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The Tom Roten Show
The Tom Roten Show

The Tom Roten Show

The “Straight Shooter” returns! Tom Roten is the former host of the #1 rated local talk show in the Huntington, WV market. The Tom Roten Morning Show aired for more than two decades – urging listeners to consider different ideas than what they have always been taught.For 22 years, Roten discussed politics, current events, and controversial issues with hard-hitting opinion and featured local, state, and national guests. For its entirety, it was the #1 talk show in the Huntington, WV market. The most recent ratings period showed the station overall at #5 in the market, #1 for AM stations (highest ever ranking).Tom built a reputation of holding politicians and government accountable in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. His efforts have been recognized in numerous ways. Tom has been honored several times by the WV Broadcasters Association for excellence in broadcasting. The KY Baptist Convention recognized Tom with their annual Integrity Award for “accurate, fair and balanced coverage of faith issues” in 2018. The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels presented a plaque commissioning Tom Roten as a Kentucky Colonel in 2021.Tom is from Glenville, WV and graduated from Gilmer County High School. He attended Marshall University where he began working at the college radio station in 1986. He has worked at various commercial stations including WSGB in Sutton, WV and WVHU in Huntington, WV.Tom, his wife and four sons, live in Barboursville, WV where they are active in the community and serve in various ministries at their church, Bloomingdale Baptist.

Available Episodes 10

Democrats are blaming Elon Musk and Donald Trump, but American citizens who are paying attention stopped the 1,500+ page Omnibus in Congress! Reaction on social media, calls to representatives, etc. - that's what killed it! So what if the Government shuts down!

House Republicans are fuming at Speaker Mike Johnson’s handling of an end-of-year measure to extend government funding until March, saying it is actually an omnibus! Three months ago the Speaker said there would not be a Christmas omnibus. That was around the same time US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) predicted, once again, that there would be. He says leadership always uses Christmas as a way to get it passed without lawmakers even knowing what's in the bill because everyone wants to get out of DC before the holiday.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have indicated they'll crack down on fraud, wasteful spending, and bureaucracy through DOGE - the Department of Government Efficiency. And here's hoping the first casualty of the DOGE war is DEI - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Jenny Beth Martin, Tea Party Patriots co-founder, looks forward to not only executive orders taking effect, but actual legislation from Congress to eliminate wasted taxpayer dollars going to unnecessary programs identified by DOGE. Also, Michele Exner, a Senior Advisor with Parents Defending Education, discusses the explosive new report revealing $1 billion of wasteful Department of Education grant funding under the Biden administration that is entrenching far-left DEI ideologies in school districts across the US.

Joseph DeSoto presented himself as an MD, a professor of Pharmacology, and said he was an Army Ranger. Was any of it true? And how did voters in West Virginia's 91st District just elect him to the House of Delegates? DeSoto was arrested last week on terroristic threats he made regarding the lives of fellow members of the WV House. One Delegate, Wayne Clark (Jefferson Co.) tells his story of concern for his family's safety.

President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense is facing lots of scrutiny from media and his Senate approval remains in question. Bill Pascoe, Tea Party Patriots, believes Hegseth is the right candidate for the job. Bill and I share some concerns about other Trump cabinet nominees in this episode.

West Virginia Delegate-Elect S. Chris Anders from Berkeley Co., District 97 will be sworn in on January 8th. He's been working in politics for 18 years, but this will be his first elected position. Chris says, "The free market is the only path to prosperity." Also, another newly elected delegate from the same county was just arrested!

He lost his job because he refused to give someone a poison jab!
Paramedic and military veteran Harry Fisher exposes secrets from the front lines of paramedics where he witnessed evidence of genocide via the 2020-24 lockdowns, hospital procedures, mandates, and injuries from the experimental gene therapy treatment referred to as a "vaccine." Harry's book is, "Safe and Effective, For Profit: A Paramedic's Story of American Genocide".

West Virginia GOP Senator Randy Smith has won the vote of his caucus to become Senate President in 2025. Medical freedom is a winner in this vote as well! Smith boldly states that he can't be bought and says, "The government does not own your child."

A new opportunity for Tom...back in radio! A Marine Vet is allowed to defend others! And a health freedom proponent, Randy Smith will be the new WV Senate President!

Sellout Republican state lawmakers can't wait to get their hands on more Biden Green New Deal money! West Virginia's out-going Gov./Senate-Elect/Deadbeat Jim Justice tried to call a last-minute special session for this weekend so he could give away some more money to his out-of-state corporate chronies. Apparently, bad planning on his part will keep that (thankfully) from happening. Steve Milloy, founder of JunkScience.com, is a former Trump EPA Transition Team Member and gives some insight into Biden's rush to support more Green Scams before Trump takes over.