Mike Barnicle is a host on 96.9 FM TALK WTKK-Boston, and a weekly columnist for the New York Daily News and the Boston Herald. He is also a frequent contributor ? and occasional guest host on MSNBC’s “Hardball.”

A veteran print and broadcast journalist known for his biting, to-the-point commentaries, Barnicle has been a regular contributor to Channel 5’s nightly news magazine, “Chronicle,” since 1982.

Barnicle has written for Esquire, George, ESPN Magazine, and was a columnist for The Boston Globe for 25 years. He has won local and national awards and recognition for both his print and broadcast work in his more than quarter century in journalism.

Mike began his career working for a variety of well-known political figures including the late Robert F. Kennedy and Ed Muskie. A graduate of Boston University, Barnicle resides outside of Boston with his wife, Anne and their children.