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United States Joe Pags Pagliarulo has transitioned from a successful television news anchor to a nationally syndicated conservative talk radio and television host.
Nationally syndicated talk radio host Joseph Pagliarulo, known to listeners as “Joe Pags,” is launching a new podcast through a partnership with Salem Media. The new podcast is titled 'Unshaken and Unafraid'.
Joe Pags, host of the popular nationally syndicated radio show, The Joe Pags Show, will join Impact Radio, WHNZ in Tampa, The Voice, KVOI in Tucson, and a News-Talk station.
Joe Pags (Pagliarulo) is making his return to San Antonio radio. Starting July 1, the nationally syndicated host will be heard weekdays from 5–8pm on Alpha Media's KTSA.
WOAI-AM, San Antonio-based talk host Joe “Pags” Pagliarulo is part of the new Seattle news/talker KPTR-AM “1090 The Patriot." Pags' Compass Media Networks-syndicated show will be featured.
The official podcast of the nationally syndicated Joe Pags Show can be heard on multiple stations across the country and worldwide, including through iHeartRadio.
Joseph John Pagliarulo, known professionally as Joe Pags, was born on August 1, 1966, in Amityville, New York. He spent his early childhood in Copiague, New York, before moving to Lake Worth, Florida, at the age of seven. He graduated from Santaluces Community High School, and by 1988, he held a management position as a store president for Domino’s Pizza. Pagliarulo began his broadcast career in 1989 in Palm Beach County, Florida, initially in radio. He later moved into television news, taking on various roles, including main anchor.
His television career included stints as main anchor at WEYI-TV in Saginaw/Flint, Michigan, from 1994 to 1996, and morning and noon anchor at WWMT in Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids, Michigan, from 1996 to 1997. He then served as main anchor, managing editor, and news director at WLAJ in Lansing/Jackson, Michigan, from 1997 to 2002. From 2002 to 2005, Pagliarulo was the main anchor at WRGB in Schenectady, New York. During this period, he also hosted talk shows on WHAM in Rochester, New York, and WXDX (now WDTW) in Detroit, Michigan.
In 2005, Pagliarulo made a full transition to talk radio, starting his weekday show on WOAI 1200 in San Antonio, Texas. His program eventually expanded its reach, being broadcast on several iHeartMedia stations. In 2014, his show, now titled ‘The Joe Pags Show,’ was syndicated to approximately 130 ‘America Now’ affiliates. Following this, Compass Media Networks began syndicating ‘The Joe Pags Show,’ which is now heard on over 160 stations nationwide as of August 2022. He previously hosted ‘The Weekend with Joe Pags’ through Premiere Networks, stepping down in 2022. Additionally, Pagliarulo has appeared on major news channels like Fox News Channel, CNN, and MSNBC, and has filled in for Glenn Beck on both his television and radio programs. He has received broadcasting awards from the Associated Press and his show has been listed in the top 25 of Talkers Magazine’s “Heavy Hundred,” and recognized by Newsmax as one of the country’s most influential talk shows. His program is based at KTSA radio in San Antonio as of July 1, 2025.
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