List of progressive talk radio hosts
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This is a list of notable American
talk radio
hosts who express a liberal viewpoint, past and present.
United States
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Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
hosts who express a liberal viewpoint, past and present.
Present
Following each host is their present network, syndicator, or station.- Gary NullGary NullGary Michael Null is an American talk radio host and author on alternative and complementary medicine and nutrition. On his talk radio show and in his books and self-produced movies, Null has criticized the medical community, promoted a range of alternative cancer treatments and dietary...
(ProgressiveRadioNetwork.com) - Brad Bannon (WWZN AM 1510 Boston)
- David BarsamianDavid BarsamianDavid Barsamian is an Armenian-American radio broadcaster, writer, and the founder and director of Alternative Radio, the Boulder, Colorado-based syndicated weekly talk program heard on some 125 radio stations in various countries....
(Alternative RadioAlternative RadioAlternative Radio is an internationally syndicated, one-hour, weekly radio program, featuring serious interviews with humanitarian and progressive thinkers. Begun in 1986, it evolved from a program that journalist David Barsamian hosted on community radio station KGNU-FM, in Boulder, Colorado. AR...
) - Doug BashamDoug Basham (radio personality)Doug Basham is a progressive radio talk show host from Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. For the past two years, his co-host was Lydia Cornell, the former star of the hit sit-com "Too Close For Comfort."-Career:...
(RadioLinx) - Russ Belville (Jones Radio NetworksJones Radio NetworksJones Radio Networks & Jones Media Group were branches of Jones International before being sold to Triton Media Group. JRN and JMN provide local radio stations with satellite-delivered formats. They also offer other services to local radio such as news and talk programs, syndicated radio shows,...
) - David BenderDavid BenderDavid Bender is an American political activist and host of the talk radio show Politically Direct on Air America Radio.-Political activism:...
(Media Matters - formerly of Air America Radio) - Alex Bennett (Sirius Satellite RadioSirius Satellite RadioSirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
) - Samantha Clemens (WWZN AM 1510 Boston)
- Alan ColmesAlan ColmesAlan Samuel Colmes is an American radio/television host, liberal political commentator for the Fox News Channel, and blogger. He is the host of The Alan Colmes Show, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show distributed by Fox News Radio that also airs throughout the United States on Fox News Talk...
(Fox News RadioFox News RadioFox News Radio is an American radio network programmed by Fox News Channel.- History :In 2003, Fox News began syndicating one minute radio updates to radio stations via syndication service Westwood One. On June 1, 2005, Fox News Radio employed 60 people and provided five minute newscasts at the top...
) - Jack Ellery (WCTCWCTCWCTC is an American radio station broadcasting a syndicated and live talk radio format. Licensed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, the station serves the Middlesex area. The station is currently owned by Greater Media .The station broadcasts in C-QUAM AM stereo...
, New Brunswick, NJ) - Jon Elliot (formerly of Air America Radio)
- Laura FlandersLaura FlandersLaura Flanders is a British-American journalist who presents the current events show GRITtv, broadcast weekdays on Link and Free Speech TV....
(FSTV - formerly of Air America Radio) - Norman GoldmanNorman GoldmanNorman Maurice Goldman is a Los Angeles-based attorney and hosts a popular national talk radio program.Goldman first broadcast nationally as a fill-in host for The Ed Schultz Show in 2006, as well as creating colorful segments as the show's Senior Legal Analyst, —responsibilities that he...
(Syndicator: Compass Media) - Sam Greenfield (WVNJWVNJWVNJ is radio station licensed to Oakland, New Jersey, serving Bergen County, New Jersey and parts of the New York City metropolitan area. The station employs a brokered programming format and is owned by Universal Broadcasting headed by Miriam Warshaw...
Oakland, NJ) - Thom HartmannThom HartmannThom Hartmann is an American radio host, author, former psychotherapist and entrepreneur, and progressive political commentator. His nationally-syndicated radio show, The Thom Hartmann Program, airs in the United States and has 2.75 million listeners a week...
(FSTV - Dial Global – previously with Air America Radio & IE America) - Jim HightowerJim HightowerJames Allen "Jim" Hightower is an American syndicated columnist, activist and author.-Life and career:Born in Denison, Texas, Hightower came from a working class background. He worked his way through college as assistant general manager of the Denton Chamber of Commerce and later landed a spot as...
(ABC, UBN/IE America, still provides syndicated radio commentaries) - Hal Ginsberg (KRXA, Monterey, CA)
- Rob Kall (WNJC Metro Philadelphia, S. NJ, publisher OpEdNewsOpEdNewsOpEdNews is a United States-based progressive/liberal news, activism, and opinion website founded in 2003. The site claims 350 to 800,000 unique visitors, around 70 million hits every month, having over 44,000 registered members...
