David Blaustein is a former entertainment correspondent and movie critic for
ABC News Radio and frequent contributor to
ABC News Now
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.
Blaustein attended
Buffalo State College
The State University of New York College at Buffalo (colloquially referred to as Buffalo State College, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo State, or simply Buff State) is a public college in Buffalo, New York. It is part of the State University of New ...
at which time he landed his first professional radio job with
WWKB
WWKB (1520 AM) is a commercial radio station in Buffalo, New York. It broadcasts a sports betting radio format and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. Most programming is from the co-owned BetQL Radio Network, with some shows from CBS Sports R ...
-AM as a board operator and talk radio producer. While at WWKB-AM, he was offered his first professional on-air gig as a lifestyles reporter for
WWKB's sister station,
WKSE-FM (KISS 98.5). Blaustein continued to attend college full-time, work at both radio stations and create and co-host a popular talk show on the
campus radio station,
WBNY-FM, called "Misinformation." Mr. Blaustein's co-host was novelist
Micah Nathan, author of Simon and Schuster's ''Gods of Aberdeen''.
Blaustein once served as a radio Producer for
Alan Colmes
Alan Samuel Colmes (September 24, 1950 – February 23, 2017) was an American radio and television host, liberal political commentator for the Fox News Channel, and blogger. He was the host of ''The Alan Colmes Show'', a nationally syndica ...
of the
Fox News
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Channel's ''
Hannity and Colmes'', and nationally syndicated radio personality
Barry Farber
Barry Morton Farber (May 5, 1930 – May 6, 2020) was an American conservative radio talk show host, author, commentator and language-learning enthusiast. In 2002, industry publication ''Talkers magazine'' ranked him the 9th greatest radio talk ...
.
Blaustein has conducted countless celebrity interviews, broken several major entertainment stories, covered the red carpet at the
Oscars
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and has written, produced, and hosted nearly 2
one-hour entertainment relatedradio specials
On August 14, 2008, an interview Blaustein conducted with actor Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine (; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular perfor ...
was quoted in the Page Six
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It was established i ...
column of the ''New York Post
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It was established ...
''.
Blaustein's work was heard on ABC News Radio affiliates around the United States. Many o
his
interviews and guest appearances can be found on YouTube
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and Vimeo
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Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
Blaustein is featured in the Netflix series Trainwreck: Woodstock 99. Blaustein, a young reporter for ABC News Radio in 1999, is the first person we see in the series, with archival footage of Blaustein participating in an interview in the aftermath of the ill-fated festival.
The titles of episodes 1 and 2, "How the F**k Did This Happen" and "Kerosene. Match. Boom!"
References
Living people
ABC News personalities
Year of birth missing (living people)
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