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Bob Grant

Born Robert Ciro Gigante
March 14, 1929 (1929-03-14) (age 79)
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Robert Ciro "Bob Grant" Gigante (born March 14, 1929) is an American radio host. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A veteran of broadcasting in New York City, Grant is considered a pioneer of the "angry" or "confrontational" talk radio format. The City of New York Talk radio is a Radio format containing discussion about topical issues [1] [2]

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Career

Early work

Bob Grant graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in journalism. This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people He began working in radio in the 1940s at the news department at WBBM in Chicago, as a radio personality and television talk show host at KNX in Los Angeles, and as an actor. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be WBBM (AM also known on-air as "Newsradio 780" is an all-news CBS Radio station in Chicago Illinois broadcasting on the AM Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. KNX (1070 kHz is an all-news radio station in Los Angeles California, USA Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He later became sports director at KABC in Los Angeles, where after some substitute appearances he inherited the talk show of early controversialist Joe Pyne in 1964 and began to build a following. KABC 790 AM is a Los Angeles radio station and a West Coast flagship station for the Citadel Broadcasting company Joe Pyne (December 22 1924 – March 23 1970 was an American Radio and Television Talk show host who pioneered the confrontational style in which the

WMCA

Grant came to New York in 1970, where he hosted a talk show on WMCA as the "house conservative", distinctively out of fashion with both the times and with some countercultural WMCA personalities, including Alex Bennett. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WMCA, 570 AM, is a Radio station in New York City, most known for its "Good Guys" Top 40 era in the 1960s Counterculture (also " counter-culture " is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a Cultural group, or For the Scottish footballer see Alex Bennett (footballer. For the Home and Away character see Alex Bennett (Home and Away His offbeat but (to some endearingly) combative style (along with Fairness Doctrine requirements of the era) won him seven years on WMCA, with a growing and loyal audience. The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC that required the holders of Broadcast licenses both to present controversial

WOR and WMDB

After leaving WMCA, Grant went up the dial to New York's WOR for a time, after which he worked at WWDB in Philadelphia. WOR is a class A (nighttime Clear channel) AM radio station located in New York New York, U WWDB, 860 AM, is a daytime-only Radio station based in Bala Cynwyd Pennsylvania (in the Delaware Valley region near the city of Philadelphia Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə

WABC

After returning to New York in 1984 to join talk radio powerhouse WABC, The Bob Grant Show consistently dominated the ratings in the highly competitive afternoon drive time slot in New York City. WABC (770 kHz known as "NewsTalkRadio 77" is a radio station in New York City. Drive time is Prime time for Radio Broadcasting. It consists of the morning hours when listeners wake up get ready and/or head to work or school and Reminding listeners during the daily introduction that the "program was unscripted and unrehearsed", the gravelly-voiced Grant offered a mix of insight, opinion and controversy and historical fact.

Grant was known for on-air castigation of public officials including New York Governor Mario Cuomo. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Mario Matthew Cuomo (born Queens New York, June 15, 1932) served as the 52nd Governor of New York from 1983 to 1994 Critics charged that Grant was an inflammatory racist, claiming Grant's statements (in disputed contexts) describing certain African Americans as "savages" and former New York Mayor David Dinkins as "the men's room attendant at the 21 Club" were meant to apply to all African-Americans. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa David Norman Dinkins (born July 10 1927 was the Mayor of New York City from 1990 through 1993 being the first and to date only African American to hold that office The 21 Club is a restaurant and former prohibition-era Speakeasy, located at 21 West 52nd Street in New York City. (This appellation was made while Grant was reading the New York Post on-air and saw a picture of a white-dinner-jacket-clad Dinkins at a summer soiree on the gossip-oriented Page Six; Grant was famous for sharing his immediate first impressions over the airwaves). The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually Grant was once admonished for by station management, typically with a bluster of controversial, but possibly welcome, publicity.