) - Charles Karel (Bouley|Karel, KRXA, Monterey, CA)
- Scott Dick (KRXA, Monterey, CA)
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Ring of Fire - formerly of Air America Radio)
- Yoav KutnerYoav KutnerYoav Kutner , is an acclaimed Israeli music editor, TV and radio presenter, who has significantly promoted performers ranging from Mashina to Radiohead. The 'Little Man from the Radio', is rather, a passionate hero calling for the love of new music.-Life:Yoav Kutner was born in Jerusalem, Israel on...
(Tel Aviv Radio) - Bob Kincaid (Head On Radio Network)
- LionelLionel (radio)Michael William Lebron , popularly known as Lionel, is an American nationally syndicated radio talk show host. Beginning May 2007, he hosted a daily three-hour radio talk show on Air America Radio. Lionel was a consistent performer for Air America and drew weekly audiences of around 1.5 million...
(formerly of Air America Radio) - Mike MalloyMike MalloyMichael Dennis Malloy is an American radio broadcaster from Atlanta, Georgia. Previously his show has been carried by WSB Atlanta, WLS Chicago, the I.E. America Radio Network, the Air America Radio network, Nova M Radio and the On Second Thought network. He is now self-syndicated...
(Self Syndicated, formerly with Air America & IE America) - David SirotaDavid SirotaDavid J. Sirota is a progressive Denver-based American political figure, radio show host and commentator. He is an author, book reviewer, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, a Democratic political strategist, political operative, Democratic spokesperson, and blogger...
(KKZNKKZNKKZN is a progressive talk radio station licensed to Thornton, Colorado that serves the Denver-Boulder, Colorado market. Known as "Colorado's Progressive Talk", the station carries a number of shows from Dial Global, Premiere Radio Networks, and CBS Radio Networks. These hosts include Thom...
, Denver, CO) - Mario Solis-Marich (KKZNKKZNKKZN is a progressive talk radio station licensed to Thornton, Colorado that serves the Denver-Boulder, Colorado market. Known as "Colorado's Progressive Talk", the station carries a number of shows from Dial Global, Premiere Radio Networks, and CBS Radio Networks. These hosts include Thom...
, Denver, CO) - Leslie MarshallLeslie MarshallLeslie Marshall has been a liberal radio talk host since 1988 and a commentator on national television since 2001. Leslie became the youngest person ever to be nationally syndicated on radio when she replaced Tom Snyder on the ABC Satellite Radio Network in 1992...
(WWKBWWKBWWKB is an AM radio station in Buffalo, New York that operates on a frequency of 1520 kHz. It is owned and operated by Entercom Communications. The station carries a progressive talk radio format. Declaring itself as A New Voice, A New Choice, The Voice of the New Majority; WWKB carries a number...
, Buffalo NY, KKZNKKZNKKZN is a progressive talk radio station licensed to Thornton, Colorado that serves the Denver-Boulder, Colorado market. Known as "Colorado's Progressive Talk", the station carries a number of shows from Dial Global, Premiere Radio Networks, and CBS Radio Networks. These hosts include Thom...
, Denver, CO) - Stephanie MillerStephanie MillerStephanie Catherine Miller is an American comedienne and host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a progressive talk radio program produced in Los Angeles and syndicated nationally by Dial Global. Talkers magazine ranked her as the 24th most important radio talk show host in America for 2010.-Early...
(Dial GlobalDial GlobalDial Global is a radio syndication company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Triton Media Group and is a sister company to Townsquare Media, both of which are owned by Oaktree Capital Management....
) - Mike Newcomb (RadioLinx)
- David PakmanDavid PakmanDavid Pakman is a radio and television host, best known as the host of the nationally syndicated political talk radio and TV program "The David Pakman Show".-Education:...
- The David Pakman Show (Self-syndicated) - Mike PapantonioMike PapantonioJames Michael Papantonio , popularly known as Mike Papantonio, is an American attorney and radio talk show host. A prominent trial lawyer, he co-hosts Ring of Fire, a nationally-syndicated weekly radio program, with Robert F...
(Ring of Fire - formerly w/Air America Radio) - Bill PressBill PressWilliam "Bill" Press is a US talk radio host, political commentator and author.-Career:Press has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Niagara University and Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He started his broadcasting career in Los Angeles for TV stations KABC-TV and...
