Grant, Bob

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<td class="">Robert Ciro Gigante

March 14, 1929 (age 82)</td>

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Bob Grant (born March 14, 1929), is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> radio host whose real name is Robert Ciro Gigante. A veteran of broadcasting in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, Grant is considered a pioneer of the "conservative" and "confrontational" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">talk radio format</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-0">[1]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-1">[2]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-2">[3]</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#Career">1 Career</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#Early_work">1.1 Early work</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#Return_to_WOR.281996.E2.80.932006.29">1.5 Return to WOR (1996–2006)</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#Return_to_WABC">1.6 Return to WABC</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#Internet_broadcasting">1.7 Internet broadcasting</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#Third_Stint_at_WABC_and_BobGrantOnline.com">1.8 Third Stint at WABC and BobGrantOnline.com</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#Controversial_statements_about_race">2 Controversial statements about race</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#Characteristics_of_Grant.27s_radio_shows">3 Characteristics of Grant's radio shows</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#Influences_and_legacy">4 Influences and legacy</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#Profiles">7.1 Profiles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#News_articles">7.2 News articles</a></li>

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<h2>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>] Career</h2>

<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early work">edit</a>] Early work</h3>

Grant graduated from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign" title="University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign" class="mw-redirect">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a> with a degree in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism" title="Journalism">journalism</a>. He began working in radio in the 1940s at the news department at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBBM%28AM%29" title="WBBM (AM)">WBBM (AM)</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, as a radio personality and television talk show host at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNX%28AM%29" title="KNX (AM)">KNX (AM)</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, and as an actor. He later became sports director at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KABC%28AM%29" title="KABC (AM)">KABC (AM)</a> in Los Angeles, where after some substitute appearances he inherited the talk show of early controversialist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pyne" title="Joe Pyne">Joe Pyne</a> in 1964 and began to build a following. Grant hosted three shows on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KABC%28AM%29" title="KABC (AM)">KABC (AM)</a> in 1964 titled, "Open Line," "Night Line," and "Sunday Line."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-3">[4]</a>

Grant came to New York in 1970, where he hosted a talk show on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMCA" title="WMCA">WMCA</a> as the "house <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative" title="Conservative" class="mw-redirect">conservative</a>", distinctively out of fashion with both the times and with some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture" title="Counterculture">countercultural</a> WMCA personalities, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Bennett%28broadcaster%29" title="Alex Bennett (broadcaster)">Alex Bennett</a>. His offbeat but combative style (along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine" title="Fairness Doctrine">Fairness Doctrine</a> requirements of the era) won him seven years on WMCA, with a growing and loyal audience. His sign off for many years was "Get Gaddafi" which meant remove Muammar al-Gaddafi, the dictator of Libya, whose anti-Israeli stance was in opposition to Grant's Pro Israeli feelings. On March 8, 1973, Grant had scheduled New York Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal, who was leading a boycott of meat. Grant later learned that Rosenthal would not appear on his show, and in a discussion with a caller, Grant referred to Rosenthal as a "coward." Rosenthal then filed a complaint with the F.C.C., and the issue went all the way up to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit</a> in Straus Communications v. Federal Communications Commission, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, January 16, 1976, Wright, J.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-4">[5]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-5">[6]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-6">[7]</a> One of Grant's most memorable regular callers was Ms. Trivia, who aired her "Beef of the Week", a series of seemingly trivial complaints. Ms. Trivia was Grant's guest at a Halloween Festival dinner held at Lauritano's Restaurant in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx" title="Bronx" class="mw-redirect">Bronx</a>, where a young Ms. Trivia, not long out of her teens, revealed herself for the first time to a startled radio audience, many who had expected and assumed, based upon her articulation and intonation, that she would be an elderly, prudish woman. Instead, a statuesque and fashionable Ms. Trivia, wearing an elaborate Victorian costume, was the surprise guest seated next to Grant at the dias table along with several political figures from New York. The following day the majority of calls to the show were for the purpose of obtaining information about the mysterious Mm. Trivia, with Grant in his typical manner finally in exasperation hanging up on the callers, shouting, "THIS IS NOT Mm. TRIVIA'S SHOW!"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-7">[8]</a> A liguistic "hoax" trivia question originated on Grant's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMCA" title="WMCA">WMCA</a> show in 1975, "There are three words in the English language that end in -gry. Two of them are angry and hungry . What is the third?"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-8">[9]</a> While at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMCA" title="WMCA">WMCA</a>, Grant attracted attention in 1975 from a commentary he recorded titled, "How Long Will You Stand Aside."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-9">[10]</a> Grant also released an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_record" title="LP record">LP record</a> in 1977 titled, "Let's Be Heard," which was a recording of a speech Grant gave before a synagogue in New York. Grant left <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMCA" title="WMCA">WMCA</a> in 1977.