Grant's political philosophy generally followed American conservatism, but with some lurches into populism, libertarianism, conspiracy theory, and unorthodoxy (such as being pro-choice and anti-Flag Desecration Amendment). Conservatism in the United States includes a variety of political ideologies including Fiscal conservatism, Supply-side economics, Social conservatism Populism is a discourse which supports "the people" versus "the Elites " Populism may involve either a political philosophy urging social and political Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the A conspiracy theory attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually Political, Social or Historical events or the concealment Overview See also Ethical aspects of abortion Pro-choice advocates emphasize their beliefs that having a child is a personal choice that affects a woman's body and The Flag Desecration Amendment, often referred to as the flag burning amendment, is a controversial proposed Constitutional amendment to the United States Constitution As a resident of Manalapan, New Jersey in the mid-1990s, he considered running for statewide office, but eventually decided against it. Manalapan Township is a Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999

Grant's long stay at WABC ended when he was fired for a remark about the April 3, 1996 airplane crash involving Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) An aviation accident is defined in the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry the Department states its mission to Ronald Harmon Brown ( August 1, 1941 &ndash April 3, 1996) was the United States Secretary of Commerce, serving during the first Grant remarked to caller Carl Limbacher, "My hunch is [Brown] is the one survivor. I just have that hunch. Maybe it's because at heart I'm a pessimist. " When Brown was found dead, many regarded Grant's comments as insensitive and his contract was terminated. [3]

Return to WOR

After being fired, Grant moved down the dial to WOR to host the same type of show in the same time slot, where he would occasionally criticize his WABC replacement Sean Hannity. WOR is a class A (nighttime Clear channel) AM radio station located in New York New York, U Sean Hannity (born December 30 1961 is an American radio and television host, conservative Political commentator, and After Grant joined WOR, Arthur Frommer, the travel guide publisher, who had a weekly show on the same station, quit in protest, saying, "If the object of Bob Grant's vile filth had been Jews, or Italians, or Irish-Americans, it is inconceivable that WOR would have taken this step", and also comparing Grant to Joseph Goebbels. Arthur Frommer (born 1929 is a travel writer publisher and consumer advocate and the founder of the Frommer's series of travel guides and Arthur Frommer's Budget Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation ˈɡœbəls English generally ˈɡɝbəlz (29 October 1897 1 May 1945 was a German politician and Reich Minister of Public [1]

On October 10, 2003, Grant's colleague Rush Limbaugh admitted on air to being addicted to painkillers. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. On that same day, Grant defended Limbaugh against the media scrutiny he was facing. In the late 1990s, his show went into national syndication, in the manner of Howard Stern, Rush Limbaugh and other successful talkers, but few stations picked it up and it reverted to a local show. Howard Allan Stern (born January 12 1954 is an American radio host and Television personality. Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio host and conservative Political commentator. Grant's age began to show as he found it harder to gear up his rants, sometimes seeming disinterested in engaging callers.

Grant's WOR run ended on January 13, 2006. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Grant's ratings were not to blame for his departure, according to the New York Post, which mentioned that the decision was reached because the station's other shows had niche audiences to garner more advertising dollars [4]. The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually

Having left his options open for "an offer he cannot refuse," Bob Grant returned to WOR in February 2006 doing one minute "Straight Ahead" commentaries, airing twice daily after news broadcasts until September 2006. Grant then made various isolated radio appearances. He appeared as a guest host on WFNY (now WXRK) in December, 2006. WXRK (923 MHz known on-air as " 92-3 K-Rock " is a Radio station in New York City. Grant appeared a couple of times on Sean Hannity's show on WABC. Sean Hannity (born December 30 1961 is an American radio and television host, conservative Political commentator, and [5][6]

