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Nobody's mentioned it here, so I will.
Bob Grant, most recently on WOR, New York but whose influence spread far beyond the New York market, announced his retirement. In recent years, Grant has done the angry conservative curmudgeon bit targeting the Archie Bunker demo. He started doing talk radio on KNX, Los Angeles in 1960 and then moved to KABC to replace fellow nasty conservative Joe Pyne when Pyne went into TV and radio syndication.
Some people here like to claim that the Fairness Doctrine stifled talk radio. Bob Grant and other political advocate hosts who were going strong in the 60's and 70's demonstrate it did not.
Grant may be gone. His influence continues in strident hosts like Mike Gallagher - and in a teen-age radio geek from Long Island who once met Grant and said he wanted to be in radio, too. Grant told young Howard Stern to "be himself."
All Access:
<blockquote>Bob Grant Makes Retirement Official
BOB GRANT made official what had already been announced upon his return from vacation MONDAY: he's retiring after his final show on BUCKLEY Talk WOR-A/NEW YORK FRIDAY (1/13). GRANT announced his pending retirement on MONDAY's show and spent the rest of the show taking appreciative calls from listeners. GRANT has been a fixture in NEW YORK talk radio since the early 70's, first at WMCA-A, then WABC-A before joining WOR in 1996. Before coming to NEW YORK, GRANT worked at KNX-A and KLAC-A/LOS ANGELES, and spent a short time with WWDB/PHILADELPHIA between NEW YORK gigs</blockquote>
Bob Grant, most recently on WOR, New York but whose influence spread far beyond the New York market, announced his retirement. In recent years, Grant has done the angry conservative curmudgeon bit targeting the Archie Bunker demo. He started doing talk radio on KNX, Los Angeles in 1960 and then moved to KABC to replace fellow nasty conservative Joe Pyne when Pyne went into TV and radio syndication.
Some people here like to claim that the Fairness Doctrine stifled talk radio. Bob Grant and other political advocate hosts who were going strong in the 60's and 70's demonstrate it did not.
Grant may be gone. His influence continues in strident hosts like Mike Gallagher - and in a teen-age radio geek from Long Island who once met Grant and said he wanted to be in radio, too. Grant told young Howard Stern to "be himself."
All Access:
<blockquote>Bob Grant Makes Retirement Official
BOB GRANT made official what had already been announced upon his return from vacation MONDAY: he's retiring after his final show on BUCKLEY Talk WOR-A/NEW YORK FRIDAY (1/13). GRANT announced his pending retirement on MONDAY's show and spent the rest of the show taking appreciative calls from listeners. GRANT has been a fixture in NEW YORK talk radio since the early 70's, first at WMCA-A, then WABC-A before joining WOR in 1996. Before coming to NEW YORK, GRANT worked at KNX-A and KLAC-A/LOS ANGELES, and spent a short time with WWDB/PHILADELPHIA between NEW YORK gigs</blockquote>