In 1979, radio host <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Farber" title="Barry Farber">Barry Farber</a>, fought with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMCA" title="WMCA">WMCA</a> station manager Ellen Straus to rehire Grant. Farber broadcasted during the 4-7 P.M. weekday timeslot on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMCA" title="WMCA">WMCA</a>. When asked by Straus at a meeting if Farber was willing to give up his airtime for Grant, Farber replied, "Yes he can have my time. I'd rather he have my time than no time at all."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-10">[11]</a> While away from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMCA" title="WMCA">WMCA</a>, Grant went up the dial to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York">New York</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOR%28AM%29" title="WOR (AM)">WOR (AM)</a> for a time, where he was fired for controversial remarks. Grant describes the remarks that got him fired from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOR" title="WOR">WOR</a>:

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<td valign="top" style=" padding: 4px 10px;">I had done my nightly show on WOR and a caller phoned in to the show saying he was upset with a woman who was blaming the police for what happened to her sons. I had read the story the man was referring to and noted that the woman, who was very angry with the police, was the public relations director or community relations director of WCBS newsradio. I stupidly asked the caller if he knew how she got that job. The caller said he didn’t know and I promptly and arrogantly said, “I will tell you how. She passed the gynecological and pigmentation test — that’s how!” Not only did that turn off Roger Ailes, but WOR was forced to fire me even though I had given the radio giant the biggest overnight ratings they ever had.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-11">[12]</a></td>

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After being fired from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOR" title="WOR">WOR</a>, Grant worked at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWDB" title="WWDB">WWDB</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>. Grant had gone back to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMCA" title="WMCA">WMCA</a> after working at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWDB" title="WWDB">WWDB</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>. It was reported upon Grant's departure that his ratings had slipped to number 23 out of 39 shows during the 4-7 P.M. weekday timeslot.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-12">[13]</a>

In 1984, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WABC_%28AM%29" title="WABC (AM)">WABC (AM)</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> hired Grant to join their new talk station. The Bob Grant Show consistently dominated the ratings in the highly competitive afternoon <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_time" title="Drive time">drive time</a> slot in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and at one point the radio station aired recorded promos announcing him as "America's most listened to talk radio personality." The gravel-voiced Grant reminded listeners during the daily introduction that the "program was unscripted and unrehearsed".

Grant's long stay at WABC ended when he was fired for a remark about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Croatia_USAF_CT-43_crash" title="1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash">April 3, 1996 airplane crash</a> involving <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">Commerce Secretary</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Brown%28U.S.politician%29" title="Ron Brown (U.S. politician)">Ron Brown</a>. Grant remarked to caller named, Carl of Oyster Bay, who was actually Carl Limbacher, "My hunch is Brown is the one survivor. I just have that hunch. Maybe it's because at heart I'm a pessimist." When Brown was found dead, Grant's comments were widely criticized, and several weeks later, after a media campaign, his contract was terminated.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-13">[14]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-14">[15]</a>

<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant%28radio%29&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Return to WOR (1996–2006)">edit</a>] Return to WOR (1996–2006)</h3>

