Mike Opelka

Mike Opelka (born July 9, 1957) is an American radio broadcaster and television producer, in Houston, New York, Delaware, and nationally.

Early life Opelka was born in the South Side section of Chicago, back when it was a "dicey area".

Opelka's brother came up with the idea to encourage people to purchase $10 worth of Goya products and donate them to local food banks. Opelka claims to be trying to fight anger with love. With the enormous response to his appeal, he said, "It looks like love is winning and that's really what this is about, taking a negative and turning it into a positive that works for the employees of Goya and the people who need food right now."

Opelka's show Pure Opelka airs on WILM in Wilmington, Delaware, and he hosts a show on WPHT every Saturday night from 8-11pm. Starting in April 2018, he began co-hosting the Angie Austin & Mike Opelka Show, nationally syndicated and on demand via Genesis Communications Network). He now guests hosts on other radio shows, including that of Chris Plante on WMAL-FM and Rich Zeoli on WPHT. In his self-styled role as “America’s Guest Host,” Opelka also sits in for Joe "Pags" Pagliarulo, Simon Conway, and Mike Broomhead in Phoenix. He gained attention for his "bashing" of President Joe Biden for his priorities, saying via Twitter, “Our @POTUS has not found time to visit Waukesha and meet with the families destroyed by the (accused) murderer & racist who mowed down dozens,” but “He did make it to MN to sell his massive (spending) bill . .”

His first agent was Korean-born but had been adopted by an Orthodox Jewish family from Brooklyn. “He sounded like Gilbert Godfried but looked like a relative of Kim Jong-un,” recalls Opelka. Asked by his agent to pitch television show concepts for the FX Network Fox was developing, Opelka proposed five ideas and they bought three. So he spent the next three and a half years making television content for FOX and FX before returning to radio, which he prefers. “Television is a less forgiving environment,” Opelka says. “Radio is more like family. You can trust people.” a village outside Wilmington. They moved from New York City to Delaware when his in-laws were ill, subsequently taking the Acela high-speed train daily into the city. is a contributor to the Wall Street Journal.

Professional tennis player Reilly Opelka is his nephew.