MUMBAI: Conservative radio presenter Tony Snow is to be named as US President George W Bush's new press secretary. Snow is expected to be named on 26 April. He replaces Scott McClellan, who resigned last week.

The 50-year old Snow presently hosts two shows on the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News network, Tony Snow Show on Fox News Radio and Weekend Live with Tony Snow on the Fox News Channel. He has also served in the administration of President George H.W. Bush as White House speechwriting director and later as a deputy assistant to the president for media affairs.

According to the US media reports, Snow however has declined to say whether he had been offered the job. The news was leaked by Republicans close to the White House, who said the press secretary's job had been offered to Snow and that he had accepted.