After being fired, Grant moved down the dial to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOR%28AM%29" title="WOR (AM)">WOR</a> to host the same show in the same time slot. In the late 1990s, his show went into national syndication, but few stations picked it up and it reverted to a local show.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Grant would occasionally criticize his WABC replacement <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Hannity" title="Sean Hannity">Sean Hannity</a>, who had defeated Grant in the ratings from 2001–2006.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-15">[16]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-16">[17]</a>

Grant's WOR run ended on January 13, 2006. Grant's ratings were not to blame for his departure, according to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a>, which mentioned that the decision was reached because the station's other shows had niche audiences to garner more advertising dollars.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-17">[18]</a> On January 16, 2006, shortly after Grant's last WOR show, Grant appeared on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Hannity" title="Sean Hannity">Sean Hannity</a>'s radio show and TV program <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannity%26_Colmes" title="Hannity & Colmes">Hannity & Colmes</a>, where his former competitor paid tribute to him. Having left his options open for "an offer he cannot refuse," Grant returned to WOR in February 2006, doing one minute "Straight Ahead" commentaries which aired twice daily after news broadcasts until September 2006. On September 8, 2006 Grant again appeared on Hannity's show to provide a post-retirement update, which led to premature rumors that Grant was returning to WABC.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-18">[19]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-19">[20]</a> Grant then made various isolated radio appearances. He appeared as a guest host on WFNY (now <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXRK" title="WXRK">WXRK</a>) on December 7, 2006, and was interviewed by attorney Anthony Macri for Macri's WOR show on February 24, 2007.

<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Return to WABC">edit</a>] Return to WABC</h3>

His guest appearances became more frequent beginning in July 2007. On July 7, 2007, he guest hosted for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Gambling" title="John R. Gambling">John R. Gambling</a>, and appeared on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Levin" title="Mark Levin">Mark Levin</a>'s show (which is networked from WABC) on July 10. Grant, guest hosted for Jerry Agar on July 9, 10, 11 and re-appeared as a fill-in host again for John Gambling on August 20 and 21. Then, on August 22, while appearing on Hannity's show, he announced that he was returning as a regular host to WABC, in the 8–10 PM slot that at the time was filled by Agar. It would later be revealed, on what was Agar's final show a few hours later, that he would be starting effective immediately, as Grant took over the final segments of the show. His first full show on ABC since 1996 was on August 23. The story of Grant's return, as reported by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News" class="mw-redirect">New York Daily News</a>, had been discovered only a couple of hours before Grant's official announcement.

Grant's stint lasted less than a year and a half, until his regular nightly show was pulled by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WABC%28AM%29" title="WABC (AM)">WABC</a> in late November 2008 as part of a programming shuffle stemming from the debut of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Sliwa" title="Curtis Sliwa">Curtis Sliwa</a>'s national show, and later <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Levin" title="Mark Levin">Mark Levin</a>'s show expanding to three hours, leaving no room for Grant.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-nydn112508-20">[21]</a> Grant did his most recent AM radio work as guest host filling in for Michael Savage on January 21, 2009, Mark Levin on March 23, 2009, and Sean Hannity on July 31, 2009.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-nydn112508-20">[21]</a>

<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Internet broadcasting">edit</a>] Internet broadcasting</h3>

During the week of July 6, 2009 Grant began hosting an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_radio" title="Internet radio">Internet radio</a> show titled Straight Ahead! which originally ran Monday through Friday from 8 to 9 a.m. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_time" title="Eastern time" class="mw-redirect">Eastern time</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UBATV.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="UBATV.com (page does not exist)">UBATV.com</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-21">[22]</a> As a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcast" title="Webcast">webcast</a>, the show differed from Grant's radio shows, in that the viewer watched Grant as he did his broadcast. The first two months of Straight Ahead! were from inside Grant's home, and were run with technical assistance from independent filmmaker Ryan O'Leary.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-22">[23]</a> New York radio personalities <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bey" title="Richard Bey">Richard Bey</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Diamond" title="Jay Diamond">Jay Diamond</a> were also brought on board to broadcast their own one hour shows. Grant mentioned that he did not get paid to do the UBATV show, but believes that Internet broadcasting is the future.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-23">[24]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-24">[25]</a>

