A 20-year veteran of talk radio, Derek Hunter not only hosts The Derek Hunter Show every weekday from 3p-6p ET on WMAL, but he is also a senior columnist for Townhall.com, a podcaster, and a former managing editor at The Daily Caller. He previously served as a fill-in host for The Rush Limbaugh Show, and his experience spans media, policy analysis, and political communications.  

Derek began his talk radio career in 2005, hostingThe Insiders, a live call-in show for The Heritage Foundation where he was also a health care policy analyst.  In 2007, Derek co-founded the First Friday Happy Hour podcast, which quickly became essential listening for Capitol Hill staffers.  In 2009, Derek was recruited by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel to help launch The Daily Caller, as Managing Editor.

Derek’s on-air career grew when he began regularly hosting the Saturday 4p–7p slot on WMAL’s The Big Show in 2011. That same year, he was hired by WBAL in Baltimore for the 12n–3p time slot. He later worked at WCBM in Baltimore and WFMD in Frederick, Maryland—where he also served as program director.