Funniest Personality in Radio Found:  Sam Greenfield — NYC Morning Talk Show Host is Crowned  Radio’s Comic Wonder by “The Unknown Comic” and Veteran Comedian Vic Dunlop at the NAB Radio Show

 

Austin, TX (September 18, 2008) — Sam Greenfield doesn’t want to brag, so he’s going to let the good folks at Comic Wonder do it for him. Head over heels with happiness, he’s the winner of the newest and shiniest crown in show business: Radio’s Comic Wonder.

 

Comic Wonder (www.comicwonder.com), the world’s first and only online joke-telling arena, partnered on the national contest with McVay Media (www.mcvaymedia.com) and the National Association of Broadcasters (www.nabradioshow.com) to search for the funniest radio personality on the planet.

The NYC-based comic and morning talk show host on 1160 AM WVNJ is busy trying to figure out what to do with the thousand bucks and terrific trophy he received. Maybe put it next to that hockey mask that Dick Cheney hands out to his hunting buddies.

 

But he’s still pinching himself over the best part — in his wildest dreams, when he was making cracks in comedy clubs in the wilds of Alaska, Montana and one of the Dakotas (he can’t remember which one) — he never thought he’d get to meet Murray Langston, a.k.a. The Unknown Comic, who got his start on “The Gong Show” opposite the world’s shortest CIA operative, Chuck Barris.

 

Greenfield moseyed down to the NAB Radio Show in Austin, TX, where on September 18 Langston and legendary comic Vic Dunlop emceed Greenfield’s coronation.

 

Greenfield was pretty happy about getting free airfare and accommodations to the show, but he didn’t start bragging to his friends until he found out about the prize —a signed, framed and mounted bag that The Unknown Comic wore over his head on “The Gong Show”.

 

“Like all the good fortune I have had in my career, I don’t take it for granted – I deserve it,” jokes Greenfield. “Seriously though, there are many funny people in radio. Ok, that’s not true — not many, but there are some. I would like to acknowledge Jonathan Doll and Howard Stern, who opened so many creative doors for me. I would like to thank the Don Imus crew, especially Rob Bartlett, for making me laugh out loud so early in the day.”

 

Winning is nothing new to the quick-witted radio host. In addition to comedy, Greenfield has a knack for rapid-fire trivia and is a serial game show winner with appearances on ABC’s “$25,000 Pyramid,” Discovery Channel’s “Cash Cab,” and he brought home $100,000 from the hit game show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.”

 

While standup comedy is his first love, Greenfield has been seriously dating talk radio since 1997 as an afternoon drive-time host on the Las Vegas news/talk station KXNT (AM 840). His guest roster ranged from Hilary Clinton to John McCain, from Joy Behar (”The View”) to Ann Coulter.

 

Beyond radio, Greenfield has enjoyed a successful career in television dating back to New York on NBC’s “America’s Talking.” He co-hosted “Pork,” an hour-long daily television show discussing government waste. He also appeared on the Fox News Channel’s weekend entertainment show “The Insiders” and has made dozens of appearances on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. From there, he became a host on News/Talk 1050 AM WEVD and “Drivetime Dialogue” on 1600 AM WWRL before manning the mornings on WVNJ in New Jersey.

 

When he’s not hanging out with his wife, performer and writer Barbara Singer, and his daughter Cassie, he is active in community affairs and busy performing at the Broadway Comedy Club in NYC.

“A professor of divinity at Howard University once told me that my ability to make people laugh is a ministry. I should never waste it. It’s a ministry because it leaves people feeling better than before I met them. I hope my ability to make people feel good never leaves me,” concludes Greenfield.