Shift: Commentators Yaakov Rivlin and Avi Blum move from 'Kol Rama' to 'Kol Chai''

March 8, 2017   

Haredi commentators Yaakov Rivlin and Avi Blum are leaving Radio Kol Barama after 6 years, and are moving to broadcast a new pair program on Radio Kol Chai. Until now, the two presented the program "Philpolitics" on Thursday evenings on Radio Kol Barama. Yaakov Rivlin is the political commentator for the newspaper "Bekhila". Lawyer Avi Blum is the political commentator on the "Kav Yarish" network. The two's program on Radio Kol Barama was considered a program with ratings. The move to the competing station is a blow to the leaders of "Koll Barama". A month ago, Radio Kol Chai received additional reinforcement, when the editor of the newspaper "Mishpacha" Yossi Elitov and the deputy editor of the newspaper Aryeh Erlich - began presenting a weekly current affairs program. The two's current affairs program - "Thursday in Two" - is broadcast every Thursday at one minute to eight in the morning.