Return to WABC

His guest appearances became more frequent beginning in July 2007. On July 7, 2007, he guest hosted for John R. Gambling, and appeared on Mark Levin's show (which is flagshipped from WABC) on July 10. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. John R Gambling (born 1950 is the son of John A Gambling and the grandson of John B Mark Reed Levin (born September 21, 1957) is an American conservative Political commentator Grant, guest hosted for Jerry Agar on July 9, 10, 11 and re-appeared as a fill-in host again for John Gambling on August 20 and 21. Then, on August 22, while appearing on Hannity's show, he unexpectedly announced that he was returning as a regular host to WABC, in the 8-10 PM slot that at the time was filled by Agar. It would later be revealed, on what was Agar's final show a few hours later, that he would be starting effective immediately, as Grant took over the final segments of the show. His first full show on ABC since 1996 was on Thursday, August 23. The story of Grant's return, as reported by the New York Daily News, had been discovered only a couple of hours before Grant's official announcement. The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 He was temporarily syndicated on WMAL in Washington, D.C. during the week of March 3, as a trial run to replace Chris Core, who was dismissed in cost cutting. WMAL is one of the oldest radio stations in Washington DC The Citadel Broadcasting -owned outlet is a news-talk formatted station broadcasting Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Chris Core is a radio personality formerly on Washington DC's 630 WMAL and host of The Chris Core Show from 900 AM to 1145 AM EST.

Controversial statements about race

Over the years, Grant has made a number of statements on his shows that critics have described as racist. For example, he was quoted in the Newsday on June 2, 1992, as saying "Minorities are the Big Apple's majority, you don't need the papers to tell you that, walk around and you know it. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) To me, that's a bad thing. I'm a white person. " In his book, Grant defended this statement by writing that he did not intend to put down other racial groups, but only intended to express that "no one likes to be in the minority," and sincerely believes that, while other ethnic groups have made contributions to American society, it is Europeans who created America and America can only survive by retaining its "humane, west European culture. " Thus, he supports ending most non-European immigration as well as ending bilingualism and multiculturalism, two policies of which Grant has been highly critical. According to the website for the left-leaning media watchdog organization Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), Grant has repeatedly advocated "eugenics" by promoting the "Bob Grant Mandatory Sterilization Program," although it is not technically mandatory because he believes that temporary sterilizations should be mandatory for women of childbearing age who wish to receive welfare payments; because women can choose to simply not receive welfare, it is not a violation of their civil liberty. And Grant's controversial statements about welfare mothers are often called racist, even though he advocates the same policy toward welfare mothers of any race. FAIR also quotes Grant as saying, on January 6, 1992, that the U. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) S. has "millions of sub-humanoids, savages, who really would feel more at home careening along the sands of the Kalahari or the dry deserts of eastern Kenya--people who, for whatever reason, have not become civilized. " Grant has repeatedly come under attack for calling blacks "savages," but claims that he is only referring to rioters. FAIR claims that a reference to black churchgoers as "screaming savages" refutes his defense, but Grant has explained that that comment was in reference to the congregation of a black church in Los Angeles in which the reverend was promoting violence in the midst of the riots over the beating of Rodney King by police officers. Grant has professed admiration for several black Americans, including Thomas Sowell, Colin Powell, and Muhammad Ali, even as he publicly complained that Magic Johnson's HIV hadn't yet turned into AIDS.

Characteristics of Grant's radio shows

Grant was known for using a number of catchphrases on his show, such as "You're a fake, a phony, and a fraud!", "Straight ahead", "Get off my phone!", "Anything and everything is grist for our ever-grinding mill", and his closing line, "Your influence counts . A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance . . use it!" His opening line was used as the title of his 1996 book, Let's Be Heard, a title representing an abbreviated version of his original opener, "And let's be heard! Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome to another hour of the free and open exchange of ideas and opinions in the belief that as American citizens you have the right to hear, and to be heard. " Before his daily monologue, Grant would ask the rhetorical question, "And what's on your mind today, hmmm?", and would sometimes call women "chickie-poos". During his WMCA years, Grant often ended his show with a blustery "Get Khadafi. " On the WOR show, Grant often closed his show with the phrase, "Someone's got to say these things, it has to be me!"

