Press is a longtime resident of
Inverness, California, having moved there in 1970. He resides in Washington, D.C. Press started his broadcasting career in Los Angeles for TV stations
KABC-TV and
KCOP-TV. He has worked as a political commentator for
CNN and
MSNBC. He is best known for co-hosting CNN's
Spin Room opposite
Tucker Carlson, and
Crossfire and MSNBC's
Buchanan and Press. Since May 2005, Press has been a contributing blogger at
The Huffington Post. He also contributes blogs to
The Hill. In January 2012, Press filled in for
Keith Olbermann on
Current TV's coverage of the
2012 Florida Republican primary.
In politics Press was the chairman of the
California Democratic Party from 1993 to 1996. He previously served in different appointed positions such as a
chief of staff to
Republican California state senator Peter Behr (1971–73), and as director of the California Office of Planning and Research under
Democratic governor
Jerry Brown (1975–79). Press was an early backer of
Bernie Sanders for president in 2016, hosting Sanders and his advisors for strategy sessions at his home before the campaign began.
Radio talk show Since September 2005, Press has been hosting a daily liberal talk radio program,
The Bill Press Show. It is heard on satellite radio, streamed live from the show's website, and available from the show's YouTube channel. It was formerly broadcast on terrestrial radio affiliates in the United States live from 6-9 AM ET. Originally syndicated by
Jones Radio, the radio show was syndicated by
Dial Global until 2017. On March 5, 2012, the show was announced to be simulcast on
Current TV alongside
The Stephanie Miller Show as part of morning programming. As a result of Current TV becoming
Al Jazeera America,
The Bill Press Show moved to
Free Speech TV, where it stayed until its move to The Young Turks Network in 2016. As part of the move to the Turks, terrestrial syndication of the program was dropped in January 2017 (except for WCPT-AM Chicago).
Religion Press was steeped in Catholicism from an early age. He was an altar boy and took vows of
obedience, poverty and chastity. He describes his young self as a "soldier in God's army". ==Works==