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| name = Mike Gallagher |
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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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| 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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| Political Party = Conservative Party |
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| Religious Beliefs= Christian ([[Methodist]]) |
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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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| homepage = [http://www.mikeonline.com/] |
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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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==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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====Westboro Baptist Church==== |
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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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==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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==References== |
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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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==External links== |
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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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[[Category:1960 births]] |
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[[Category:American radio personalities]] |
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[[Category:Irish-Americans]] |
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[[Category:People from Albany, New York]] |
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[[Category:People from Dayton, Ohio]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:Fox News Channel]] |
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