Grant was known for assigning derogatory names to public officials he disliked, such as Jim "Flim-Flam" Florio, Frank "Lousenberg," Liz "Hatchet-Face, the Face-That-Could-Stop-a-Runaway-Train" Holzmann, Jimmy "I'll-Never-Lie-To-You" Carter, Dave "The men's room attendant-at-the-21-Club" Dinkins, Ted "The Swimmer" Kennedy, Al "Sharpie" Sharpton, and "Jessie Jerkson (or "Jessie Jackal")". During the infamous Tawana Brawley case, Grant referred to Brawley's advisors Alton Maddox, C. Vernon Mason, and Al Sharpton as "Moe, Larry, and Fatso. " As an Italian American, Grant also used several Italian quasi-obscene phrases for those he disliked, such as calling Mario Cuomo "the Sfachim" or "il Supremo". An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Mario Matthew Cuomo (born Queens New York, June 15, 1932) served as the 52nd Governor of New York from 1983 to 1994 It is quite a credit to his powerful influence that both Florio and Cuomo cited Grant's merciless attacks as being instrumental in costing them gubernatorial reelections. James Joseph "Jim" Florio (born August 29, 1937) is a Democratic politician who served as the 49th Governor of New During the 1988 presidential campaign, he referred to Democractic candidate Michael Dukakis as "Du-cagasotto" (an Italian obscenity meaning a fearful or timid person).

About society, he would remark "It's sick out there, and getting sicker," he would intone, or "We are sliding down a slippery slope, and there's no climbing back up. " Callers he disliked were not spared either, as Grant would sometimes invite them to his studio, remarking, ". . . so I could punch your dumb nose right down your dumb throat!" He would dryly suggest to others, "Why don't you go gargle with a cup of razor blades?"

A typical exchange with a caller: Grant: "Where are you from, Pal?" Caller:"Brooklyn, Bob," in a heavy accent. Grant: "No, I mean before you came to my country. Where were you born?" Caller:"I was born here in Brooklyn, Bob," accent just as pronounced. Grant: "Yeah, right, get off my phone, you creep!"

Also:

Grant: "Say, do you know what time it is?" Caller: "It's about 3:30. " Grant: "I just wanted to make sure you were going to have enough time to go downtown to pick up your welfare check. Get off my phone!"

One of Grant's quirks is that he often despised small talk, such as being asked how he was.

Caller: "Hi, how are you, Bob?" Grant: (agitated) "So what's on your MIND?"

Listeners tuned into the show not only to hear Grant, but to hear unique callers that Grant would attract: Carl from Oyster Bay (who emerged from the radio audience to become Carl Limbacher of NewsMax), John of Staten Island, George the Atheist, Cheryl of Spotswood, Jimmy of Brooklyn, Alex of White Plains, Sal from Queens, Dorothy of Montclair, David of Irvington (and later of Newark), Eugene of Albany, Steve of Manhattan, Bernie of the Bronx, Michael of Manhattan, Hilly of Jamaica, and Tom in the Bronx. Newsmax Media is a Conservative political organization founded by journalist Christopher W Most renowned of all was "Vintage" Frank of Queens, whom some have labelled the "greatest caller ever in talk radio" - his quick, splenetic screeds were typified by remarks such as, "Did you see the picture of those two quasi-humanoid mutants they arrested down there, Bob Grant? That's 450 pounds of food stamps for ya!"