(Dial Global – previously with Jones Radio Networks) - Dezert Owl (www.TheREALPublicRadio.Net)
- Lee Rayburn (WXXM, Madison, WI)
- Randi RhodesRandi RhodesRandi Rhodes is an American progressive talk radio personality, formerly featured on Air America Radio and Nova M Radio and now on Premiere Radio Networks. Her eponymous program, The Randi Rhodes Show, airs live Monday through Friday from 3 pm to 6 pm Eastern Time.-Early life:Rhodes was born in...
(Premiere Radio NetworksPremiere Radio NetworksPremiere Networks is an American radio network. It is the largest syndication company in the United States based on popularity of programming...
) - Lynn SamuelsLynn SamuelsLynn Margaret Samuels is an American radio personality based in New York City who currently hosts a weekend talk show on Sirius XM Stars channel 107.-External links:****...
(Sirius Satellite Radio) - Nicole Sandler (Former morning host with WINZWINZWINZ may refer to:* WINZ , a radio station in Miami, Florida* WMGE, an FM radio station in Miami, Florida, formerly known as WINZ-FM* Work and Income New Zealand , a forerunner of the Ministry of Social Development...
, Miami, FL, now webcasting from www.radioornot.com) - Jeff Santos RevolutionBoston.com, WWZNWWZNWWZN is an AM radio station licensed to serve the Boston media market. Its programming is a time-brokered mix between progressive talk radio during the daytime , sports talk and religious programming in the overnight hours...
Boston, formerly with WXKS (AM) Boston - Ed SchultzEd SchultzEdward Andrew "Ed" Schultz Is an American television and radio host and a liberal political commentator . He is the host of The Ed Show, a daily news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global, promising "straight talk."-Early...
(MSNBC - Dial Global) - Ed "Flash" Ferenc (Host of "America's Workforce" on WEREWEREWERE — branded News/Talk 1490 WERE-AM — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland Heights, Ohio broadcasting a news/talk format. The station is owned by Radio One, and has studios at 2510 St. Clair Avenue, while the transmitter is along Euclid Avenue near East 118th Street, adjacent to...
in Cleveland) - Harry ShearerHarry ShearerHarry Julius Shearer is an American actor, comedian, writer, voice artist, musician, author, radio host and director. He is known for his long-running role on The Simpsons, his work on Saturday Night Live, the comedy band Spinal Tap and his radio program Le Show...
(National Public Radio) - Michelangelo SignorileMichelangelo SignorileMichelangelo Signorile is a gay American writer, a national talk radio host whose program is aired each weekday across the United States and Canada. He is a political liberal, and covers a wide variety of political and cultural issues...
(Sirius Satellite Radio) - Ray TaliaferroRay TaliaferroRafael "Ray" Taliaferro is an American radio host and liberal political commentator. His early-morning talk show, simply called The Early Show, airs on KGO News Talk 810 in the San Francisco Bay Area.-Broadcast career:...
(KGOKGO (AM)KGO is a news/talk-format radio station radio with offices and studios in San Francisco, California. Unlike most other American news/talk stations, KGO originates nearly all of its own programming locally. Since 1978, KGO radio has received Arbitron's number-one ranking in the Bay Area...
, San Francisco, CA) - Mark ThompsonMark ThompsonMark John Thompson is Director-General of the BBC, a post he has held since 2004, and a former chief executive of Channel 4...
(Sirius Satellite Radio) - Tony Trupiano (Syndicated Solutions Radio Network, formerly with IE America)
- Cenk UygurCenk UygurCenk Kadir Uygur , is the main host and co-founder of the liberal Internet and talk radio show, The Young Turks . A naturalized U.S. citizen, Uygur was born in Turkey and raised from age eight in the United States. He worked as an attorney in Washington D.C. and New York before beginning his career...
, ((The Young Turks) w Ana Kasparian, Dave Koller and guest host Ben Mankiewicz) - Bree WalkerBree WalkerBree Walker is a radio talk show host, actress, and disability-rights activist, who gained fame as the first on-air American television network news anchor with ectrodactyly. Walker worked as a news anchor and/or reporter in San Diego, New York City, and Los Angeles.Walker was born in Oakland,...
(KTLK), Los Angeles, CA) - Bernie WardBernie WardBernie Ward is a former American radio personality. Formerly a radio talk show host with KGO 810 AM in San Francisco, California, Ward is now serving a seven-year prison sentence for the online distribution of child pornography...
(KGO, San Francisco, CA) - Peter WerbePeter WerbePeter Werbe is a radio talk show host and political activist. He hosts Nightcall Sunday nights on Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM. Werbe's tenure, having commenced in 1970, makes him one of the longest broadcasting talk show hosts in radio history.-Nightcall:...