Beginning in September 2009, Grant reduced Straight Ahead! from five days a week down to two (Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_time" title="Eastern time" class="mw-redirect">Eastern time</a>). Grant also moved the show from his home to a professional studio. Due to a low number of callers to the show, Grant usually interviewed only guests for the hour. On January 13, 2010, Grant did his last UBATV show. Grant's last UBATV show and his last WOR show both fell on the date of January 13.

<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Third Stint at WABC and BobGrantOnline.com">edit</a>] Third Stint at WABC and BobGrantOnline.com</h3>

On September 13, 2009, Grant returned to WABC for a third stint at the station, doing a weekly Sunday talk show from 12pm to 2pm. Grant's return to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM broadcasting</a> has allowed him to continue interacting with his fan base through greater listenership and participation than his previous internet radio show provided. At the close of his first show, he expressly thanked the management of the station for "inviting him back" and said he looked forward to continuing this joint venture every week for the foreseeable future.

Grant also prepares weekly columns for his website, <a href="http://www.bobgrantonline.com" class="external text" rel="nofollow">www.BobGrantOnline.com</a>. The site was originally sponsored by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsMax" title="NewsMax" class="mw-redirect">NewsMax</a>.

<h2>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Controversial statements about race">edit</a>] Controversial statements about race</h2>

Over the years, Grant has made a number of statements on his shows that critics have described as racist. For example, he was quoted in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsday" title="Newsday">Newsday</a> of June 2, 1992, as saying "Minorities are the Big Apple's majority, you don't need the papers to tell you that, walk around and you know it. To me, that's a bad thing. I'm a white person." In his book, Grant defended this statement by writing that he did not intend to put down other races, but only intended to express that "no one likes to be in the minority," and that America can only survive by retaining its "humane, west European culture." Thus, he supports ending <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilingualism" title="Bilingualism" class="mw-redirect">bilingualism</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism" title="Multiculturalism">multiculturalism</a>, two policies of which he has been highly critical.

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Grant's political philosophy generally followed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_conservatism" title="American conservatism" class="mw-redirect">American conservatism</a>, but with some lurches into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism" title="Populism">populism</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism" title="Libertarianism">libertarianism</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy theory</a>, and unorthodoxy (such as being <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-choice" title="Pro-choice" class="mw-redirect">pro-choice</a> and anti-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Desecration_Amendment" title="Flag Desecration Amendment">Flag Desecration Amendment</a>). Grant was known for using a number of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchphrase" title="Catchphrase">catchphrases</a> on his show, such as "You're a fake, a phony, and a fraud!", "Straight ahead", "Get off my phone!", "Anything and everything is grist for our ever-grinding mill", and his closing line, "Your influence counts. Use it." His opening line was used as the title of his 1996 book, Let's Be Heard, a title representing an abbreviated version of his original opener, "And let's be heard! Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome to another hour of the free and open exchange of ideas and opinions in the belief that as American citizens you have the right to hear, and to be heard." Before his daily monologue, Grant would ask the rhetorical question, "And what's on your mind today, hmmm?", and would sometimes call women "chickie-poos". During his second stint at WOR, Grant often closed his show with the phrase, "Somebody's got to say these things, it has to be me!" As a resident of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalapan,_New_Jersey" title="Manalapan, New Jersey" class="mw-redirect">Manalapan, New Jersey</a> in the late-1990s, he considered running for statewide office, but eventually decided against it.

