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 About Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher's road to being the 6th most listened-to radio talk show host in
the country (Talkers Magazine) began in 1978 as a 17-year-old high school senior
in Dayton, Ohio. Mike talked his way into an on-air shift at WAVI-AM in his Ohio
hometown and has been talking on the radio and television ever since. Mike's broadcasting
career has taken him from Dayton to WFBC-AM in Greenville, South Carolina (now WORD-AM)
where his ratings and revenue success led to his eventual promotion to station manager.
He was also host of the popular "Tiger Tailgate Show" on the Clemson Football Radio
Network. From there, he became the afternoon drive-time leader in Albany, New York
on upstate powerhouse WGY-AM.
From Albany, it was just a short drive south to the nation's number one market,
New York City, where Mike enjoyed a two year stint as morning drive host on WABC-AM,
the nation's most listened-to talk radio station. In 1998, The Mike Gallagher Show
was launched nationally with 12 radio stations. Today, Talkers Magazine reports
that he's the sixth most listened-to talk radio host in America with over 3.75 million
weekly listeners in top ten markets like Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Houston,
and Philadelphia as well as cities all over the country, and is the 8th most recognized
talk radio personality in America (The Benchmark Company). Mike has been featured
in numerous magazines and newspapers including the New York Times, the Wall Street
Journal, Time, and Forbes.
Besides his talk radio duties, Mike is equally comfortable in front of television
cameras, too. He's a Fox News Channel Contributor making frequent appearances on
all of the Fox News Channel programs as well as occasionally guest hosting one of
the talk shows on the cable news giant. In addition to his busy broadcasting career,
he's also added "author" to his resume as he recently wrote his first book, which
became a New York Times Bestseller, "Surrounded by Idiots -- Fighting Liberal Lunacy
in America", published by William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins.
In addition to being wildly popular with listeners, Mike is enormously respected
by his peers in the radio industry. At the start of 2006, he was chosen by the radio
and music industry trade magazine Radio and Records as one of the nominees
for "Nationally Syndicated Personality of the Year" in the talk radio category.
He was also recently named to Talkers Magazine "Heavy Hundred List", the 100 most
influential and compelling talk hosts in America. This is the 11th consecutive year
that he has been featured on this prestigious list. Mike's syndicator, Salem Radio
Network, is based in Irving, Texas (near Dallas) and his show's offices and studios
are in Irving as well as the world-famous Empire State Building in New York City.
Mike's proudest achievement is his family. Mike and his wife Denise live in New
York City and the Dallas area. Their four boys, Bryan, Trevor, Matthew and Micah
have "sprung the nest" and are living all over the country either going to college
or working. However, beloved dogs Thumper and Buster are still home and require
constant care and attention.
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Surrounded By Idiots
By: Mike Gallagher
In Surrounded by Idiots, Mike Gallagher, one of the top radio talk show hosts in America, takes us to the front lines of the unprecedented cultural and political war confronting all decent Americans.
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