU. Before entering talk radio in 2002, he had stints as a disc jockey at
WCLG-FM in
Morgantown, West Virginia, (as "Andrew Steele") and at
WMRQ in
Hartford, Connecticut (as "Wilkow"). Wilkow became a regular Sunday morning host at WABC while keeping his air shift at WMRQ. When WMRQ switched format from
alternative rock to
hip hop, he moved into talk radio full-time when he filled the 5-7 p.m. shift on WGY in October 2003. After becoming a ratings success, Wilkow moved to the 9-11:40 a.m. slot in May 2005, replacing
Glenn Beck, when WGY wanted to clear the third hour of
Sean Hannity. At WGY, Wilkow became known for being a vocal rival of the Democratic party in Albany. In June 2006, Wilkow announced his departure from both WGY and WABC in order to host a talk show on
Sirius Satellite Radio; his last show on WGY was July 14, and his last show on WABC was on July 30. Since August 9, 2006, Wilkow has hosted his own program on the Sirius Patriot channel on Sirius Satellite radio,
The Wilkow Majority. The advertising for the program claims it is rooted in "one thing and one thing only, and that is rational thought." == Current career ==