Grant occasionally made on-air reference to an ethereal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Portinari" title="Beatrice Portinari">Beatrice</a>-like presence à la <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri" title="Dante Alighieri">Dante</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy#Paradiso" title="The Divine Comedy" class="mw-redirect">Paradiso</a> section in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy" title="The Divine Comedy" class="mw-redirect">The Divine Comedy</a>, "The Lady Josephine", to whom he constantly paid obeisance. His son, Jeff Grant, a traffic reporter with a different station, would call in occasionally. Grant made frequent references to the REO Diner in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbridge,_New_Jersey" title="Woodbridge, New Jersey">Woodbridge, New Jersey</a>, his regular haunt.

When once asked by the caller George the Atheist whether he believed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>, Grant replied, "What if I tell you, George, that sometimes I do and sometimes I don't?" On his July 21, 2005 broadcast, Grant, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptized</a> and raised <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic" title="Roman Catholic" class="mw-redirect">Roman Catholic</a>, unequivocally stated to the same caller his opinion on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Coming" title="Second Coming" class="mw-redirect">Second Coming</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>: "He's not coming back. Look, I don't believe he's coming back. I think that's a myth and I say it. I don't trumpet it but if a person asks — and you know one thing for sure, I've been deadly honest, dead-on honest all the time I've been on the air talking to people and they ask me questions or they make a comment that elicits a response, they are going to get an honest response. It may always not be 'correct' but it's honest."

On October 15, 2008, Grant said "Did you notice <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Obama</a> is not content with just having several American flags, plain old American flags with the 50 states represented by 50 stars? He has the 'O' flag. [...] He had the flag painted over, and the 'O' for Obama. Now,...these things are symptomatic of a person who would like to be a potentate — a dictator." The "O" flag to which Grant referred was, in fact, the state flag of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>.

Grant distinguished himself from other conservative talk show hosts by calling for Obama to release his long form birth certificate, prior to Obama releasing it.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-25">[26]</a>

Although Grant is generally known as being a conservative, he has been a critic of hard-lined conservative advocates in primary races, including the Tea Party movement's candidates. This has been a frequent debate topic between Grant and his callers over the past few years. During the fall election of 2010, Grant criticized candidates, such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_O%27Donnell" title="Christine O'Donnell">Christine O'Donnell</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul">Rand Paul</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharron_Angle" title="Sharron Angle">Sharron Angle</a>. Grant endorsed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Crist" title="Charlie Crist">Charlie Crist</a> over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a> on a July 10, 2010 broadcast for the Florida senate primary. On a May 8, 2011 broadcast, Grant informed his audience that he supported the moderate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman,_Jr." title="Jon Huntsman, Jr.">Jon Huntsman, Jr.</a> for the Republican nomination for president. Grant stated on his radio show on September 4, 2011 that he could never vote for hard-lined conservative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a> in a primary race.

<h2>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Influences and legacy">edit</a>] Influences and legacy</h2>

Being largely the innovator of his own particular talk radio style, Grant previously worked with the likes of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Gray" title="Barry Gray">Barry Gray</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pyne" title="Joe Pyne">Joe Pyne</a>. Pyne would often end each broadcast with "Straight Ahead" which is something Grant picked up, leading many to believe that Grant was the first host to frequently use that line.

Over the years, national radio talk personality <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stern" title="Howard Stern">Howard Stern</a> has made differing remarks on his admiration for Grant as an early influence. Upon Stern's arrival in New York, he cited Grant as an influence,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-26">[27]</a> but as Stern's stardom rose, Grant became the subject of ridicule on Stern's show. During Stern's prime, he denied being influenced by Grant or having respect for him.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-koam.com-27">[28]</a> Stern has also frequently criticized Grant for changing his act to appease management.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-koam.com-27">[28]</a> Grant told Paul D. Colford, author of the 1996 Stern bio, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard_Stern:King_of_All_Media&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Howard Stern: King of All Media (page does not exist)">Howard Stern: King of All Media</a>, about being approached at a public appearance by Ben Stern, Howard's father, with a teenage Howard in tow. Father introduced son to Grant and told him of Howard's desire to go into radio. "I looked at this big, gawky kid and I said to him, 'Just be yourself,'" Grant recalled. Stern has denied Grant's version of the story.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-koam.com-27">[28]</a> Soon after Grant's firing from WABC, and before his first WOR show, Grant appeared as a call-in guest on Stern's radio show. In more recent years, Stern began to praise Grant's legacy,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-28">[29]</a> and called in on his last WOR show in 2006.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-29">[30]</a>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Beck" title="Glenn Beck">Glenn Beck</a> now uses the catchphrase "Get off my phone!" as a spinoff of Grant's earlier call-in talk show style, as do <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scharpling" title="Tom Scharpling">Tom Scharpling</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Levin" title="Mark Levin">Mark Levin</a>; similarly, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Hannity" title="Sean Hannity">Sean Hannity</a> often uses Grant's phrase "Straight ahead."

