Ridgewood native and RHS Grad Willie Geist tapped as ‘Today’ show co-host
September 25,2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ , The New York Times is reporting that Ridgewood native and Ridgewood High School graduate Willie Geist has been tapped as the “Today” show’s next host.
Willie Geist,is currently a co-host of MSNBC’s morning show “Morning Joe,” ,this move puts Geist on NBC’s flagship “Today” show as a co-host of the franchise’s 9 a.m. hour. ”
Morning Joe” was invented by Joe Scarborough and Geist has been a regular since 2007.
The New York Times Reports , ” The promotion is expected to be announced by NBC this week, according to people who described it on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized by the network to comment.” https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/willie-geist-to-co-host-third-hour-of-today/
According to sources the new job would also put him on a shortlist of potential successors to Lauer should he decide to leave “Today”. Since 2010 Geist has been a regular fill-in for Lauer on the show.
At “Today” , Giest will co-host the 9 a.m. hour alongside Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker and Natalie Morales. According to the Times’, Geist is likely to remain at “Morning Joe” in some capacity, but would not continue to be involved with “Way Too Early”.
Sources: https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/willie-geist-to-co-host-third-hour-of-today/
His father wrote a great book about youth sports in Ridgewood. There should be a sequel.