''The Jesse Kelly Show'' (formerly known as ''America Now'' and ''The Buck Sexton Show'') is a three-hour early evening

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hosted by Jesse Kelly, and carried by

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, a

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It is broadcast live 6 to 9 p.m.

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on weekdays. The show mainly covers politics, and under former hosts, was intended as a broad-audience rundown of the day's news events, including entertainment topics, which was rare for a show on American talk radio in the 2010s. It airs on its affiliates either live or on tape delay, along with distribution through the

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app and podcast providers. Originally hosted by

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, ''America Now'' debuted on August 8, 2011.

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(known as "Joe Pags" and based at WOAI in

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) replaced Dean as interim host beginning August 11, 2014. Pagliarulo ceded hosting duties to

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(daughter of Senator

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) on July 15, 2015. McCain left the program on January 31, 2017, deciding to focus on television work instead. Premiere Networks announced on February 1, 2017, that Buck Sexton would become the new host. He began hosting the show on February 6. The show has since become a more traditional conservative talk show during his run. In early 2018, the ''America Now'' title was removed, and the program was rebranded as ''The Buck Sexton Show'', a title previously used on his radio program with a video simulcast for

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from 2014 until 2017. Sexton's video simulcast moved to

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in October 2019. On May 27, 2021, Premiere Networks announced that

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would be teamed with Sexton, and that the two would take over the noon–3 p.m. ET timeslot on June 21, 2021, as ''

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''. The new program serves as the official replacement for ''

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'', following a transitional period after Limbaugh died on February 17. On June 28, 2021, Jesse Kelly took over the timeslot under the title ''The Jesse Kelly Show''. Since 2020, Kelly has been based at KPRC in

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, a station owned by Premiere Networks parent company

He had been in limited syndication through Key Networks.

References

External links

Official website
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