In 2002, industry magazine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkers_magazine" title="Talkers magazine" class="mw-redirect">Talkers</a> ranked Grant as the 16th greatest radio talk show host of all time.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-30">[31]</a>

On March 28, 2007 Bob Grant was nominated for induction into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Radio_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Radio Hall of Fame">National Radio Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-31">[32]</a>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%26_Records" title="Radio & Records">Radio & Records</a> had planned to issue a Lifetime Achievement Award to Grant during its annual convention in March 2008; however, the award was revoked in January 2008 for "past comments by him that contradict our values and the respect we have for all members of our community."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_note-32">[33]</a> Several talk radio hosts have spoken out against the decision; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Boortz" title="Neal Boortz">Neal Boortz</a> has stated:

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<td valign="top" style=" padding: 4px 10px;">I usually try not to miss the Radio & Records talk radio convention... Not this year. Maybe never again. R&R has succumbed to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness" title="Political correctness">political correctness</a>... I don't call for boycotts. But I do think it would be wonderful to see talk show hosts refuse to appear at this convention... What we have seen here in this revocation of the award to Bob Grant is simple pandering to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness" title="Political correctness">political correctness</a>. Nothing more, nothing less.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-33">[34]</a></td>

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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Hannity" title="Sean Hannity">Sean Hannity</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opie_and_Anthony" title="Opie and Anthony">Opie and Anthony</a>, Comedian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Norton%28comedian%29" title="Jim Norton (comedian)">Jim Norton</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Larson" title="Lars Larson">Lars Larson</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh">Rush Limbaugh</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Levin" title="Mark Levin">Mark Levin</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel%28radio%29" title="Lionel (radio)" class="mw-redirect">Lionel</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stern" title="Howard Stern">Howard Stern</a> opposed the move as well, with Levin stating "I am disgusted with the mistreatment of Bob Grant. I am fed up with the censors, intimidators, and cowards in this business."[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Quotations#How_to_use_quotations" title="Wikipedia:Quotations">cite this quote</a>] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Imus" title="Don Imus">Don Imus</a> deemed the award unimportant (confusing the award with one he earned from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkers_magazine" title="Talkers magazine" class="mw-redirect">Talkers magazine</a>), offered to return awards he had received after treating them to his sledgehammer and block of wood, and called Grant's comments "stupid", although he also referred to Grant as a "legendary broadcaster."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_note-34">[35]</a>

<h2>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sources">edit</a>] Sources</h2>

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<li>Colford, Paul D. (1997). Howard Stern: King of All Media. New York: St. Martins Press. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0312962215" title="Special:BookSources/0312962215">0312962215</a>.</li>

<li>Grant, Bob (1996). Let's Be Heard. New York: Pocket Books. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0671537210" title="Special:BookSources/0671537210">0671537210</a>.</li>