(WRIF, formerly with IE America, Detroit, MI) - Marc MaronMarc MaronMarc Maron is an American stand-up comedian and podcast host.He has been host of The Marc Maron Show, and co-host of both Morning Sedition, and Breakroom Live, all politically-oriented shows, produced under the auspices of Air America Media. He was also the host of Comedy Central's Short Attention...
(Former co-host of Morning Sedition, Breakroom Live, MaronVSeder and the Marc Maron Show on Air America, - Sam SederSam SederSamuel Lincoln "Sam" Seder is a comedian, writer, actor, film director, television producer-director, and talk radio host...
(formerly with Air America Radio as co-host of Majority Report, Sam Seder Show, MaronVSeder & Breakroom Live now podcas - Joe Cleveland (WABQWABQWABQ — branded Talk 1460 — is a commercial progressive talk radio station licensed to Painesville, Ohio. Part of the Cleveland radio market, WABQ primarily serves the eastern half of Cuyahoga County, and the bulk of Lake County, as the reach of the station's transmitter is relatively...
1460 Host - "The Eastside Morning Drive" - Cleveland, OhioCleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
) - Al SharptonAl SharptonAlfred Charles "Al" Sharpton, Jr. is an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and television/radio talk show host. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election...
(Host - Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton & Host of "PoliticsNation" on msnbcMSNBCMSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada... - Zack Reed (Host - "The Forum" on WTAMWTAMWTAM — branded Newsradio WTAM 1100 — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station broadcasts primarily a news/talk format...
in Cleveland)
Past
- Rachel MaddowRachel MaddowRachel Anne Maddow is an American television host and political commentator. Maddow hosts a nightly television show, The Rachel Maddow Show, on MSNBC. Her syndicated talk radio program, The Rachel Maddow Show, aired on Air America Radio...
(MSNBC - formerly of Air America Radio) - Janeane GarofaloJaneane GarofaloJaneane Garofalo is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist and writer. She is the former co-host on the now defunct Air America Radio's The Majority Report. Garofalo continues to circulate regularly within New York City's local comedy and performance art scene.-Early...
(former co-host of Majority Report on Air America) - Jay MarvinJay MarvinJay Marvin is an American liberal radio talk show host and writer.Marvin began his radio career in 1971 as a country music DJ at KWMC in Del Rio, Texas. After that he worked at various stations including WWOD Lynchburg, Virginia, K102 FM El Paso, Texas, WJEZ and WJJD Chicago, Illinois, and KKAT...
(retired from KKZN, Denver, CO) - Steve AllenSteve AllenSteve Allen may refer to:*Steve Allen , American musician, comedian, and writer*Steve Allen , presenter on the London-based talk radio station LBC 97.3...
(deceased) - Alan BergAlan BergAlan Berg was a Jewish American attorney and Denver, Colorado talk radio show host. Berg was notable for his largely liberal, outspoken viewpoints and confrontational interview style....
(deceased) - Bruce Burch
- Jack Cole a.k.a. "Inquisitor General" (deceased)
- Al FrankenAl FrankenAlan Stuart "Al" Franken is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party....
- Michael JacksonMichael Jackson (radio commentator)Michael Jackson is an American talk radio host based in the Los Angeles, California area. Jackson is best known for his radio show which covered arts, politics, and human interest subjects, particularly in the Los Angeles and greater Southern California area in the era before "shock jocks." His...
- Jerry SpringerJerry SpringerGerald Norman "Jerry" Springer is a British-born American television presenter, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991...
- Mike Webb (deceased)
- Nancy Skinner (Show currently in hiatus)
- Stacy Taylor
- Peter B. CollinsPeter B. CollinsPeter B. Collins is an American talk radio host, voiceover talent, entrepreneur, and media consultant based near San Francisco, California. Until March 20, 2009, he hosted The Peter B...
- Neil RogersNeil RogersNeil Rogers was an American talk radio personality. Until his retirement on June 22, 2009, "The Neil Rogers Show" aired weekdays from 10am-2pm on 560 WQAM. It was consistently the top rated show in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale media market and had been since his Miami debut in 1976...
(deceased) - Mark Riley (former host of Morning Sedition & Mark Riley Show on Air America)
- Lizz Brown (WGNU Radio St. Louis)
- Joe FinanJoe FinanJoseph Albert Finan was an American radio show host, Finan was born in 1927 in Butler, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Navy 1944-45 and attended Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
(Deceased, WARFWarfWarf or WARF may refer to:* WARF, a radio station in Akron, Ohio, USA* Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, technology transfer office of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA* Warf, an artificial dwelling hill...
"Radio Free Ohio" in Cleveland & Akron, OhioAkron, OhioAkron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
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