One of Bob Grant's most memorable regular call-in guests was Ms. Trivia, who aired her "Beef of the Week", a series of seemingly trivial complaints, such as her objection to stale gum in baseball card packets, the exaltation of the lowly mouse in popular cartoon culture (Micky Mouse, Mighty Mouse) at the expense of portraying felines in a discriminatory manner (Felix, the trickster, Sylvester, the loser cat with a lisp, etc. ) Ms. Trivia's complaints were expressed intelligently, with a seriousness and her characteristic deep tone which provided comic relief for the controverisal talk show. She later insisted that she be called "Mm. Trivia" rather than "Ms. Trivia" in support of doing away with titles that differentiated men from women (such as Miss, Ms. or Mister). Grant referred to Mm. Trivia as the most popular personage on WMCA radio, yet wasn't even on the payroll. Ms. Trivia was Bob Grant's guest at a Halloween Festival dinner held at Lauritano's Restaurant in the Bronx, New York, where a young Ms. Trivia, not long out of her teens, revealed herself for the first time to a startled radio audience, many who had expected and assumed, based upon her articulation and intonation, that she would be an elderly, prudish woman. Instead, a statuesque and fashionable Ms. Trivia, wearing an elaborate Victorian costume, was the surprise guest seated next to Grant at the dias table along with several political figures from New York. The following day the majority of calls to the show were for the purpose of obtaining information about the mysterious Mm. Trivia, with Grant in his typical manner finally in exasperation hanging up on the callers, shouting, "THIS IS NOT Mm. TRIVIA'S SHOW!"

Grant occasionally made on-air reference to an ethereal Beatrice-like presence à la Dante's Paradiso section in The Divine Comedy, "The Lady Josephine", to whom he constantly paid fawning obeisance. Beatrice Portinari, real name Bice di Folco Portinari (1266&ndash1290 was a woman from Florence Italy, who was the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy Never did he refer to her as his "wife" or "girlfriend". Listeners were mystified as to his relationship with her. Were (are) the two married? Cohabiting? Grant was never specific. His son, Jeff Grant, a traffic reporter with a different station, would call in occasionally. Grant made frequent references to the REO Diner in Woodbridge, New Jersey, his regular haunt. Woodbridge Township is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

When once asked by the caller George the Atheist whether he believed in God, Grant replied, "What if I tell you, George, that sometimes I do and sometimes I don't?" The issue was never pursued. On his July 21, 2005 broadcast, Grant, a baptized and raised Roman Catholic, unequivocally stated to the same caller his opinion on the Second Coming of Jesus: "He's not coming back. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Christianity, the Second Coming is the anticipated return of Jesus Christ from Heaven to earth an event that will fulfill aspects of Messianic Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Look, I don't believe he's coming back. I think that's a myth and I say it. I don't trumpet it but if a person asks - and you know one thing for sure, I've been deadly honest, dead-on honest all the time I've been on the air talking to people and they ask me questions or they make a comment that elicits a response, they are going to get an honest response. It may always not be 'correct' but it's honest". For longtime listeners, this candid theological exchange was among the more memorable of Grant's entire career — a career known mostly for candor, frankness and heated passion over issues political and social, not theological.

Influence and legacy

Over the years, national radio talk personality Howard Stern has often cited Grant as an early influence, although Stern has frequently criticized him for changing his act to appease management. Howard Allan Stern (born January 12 1954 is an American radio host and Television personality. Grant has related being at a public appearance by Ben Stern, his teenage son Howard in tow. Ben told Grant of Howard's desire to go into radio. "I looked at this big, gawky kid and I said to him, 'Just be yourself,'" Grant recalled. Soon after Grant's firing from WABC, and before his first WOR show, Grant was a guest caller on Stern's radio show.

Glenn Beck now uses the catchphrase "Get off my phone!" as a homage to Grant, as do Tom Scharpling and Mark Levin; similarly, Sean Hannity sometimes uses Grant's phrase "Straight ahead. Glenn Beck (born February 10, 1964) is an American radio and Television host, conservative Political commentator Tom Scharpling is the host of The Best Show on WFMU, a 3-hour comedy music and Talk radio program which airs every Tuesday night on New Jersey Mark Reed Levin (born September 21, 1957) is an American conservative Political commentator Sean Hannity (born December 30 1961 is an American radio and television host, conservative Political commentator, and " Levin has also picked up Grant's tradition of nasty-naming public officials. Grant's general angry-to-resigned-to-humorous tone changes and idiosyncratic political beliefs has obviously influenced New York bred commentator Michael Savage. Michael Alan Weiner (born March 31 1942 in New York City) better known by his

Rush Limbaugh has testified to Grant being one of his mentors when he first joined WABC. Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio host and conservative Political commentator.