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<h2>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>] References</h2>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-0">^</a> <a href="http://www.talkers.com/greatest/16rGrant.htm" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Talkers Magazine Online</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-1">^</a> <a href="http://www.radiohof.org/2004_nominees.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">National Radio Hall of Fame & Museum</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_ref-2">^</a> <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/08/23/2007-08-23_wabc_welcomes_back_bob_grant-2.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"WABC welcomes back Bob Grant"</a>. New York: Nydailynews.com. August 24, 2007. Retrieved July 29, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-3">^</a> <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=AUUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=billboard+and+bob+grant+radio&source=bl&ots=swEP6WiwlA&sig=xMiwRohKpc7obOFtT1LvLCZvxwo&hl=en&ei=rUsATJLiMcT48Ab9vN36DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CDEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=billboard%20and%20bob%20grant%20radio&f=false" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=AUUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=billboard+and+bob+grant+radio&source=bl&ots=swEP6WiwlA&sig=xMiwRohKpc7obOFtT1LvLCZvxwo&hl=en&ei=rUsATJLiMcT48Ab9vN36DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CDEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=billboard%20and%20bob%20grant%20radio&f=false</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-4">^</a> <a href="http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/530/530.F2d.1001.75--1084.75--1083.html" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/530/530.F2d.1001.75--1084.75--1083.html</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-5">^</a> <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=qQ21PkO2vTwC&pg=PA658&lpg=PA658&dq=BOB+GRANT+FCC+wmca&source=bl&ots=Q-ITaVCEPJ&sig=7PqMIfu_gzv7jb_Zd6AY3JRDKMI&hl=en&ei=bGD-TcSwJab20gH_5aXQAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=BOB%20GRANT%20FCC%20wmca&f=false" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=qQ21PkO2vTwC&pg=PA658&lpg=PA658&dq=BOB+GRANT+FCC+wmca&source=bl&ots=Q-ITaVCEPJ&sig=7PqMIfu_gzv7jb_Zd6AY3JRDKMI&hl=en&ei=bGD-TcSwJab20gH_5aXQAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=BOB%20GRANT%20FCC%20wmca&f=false</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-6">^</a> <a href="http://www.bobgrantonline.com/archive/post_rosenthal.cfm" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.bobgrantonline.com/archive/post_rosenthal.cfm</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-7">^</a> <a href="http://mmtriviabeefs.blogspot.com/" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://mmtriviabeefs.blogspot.com/</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-8">^</a> <a href="http://www.salon.com/weekly/verb960624.html" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.salon.com/weekly/verb960624.html</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-9">^</a> <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=MREEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=billboard+and+bob+grant+radio&source=bl&ots=m0ChwL3jXU&sig=6tYTvBu-bEWolZ9OgrTfxlybta4&hl=en&ei=rUsATJLiMcT48Ab9vN36DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBQ#v=snippet&q=%22bob%20grant%22&f=false" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=MREEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=billboard+and+bob+grant+radio&source=bl&ots=m0ChwL3jXU&sig=6tYTvBu-bEWolZ9OgrTfxlybta4&hl=en&ei=rUsATJLiMcT48Ab9vN36DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBQ#v=snippet&q=%22bob%20grant%22&f=false</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_ref-10">^</a> <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BuECAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=bob+grant+and+barry+farber&source=bl&ots=Us4rw0X9J&sig=CfTT3FXbd9e_xJFfytxiwBT2DIc&hl=en&ei=XE4ATI6ZCsH78Aa5zpX9DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBjg8#v=onepage&q=bob%20grant%20and%20barry%20farber&f=false" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=BuECAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=bob+grant+and+barry+farber&source=bl&ots=_Us4rw0X9J&sig=CfTT3FXbd9e_xJFfytxiwBT2DIc&hl=en&ei=XE4ATI6ZCsH78Aa5zpX9DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBjg8#v=onepage&q=bob%20grant%20and%20barry%20farber&f=false</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-11">^</a> <a href="http://www.bobgrantonline.com/archive/2011/blackballed.cfm" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.bobgrantonline.com/archive/2011/blackballed.cfm</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-12">^</a> <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=JCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=billboard+magazine+and+bob+grant+talk+radio&source=bl&ots=2LTayjRh1K&sig=neWqbUzXyTSWCnV9XzDaskYAWug&hl=en&ei=B00ATO3OI4OC8gbB-9XSDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=billboard%20magazine%20and%20bob%20grant%20talk%20radio&f=false" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=JCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=billboard+magazine+and+bob+grant+talk+radio&source=bl&ots=2LTayjRh1K&sig=neWqbUzXyTSWCnV9XzDaskYAWug&hl=en&ei=B00ATO3OI4OC8gbB-9XSDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=billboard%20magazine%20and%20bob%20grant%20talk%20radio&f=false</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-13"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-13">^</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times" title="New York Times" class="mw-redirect">New York Times</a>, April 18, 1996, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/18/nyregion/bob-grant-is-off-air-following-remarks-on-brown-s-death.