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| name = Mike Gallagher |
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|Highway concessionaire's logo= [[Image:Kaseh1.gif|150px]]<br>'''Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban Sdn. Bhd.<br>(Lekas)'''<br> ''(former concessionaries known as '''Kajang-Seremban Highway Sdn Bhd (KASEH)''')'' |
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| Born = April 7th, 1960 |
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| Nationality = American |
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| Education = high school graduate |
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|start=[[Kajang]], <br>[[Selangor]] |
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| Occupation = [[Radio Host]]<br>[[Television Host]]<br>[[Political Commentator]]<br>[[Author]] |
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| Employer = [[Salem Radio Networks]]<br>[[FOX News Channel]] |
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| Known for = Witty and hard-hitting take on current news events and social issues |
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|starting-date=[[2002]] |
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| Political Party = Conservative Party |
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|completion-date=2009 |
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| Religious Beliefs= Christian ([[Methodist]]) |
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|interchanges={{MES-E|7}} [[Cheras - Kajang Expressway]]<br>{{MES-E|18}} [[Kajang Dispersial Link Expressway]]<br>{{JKR|1}} [[Malaysia Federal Route 1|Federal route 1]] |
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| Spouse = Denise Newlen-Gallagher (deceased June 26th, 2008) |
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| Children = Bryan, Trevor, Micah and Matthew |
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|Number of lanes=4 lanes |
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| homepage = [http://www.mikeonline.com/] |
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|Interchanges=8 |
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|Toll plazas=6 |
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|Layby={{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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|Rest and Service Area={{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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'''Mike Gallagher''' [[April 7]] [[1960]], [[Dayton, Ohio]]){{Fact|date=February 2008}} is a popular [[Republican]] American radio [[talk show]] host. He is, according to [[Talkers Magazine]] estimates, the 8th most listened-to radio talk show host in the [[United States]]. |
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The '''Kajang-Seremban Highway''', '''KASEH''' ({{lang-ms|Lebuhraya Kajang Seremban}}), {{MES-E|21}} is a new expressway connecting [[Kajang]], [[Selangor]] to [[Seremban]], [[Negeri Sembilan]]. The phase 1 of the expressway connecting Kajang Selatan to Pajam was officialy opened on [[22 August]] [[2008]]. |
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==Work Experience== |
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Mike spent a large portion of the 1980s as morning sportscaster and weatherman at [[WKEF]] Television in Dayton, Ohio, and served for a brief time as host of ''[[As Schools Match Wits]]'', a local high school trivia quiz show. ''(His trademark ending for his sportscasts was "As far as sports go, that's as far as '''I''' go.")'' He also was a baseball umpire, working for the Dayton Ameteur Baseball Commission and also worked college games. His first radio job was also in Dayton, at WAVI-AM. He later served as afternoon drive host at [[WGY]] in [[Albany, NY|Albany, New York]] during the mid-90's. [[WABC (AM)|WABC-AM]], at the time being the nation's most listened-to talk radio station, hired Mike for a two year stint in 1996. Mike was then hired by Greenville's WFBC-AM (Now [http://www.newsradioword.com/ WORD-AM]) in the early 90's as a local host, and met his wife Denise while there. |
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The '''Mike Gallagher Show''' was launched nationally in 1998 with 12 radio stations and is now heard on nearly 200. He is a [[Fox News Channel]] Contributor making frequent appearances on many of the Fox News Channel programs especially ''[[Hannity and Colmes]]'' filling in for [[Sean Hannity]]. In the summer of 2006, he authored ''Surrounded by Idiots: Fighting Liberal Lunacy in America'' (William Morrow), which became a New York Times bestseller (#27 on the extended bestseller list). |
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==Overview== |
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====Westboro Baptist Church==== |
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The highway is designed to pass through [[Semenyih]], [[Pajam]], [[Mantin]], [[Temiang]] and link to the [[Seremban Inner Ring Road]]. It will serve as an effective traffic dispersal for the highly congested Kajang and Seremban town centres |
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On [[October 6]] [[2006]] Gallagher convinced the controversial [[Topeka, Kansas]]-based [[Westboro Baptist Church]] to appear on air with an hour of air time in exchange for not picketing a funeral for the Amish victims of a school shooting near [[Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania]]. Initially, Gallagher offered the organization money to not picket the funeral. With this gesture being accused of being blood money, the syndicated radio host gave the church an hour to appear on air. The Amish funerals went on peacefully after the contract signed with WBC stipulated a $500,000 fine if there were picketers anywhere near the funerals.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/insane-amish-protest-dropped/2006/10/05/1159641433255.html 'Insane' picketers cancel Amish funeral protest], ''The Age'', October 5, 2006</ref> |