In 2002, industry magazine Talkers ranked Grant as the 16th greatest radio talk show host of all time. Talkers Magazine is a trade industry publication related to Talk radio in the United States. [7]

On March 28, 2007 Bob Grant was nominated for induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. History The National Radio Hall of Fame and Museum, located in the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago Illinois, is a Museum dedicated [8]

Radio & Records had planned to issue a Lifetime Achievement Award to Grant during its annual convention in March 2008; however, the award was revoked in January 2008 for "past comments by him that contradict our values and the respect we have for all members of our community. Radio & Records ( R&R) was a weekly trade magazine that tracked radio airplay from the various genres including pop country R&B and many others "[2] Several talk radio hosts have spoken out against the decision; Neal Boortz has stated:

"I usually try not to miss the Radio & Records talk radio convention. Neal A Boortz Jr (born April 6 1945 is an American radio host, author and Libertarian Political commentator. . . Not this year. Maybe never again. R&R has succumbed to political correctness. Political correctness (adjectivally politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term applied to Language, ideas policies or behavior . . I don't call for boycotts. But I do think it would be wonderful to see talk show hosts refuse to appear at this convention. . . What we have seen here in this revocation of the award to Bob Grant is simple pandering to political correctness. Nothing more, nothing less. "[3]

Brian Maloney[4], Sean Hannity, Opie and Anthony, Jim Norton, Lars Larson, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Lionel and Howard Stern opposed the move as well, with Levin stating "I am disgusted with the mistreatment of Bob Grant. Brian Maloney is an American talk radio host and writer formerly of KIRO-AM /Seattle KVI-AM/Seattle KOH-AM in Reno Nevada KSCO -AM/Monterey-Salinas-Santa Sean Hannity (born December 30 1961 is an American radio and television host, conservative Political commentator, and Opie ( Gregg Hughes, born May 23, 1963) Anthony ( Anthony Cumia, born April 26, 1961) and Jim Lars Larson (born March 6, 1959 in Taipei, Taiwan) is an American conservative Talk radio show host based Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio host and conservative Political commentator. Mark Reed Levin (born September 21, 1957) is an American conservative Political commentator Howard Allan Stern (born January 12 1954 is an American radio host and Television personality. I am fed up with the censors, intimidators, and cowards in this business. " In a notable dissent, Don Imus deemed the award unimportant (confusing the award with one he earned from Talkers magazine), offered to return awards he had received after treating them to his sledgehammer and block of wood, and called Grant's comments stupid, although he did refer to Grant as a "legendary broadcaster. John Donald Imus Jr (born July 23 1940) known simply as Don Imus, is an American radio host, Shock jock, Humorist Talkers Magazine is a trade industry publication related to Talk radio in the United States. "[5]

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Won't Share Air with Bigot", Extra!, June 1996
  2. ^ Rowland, Kara. Extra! is a Bimonthly Magazine of media criticism published by the media watch group FAIR. Talk radio award revoked. Washington Times. The Washington Times is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published in Washington D 17 January 2008.
  3. ^ Boortz, Neal. Nealz Nuze. 17 January 2008.
  4. ^ Maloney, Brian. GRANT'S AWARD YANKED and BOIL OVER. Radio Equalizer. 17 January 2008.
  5. ^ Imus, Don. Imus in the Morning. Imus in the Morning is an American radio show hosted by Don Imus on ABC Radio Networks and Simulcast on RFD-TV 19 January 2008. Partial reaction here.

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