Radio ’s spill the beans head are paid to spend time of day talking each 24-hour interval , but how much do they really reveal about themselves ? Here are a few facts you may not have love about your favorite ( or least favorite ) mike - handle stream orchid .
1 . Sean Hannityhasn’t always been a right - wing wireless host . He did n’t get into the radio business until 1989 , when he was working in Santa Barbara as a cosmopolitan contractor and started host a talk show on the local college place as a side gig . The show only lasted for 40 minute of line time .
3 . Dave Ramsey , host ofThe Dave Ramsey Show , sleep together what he ’s talking about when it fare to financial succeeder . When he was just 26 years old he ’d already build up a $ 4 million rental substantial land portfolio . Of course , things do n’t always go swimmingly with such loyal rises to the top ; taxation reforms in 1986 led to Ramsey ’s investors calling for quick repayment of loans , which thrust him into failure .
4 . Rush Limbaugh ’s rhetoric may make it go like the emcee knows everything , but his academic track record tells a dissimilar story .
In a one - year stint at Southwest Missouri State University , Limbaugh allegedly go bad every division he took , let in one on ballroom terpsichore .
5 . Alan Colmes , Sean Hannity ’s longtime liberal hydrofoil / punching bag , did n’t set out to go into radio , either . He was originally a stand - up comedian in New York during the other 1980s before make the saltation .
7 . Dr. Laura Schlessingerisn’t in reality a medical doctor or a psychologist , but she does have a doctorate . She receive her Ph.D. in physiology from Columbia University in 1974 .
8 . Bubba the Love Sponge , born Todd Clem , has a duet of interesting things about him . First , he legally changed his name to Bubba the Love Sponge Clem in 1999 . Second , after losing his terrestrial radio gig in 2004 over a mountain of impropriety mulct , Mr. Love Sponge ran for sheriff in Pinellas County , Florida . Although he did n’t win , Bubba did manage to rake in 30 % of the balloting .
9 . Dr. Drew Pinsky , host of Loveline , has a primary - smash asteroid named after him,4536 Drewpinsky .
10 . Michael Savage , host ofThe Savage Nation , once had a rather left job : he was the ostiary at LSD recommend Timothy Leary ’s farm for a full point during the 1960s . What certified Savage for this position ? evidently Leary liked that Savage did n’t personally use LSD .
11.Conservative radio hostLaura Ingrahamonce served as a salesclerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas . She also made peradventure the most catastrophic jump from wireless to TV in chronicle . Her Fox News showJust Inwith Laura Ingraham lasted only three weeks during the summer of 2008 . severely to trust a show did n’t work when the boniface had such apleasant rapportwith the production faculty .
12 . Chris " Mad Dog" Russo , beloved New York sport lecture commentator , sustain his celebrated nickname fromNew York Daily Newscritic Bob Raissman , who dubbed Russo " Mad Dog" for the host ’s excitable , speedy - fire livery . Russo ’s trademark spokesperson was n’t always a in force matter for him , though . When he was a youthful broadcaster working in Florida , his dense New York accent made Russo ’s rant all opaque to a good portion of the audience . The place eventually paid for him to take six months of twice - hebdomadal speech therapy sitting to slow down his ramblings and cut through his accent .
13 . Mike Francesa , Russo ’s longtime partner in law-breaking , get his starting as a investigator for CBS Sports and eventually became an on - screen talent . When New York sportsman station WFAN launched in 1987 , Francesa applied for an on - melody position and was turn down due to lack of experience . After some nagging , he finally come a business with the station that lead to theMike and the Mad Dogshow . It worked out pretty well ; accord to a 2005New Yorkerprofile on the twain , Francesa and Russo had spent so much meter on the atmosphere gabbing about sports that they could have read the entireEncyclopedia Britannicaaloud double .
