Jon Leiberman is an American reporter, television producer, and radio news personality.

Career

Leiberman has been a reporter for

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and the newsman at

WIYY WIYY (97.9 FM, "98 Rock") is a commercial radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by Hearst Communications and broadcasts a mainstream rock radio format. WIYY shares studios and offices with sister stations WBAL (1090 AM) and WBA ...

98 Rock radio in Baltimore. He has also worked as a reporter in

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and

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. In October 2004, Leiberman made headlines when he was fired by

Sinclair Broadcast Group Sinclair, Inc., doing business as Sinclair Broadcast Group, is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith. Headquartered in the Baltimore suburb o ...

for publicly questioning the company's decision to air ''Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal'', a 40-minute film critical of Presidential candidate

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's role in the anti-war movement during the

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. Leiberman claimed he was fired by Sinclair for criticizing the film in ''

The Baltimore Sun ''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local, regional, national, and international news. Founded in 1837, the newspaper was owned by Tribune Publi ...

'' as "biased political propaganda," and later told CNN: "The reason for my firing was that I relayed what they called proprietary information from an in-house meeting and I divulged it to the media, which is against company policy." In 2006, Leiberman began reporting for ''

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'', the long-running

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series hosted by John Walsh that profiles cases of wanted criminals. He reported mostly on cases from

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, such as

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, but he has also reported on the cases of Jose Campean, Ignacio Ramos and Gilmer Hernandez. In August 2011, he joined

Sirius XM Radio Sirius XM Holdings Inc. is an American broadcasting corporation headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that provides satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States. The company was formed by the 2008 merger ...

as a reporter for ''

The Howard Stern Show ''The Howard Stern Show'' is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was radio syndication, nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WINS-FM, WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005. The sho ...

'' and Stern's ''

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'' department, replacing investigative reporter Steve Langford. In January 2013, Leiberman began to host ''Leiberman Live'', a news radio show airing on

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. He is also currently the host of ''TrueFacts with Jon Leiberman'' on cyberstationusa.com, as well as a regular contributor to HLN on crime issues. Leiberman's book written with author Margaret McLean on

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, ''Whitey on Trial: Secrets, Corruption, and the Search for Truth'', was released by

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in February 2014. In December 2024, Leiberman joine
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a media relations network, as the Global Head of Media, a newly-created position. His role was to strategically attract and retain media members. He left the position in June 2025.

Personal life

Leiberman is a graduate of the

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Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

. In July 2014, Leiberman was admitted to the hospital with myocardial infarction. Lieberman presented to the emergency department with non-typical cardiac pain and was found to have 100% artery blockage during cardiac angiography. Following the insertion of a

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, Leiberman was released from the hospital and returned to work on ''The Howard Stern Show'' two weeks later.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leiberman, Jon Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Medill School of Journalism alumni American television producers