The network subsequently added more shows, including those hosted by Bill Schulz, Joanne Nosuchinsky, Michael Malice, Kevin Brennan, Don Jamieson, Chrissie Mayr, Gavin McInnes, and Geno Bisconte.

[3][independent source needed] The idea for the Proud Boys, a far-right group founded by McInnes,[4][5] originated around 2016 in "the Compound", Cumia's mansion.

[8] The tweets were about a black woman who Cumia said had punched him after objecting to him taking pictures of her in Times Square in New York City.

[11] In the wake of his firing, Cumia said, he "was able to just get servers and be able to feed that show out to the public without having to start from scratch", allowing him to launch within weeks.

[11] On March 10, 2015, the Legion of Skanks (Big Jay Oakerson, Dave Smith, and Luis J. Gomez) hosted a podcast after The Anthony Cumia Show.

Starting in June 2015 subscribers also gained access to the Legion of Skanks, making it the first podcast to join The Anthony Cumia Network full-time.

[6] Men associated with Compound Media met at New York City bars and the Proud Boys were formed at those meetings, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

[16][4] Among his guests were far-right figures Milo Yiannopoulos, Richard Spencer, Jason Kessler, Christopher Cantwell, Mike Cernovich, Faith Goldy, Roosh V, and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.

[24][25][26] 2013 Miss New York USA winner and former Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue panelist Joanne Nosuchinsky joined Mornin!