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Following plans by the [[Westboro Church]] to protest funerals of victims of the [[Virginia Tech massacre]], Gallagher offered the group three hours of airtime in exchange for an agreement not to protest these funerals. The WBC was the in-studio guests of Gallagher's program for its entirety on April 24, 2007.<ref>[http://images.mikeonline.com/images/linksandinfo/WBC_message070420.htm MikeOnLine Document]</ref> |
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*The Highway Project has achieved several stages of completion. |
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*“Package 1A” from the SILK Interchange to Kajang Selatan has been completed and opened to the public. *“Package 1B” from the Kajang Selatan Interchange to Pajam Interchange, earthworks and major drainage have been completed. |
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*“Packages 2A and 3” from Pajam Interchange to Paroi, all land acquisitions have been completed. Part of the alignment between Mantin Interchange and Setul Interchange has been approved for realignment. |
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==Broadcast Schedule== |
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Gallagher's program is syndicated by the [[Salem Radio Network]] and airs live from 9 AM to 12 noon. A separate live and local program for [[KSKY]] in the [[Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex]] airs live from 6 to 9 AM. |
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The project was approved by the government in 1997 and the construction of the expressway began on 2002; however, the financial problems faced by the original concessionnaire, Kajang-Seremban Highway Sdn. Bhd. (Kaseh) had forced the construction works to be delayed. The project was revitalized in November 2006 after a takeover by a new concessionnaire, Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban Sdn. Bhd. (Lekas), which 50% of the stake was held by [[IJM Corporation Berhad]] and the rest of the stake was held by the original concessionnaire, Kajang-Seremban Highway Sdn. Bhd.<ref name=lekas> [http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=228602 IJM Acquires 50 Percent Stake In Lekas] Bernama</ref> This project is scheduled for completion by Dec 2009 |
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==References== |
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The stretch to Pajam opened on 31 August 2008. As a normal procedure to make users familiarize with the highway, the highway will be toll free for a month from opening.<ref>{{cite news|title= Kajang-Pajam stretch to be opened on Aug 31| author=Charles Ferandez| url= http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/8/15/central/1792040&sec=central| publisher=The Star| date= 2008-08-15| accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
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* ''Surrounded by Idiots: Fighting Liberal Lunacy in America'', 2005 (ISBN 0-06-073798-0) |
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=== Beams collapsed at Pajam Interchange === |
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==External links== |
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8 numbers of 40m beams collapsed during night beam launching. |
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*[http://www.mikeonline.com/ Gallagher's official website] |
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*[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0210/07/se.05.html Gallagher 2002 CNN interview transcript] |
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| || || ||'''NORTHWEST'''<br>{{MES-E|7}}'''[[Cheras - Kajang Expressway|CHERAS-KAJANG EXPRESSWAY]]'''<br>Kuala Lumpur<br>Cheras<br>Balakong|| |
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| || ||Kajang||{{JKR|1}} '''JALAN CHERAS-KAJANG'''<br>'''SOUTH'''<br>{{JKR|1}} [[Kajang|Kajang town centre]]<br>{{JKR|B17}} Bangi||Diamond interchange |
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|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<font color="white">{{MES-E(2)|7}} CHERAS-KAJANG EXPRESSWAY<br>Grand Saga border limit |
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|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<font color="white">{{MES-E(2)|21}} KAJANG-SEREMBAN HIGHWAY<br>Lekas border limit |
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| || ||Kajang Perdana||{{MES-E|18}}'''[[Kajang Dispersial Link Expressway|KAJANG DISPERSIAL LINK EXPRESSWAY]]'''<br>'''NORTHEAST'''<br>Sungai Long<br>Balakong<br>Sungai Besi<br>Seri Kembangan<br>'''SOUTHWEST'''<br>Kuala Lumpur<br>Seremban<br>Putrajaya<br>Cyberjaya<br>Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) {{Airport signs}}||Cloverleaf interchange |
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| ||{{MES-EXIT|2101}} ||'''KAJANG SELATAN INTERCHANGE'''||'''NORTH'''<br>{{JKR|1}}Kajang town centre<br><br>'''SOUTH'''<br>{{JKR|1}}Semenyih<br>{{JKR|1}}Seremban ||Full cloverleaf interchange |
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| || ||{{Parking Layby signs}} Kajang Selatan toll plaza<br>'''KJS'''|| || |
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|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<font color="white">Kajang Selatan toll plaza<br>KJS<br>{{RM}} {{TnG}} {{TAG}} {{TAG}} {{TnG}} {{TransitTicket}}<br>Closed toll system<br>Collect transit ticket and pay a distance toll |
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| ||{{MES-EXIT|2102}} ||'''SEMENYIH INTERCHANGE'''||{{JKR|1}} Semenyih<br>{{JKR|B34}} Broga||Trumpet interchange with toll plaza |
