A tipster informed Crossing Broad that former 94 WIP Operations Manager Andy Bloom is currently being held in a Minnesota prison. Sure enough, a search of the Hennepin County jail’s inmate roster reveals that Bloom was taken in last month after he was found guilty on two separate charges of criminal sexual conduct involving a minor:

Both of the charges are second degree felonies. According to court documents, the minor in question is Bloom’s 16-year-old daughter.

Going through the available records, authorities were first contacted in July of 2023 and Bloom made his first court appearance in January of 2024. He entered a not guilty plea in April of last year and a jury trial took place in March of 2025. Nine days later, the jury returned two guilty verdicts:

Bloom’s sentencing is scheduled for May 13th. Both charges carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and/or fines ranging between 10 and 30 thousand dollars. He’s being held without bond and was ordered to take a psychosexual examination.

So what actually happened?


We’re limited to the public filings until we can get a trial transcript, but according to the summons issued by the State of Minnesota at the start of the criminal proceeding, it’s written that “between January 1, 2022 and July 3, 2023, in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Andrew Gerald Bloom, born 07/19/1961, who was in a position of authority over the victim, engaged in sexual contact with the victim, a person at least fourteen (14) but less than sixteen (16) years of age at the time of the contact, and more than thirty-six months younger than Andrew Gerald Bloom.” There’s also a memorandum from the state explaining that “Defendant, Andrew Bloom, is charged with Second Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct stemming from the sexual abuse of his fifteen-year-old daughter between 2022 and 2023. ”

In an order denying a motion for an in-camera review of the daughter’s counseling records, and later an amended criminal complaint, the following is written in the statement of probable cause and attributed to police and the prosecution:

In July of 2023, Hennepin County Child Protection and Edina Police Department began an investigation into allegations of criminal sexual conduct against a fifteen-year-old-girl (“Victim”) by her father, Mr. Bloom.

Investigators learned that the conduct came to light while Victim’s mother was away from home on July 3, 2023. Mr. Bloom allegedly had come into Victim’s room and laid on her bed with her and repeatedly attempted to touch her inappropriately. When Victim attempted to get away, Mr. Bloom held her to prevent her from getting up and even put his hand over her mouth at one point as she repeatedly told him to “please leave.” Victim was eventually able to get away from Mr. Bloom, and she went outside to the front of the house.

Victim’s brother then came outside to see what was going on, and Victim told her brother some of what had been happening. The juveniles then went to a neighbor’s house and asked to wait there until their mom got home.

Victim was later forensically interviewed at CornerHouse (note: this is a child abuse support organization). Victim described multiple incidents of touching by Mr. Bloom over the previous year. Victim disclosed being touched on her breasts and genital area under her clothing. Victim told the interviewer that, on one occasion, Mr. Bloom had tried to make sure she would not tell her mother about what he was doing because “that would be problematic.”

Family members were interviewed and described observing Mr. Bloom paying particular attention to Victim. He was extremely affectionate toward Victim and seemed to favor her heavily over her twin brother. He would also give Victim frequent and lengthy hugs and other physical affection.”

Much of the court documentation is dense, the available records mostly covering pre-trial jockeying for the admittance or denial of various witness testimony. There were lengthy arguments about Bloom’s daughter, her mental state, and capacity for recall. She was brought to the witness stand by the prosecution, along with Bloom’s son and wife, two police officers, counselors, and others. The defense’s witness list included Bloom’s mother, who, according to an affidavit, spoke with his wife on the phone after the allegations were made, and was extorted for money. The case was re-assigned twice and handled by three different judges.

At the same time, court records also reveal that Bloom and his wife were going through divorce proceedings. That litigation began in 2023 and concluded only recently, with possessions and bank accounts/etc split by the pair. Philadelphia radio memorabilia is listed among the personal items.

Bloom, you may recall, was Operations Manager at 94 WIP and also 1210 WPHT from 2007 until he was laid off in December of 2015. His departure took place towards the end of the RADIO WARS era, when things were still competitive between WIP and 97.5 the Fanatic. Angelo Cataldi was entrenched in the morning slot, while Anthony Gargano had departed for WPEN and the short-lived Tony Bruno and Josh Innes pairing anchored PM drive. That show turned into an Innes/Spike Eskin/Hollis Thomas trio, which later saw Eskin move off-air to focus on the management duties previously handled by Bloom.

According to LinkedIn, Bloom was continuing with his media and communications consulting. He was also writing for the Philadelphia-based Broad and Liberty website, founded in 2019. He had a brief stint at WCCO radio in Minneapolis.