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|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<font color="white">Selangor Darul Ehsan<br>Hulu Langat district border |
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|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="yellow"|'''<font color="black">Selangor-Negeri Sembilan border |
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|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<font color="white">Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus<br>Seremban district border |
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| ||{{MES-EXIT|2103}} ||'''PAJAM INTERCHANGE'''||{{JKR|3265}} Pajam<br>{{JKR|3265}} Nilai<br>{{JKR|N20}}Sepang<br>{{JKR|N20}}Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) {{Airport signs}}<br>{{MES-E(2)|2}} {{AHN-AH|2}}'''[[North-South Expressway Southern Route|NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY SOUTHERN ROUTE]]'''<br>Kuala Lumpur<br>Johor Bahru ||Trumpet interchange with toll plaza |
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|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="orange"|'''<font color="black">{{MES-E(2)|21}}KAJANG-SEREMBAN HIGHWAY (Phase 2)<br>Under construction |
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| ||{{MES-EXIT|2104}} ||'''MANTIN INTERCHANGE'''<br>'''Under construction'''||{{JKR|1}}Mantin<br>{{JKR|N34}}Lenggeng ||Trumpet interchange with toll plaza<br>'''Under construction''' |
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|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<font color="white">Setul toll plaza<br>STL |
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| ||{{MES-EXIT|2105}} ||'''SETUL INTERCHANGE'''<br>'''Under construction'''||{{JKR|1}} Seremban town centre<br>{{JKR|53}}Port Dickson||Trumpet interchange |
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|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<font color="white">Ampangan toll plaza<br>AMP |
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| ||{{MES-EXIT|2106}} ||'''AMPANGAN INTERCHANGE'''<br>'''Under construction'''||{{JKR|86}} Kuala Klawang (Jelebu)<br>{{JKR|86}} Seremban town centre<br>{{JKR|53}} Port Dickson||Half folded diamond interchange<br>'''Under construction''' |
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| ||{{MES-EXIT|2107}} ||'''PAROI INTERCHANGE'''<br>'''Under construction'''||'''WEST'''<br>{{JKR|51}}Seremban town centre<br>{{JKR|97}}Senawang<br>{{MES-E(2)|2}} {{AHN-AH|2}}'''[[North-South Expressway Southern Route|NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY SOUTHERN ROUTE]]'''<br>Kuala Lumpur<br>Johor Bahru<br><br>'''EAST'''<br>{{JKR|51}}Seri Menanti<br>{{JKR|51}}Kuala Pilah ||Signalised at grade junction<br>'''Under construction''' |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.ijm.com/ IJM] |
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*[http://www.ijm.com/infrastructure/toll/LEKAS/index.html LEKAS] |
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Mike Gallagher April 7 1960, Dayton, Ohio)[citation needed] is a popular Republican American radio talk show host. He is, according to Talkers Magazine estimates, the 8th most listened-to radio talk show host in the United States.
Work Experience
Mike spent a large portion of the 1980s as morning sportscaster and weatherman at WKEF Television in Dayton, Ohio, and served for a brief time as host of As Schools Match Wits, a local high school trivia quiz show. (His trademark ending for his sportscasts was "As far as sports go, that's as far as I go.") He also was a baseball umpire, working for the Dayton Ameteur Baseball Commission and also worked college games. His first radio job was also in Dayton, at WAVI-AM. He later served as afternoon drive host at WGY in Albany, New York during the mid-90's. WABC-AM, at the time being the nation's most listened-to talk radio station, hired Mike for a two year stint in 1996. Mike was then hired by Greenville's WFBC-AM (Now WORD-AM) in the early 90's as a local host, and met his wife Denise while there.
The Mike Gallagher Show was launched nationally in 1998 with 12 radio stations and is now heard on nearly 200. He is a Fox News Channel Contributor making frequent appearances on many of the Fox News Channel programs especially Hannity and Colmes filling in for Sean Hannity. In the summer of 2006, he authored Surrounded by Idiots: Fighting Liberal Lunacy in America (William Morrow), which became a New York Times bestseller (#27 on the extended bestseller list).
Westboro Baptist Church
On October 6 2006 Gallagher convinced the controversial Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church to appear on air with an hour of air time in exchange for not picketing a funeral for the Amish victims of a school shooting near Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. Initially, Gallagher offered the organization money to not picket the funeral. With this gesture being accused of being blood money, the syndicated radio host gave the church an hour to appear on air. The Amish funerals went on peacefully after the contract signed with WBC stipulated a $500,000 fine if there were picketers anywhere near the funerals.[1]
Following plans by the Westboro Church to protest funerals of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre, Gallagher offered the group three hours of airtime in exchange for an agreement not to protest these funerals. The WBC was the in-studio guests of Gallagher's program for its entirety on April 24, 2007.[2]
Broadcast Schedule
Gallagher's program is syndicated by the Salem Radio Network and airs live from 9 AM to 12 noon. A separate live and local program for KSKY in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex airs live from 6 to 9 AM.
References
- ^ 'Insane' picketers cancel Amish funeral protest, The Age, October 5, 2006
- ^ MikeOnLine Document
Bibliography
- Surrounded by Idiots: Fighting Liberal Lunacy in America, 2005 (ISBN 0-06-073798-0)