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Bob Grant Is Off Air Following Remarks On Brown's Death</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-14"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_ref-14">^</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlterNet" title="AlterNet">AlterNet</a>, August 24, 2009, <a href="http://www.alternet.org/media/142149/as_if_limbaugh_and_beck_weren%27t_bad_enough,the_granddaddy_of_hate_radio_is_back_on_the_air/?page=2" class="external text" rel="nofollow">As If Limbaugh and Beck Weren't Bad Enough, the Granddaddy of Hate Radio Is Back on the Air</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-15"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-15">^</a> <a href="http://www.wjr.com/article.asp?id=145389" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.wjr.com/article.asp?id=145389</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-16"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-16">^</a> <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Bco44op7ArEC&pg=PA266&lpg=PA266&dq=sean+hannity+and+ratings+bob+grant&source=bl&ots=1EBrLqFKgd&sig=VOOFLNL6_d6NlZD901TEj1GoJ-U&hl=en&ei=eUFXTOSyIIP48Ab0pK2PBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CDgQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=sean%20hannity%20and%20ratings%20bob%20grant&f=false" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=Bco44op7ArEC&pg=PA266&lpg=PA266&dq=sean+hannity+and+ratings+bob+grant&source=bl&ots=1EBrLqFKgd&sig=VOOFLNL6_d6NlZD901TEj1GoJ-U&hl=en&ei=eUFXTOSyIIP48Ab0pK2PBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CDgQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=sean%20hannity%20and%20ratings%20bob%20grant&f=false</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-18"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-18">^</a> <a href="http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4482665-1.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"No Discussion At WABC About Rehiring Bob Grant | Media & Telecommunications > Information Services from"</a>. AllBusiness.com. Retrieved July 29, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-19"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-19">^</a> <a href="http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/14121/hannity-hints-grant-may-return-to-wabc-ny?ref=search" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Hannity Hints Grant May Return To WABC/NY"</a>. AllAccess.com. September 11, 2006. Retrieved July 29, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-nydn112508-20">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_ref-nydn112508_20-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_ref-nydn112508_20-1">b</a> David Hinckley (November 25, 2008). <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/11/25/2008-11-25_veteran_radio_host_bob_grant_booted_from.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Veteran radio host Bob Grant booted from nightly show on WABC"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News" class="mw-redirect">New York Daily News</a>.</li>

<li id="cite_note-21"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-21">^</a> <a href="http://www.ubatv.com" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"UBATV.com"</a>.</li>

<li id="cite_note-23"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-23">^</a> <a href="http://www.bobgrantonline.com/archive/post_internet.cfm" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Bob Grant to Be Heard On UBA-TV"</a>. Bobgrantonline.com. July 9, 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-24"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-24">^</a> <a href="http://www.bobgrantonline.com/archive/post_exit.cfm" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Exit, Laughing"</a>. Bobgrantonline.com. July 30, 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-25"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-25">^</a> <a href="http://www.bobgrantonline.com/archive/2011/caring.cfm" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.bobgrantonline.com/archive/2011/caring.cfm</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-26"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-26">^</a> <a href="http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/2005-12/msg00347.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Grant vs. Stern: animosity or respect?"</a>. Merit.edu. Retrieved July 29, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-koam.com-27">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_ref-koam.com_27-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant%28radio%29#cite_ref-koam.com_27-1">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-koam.com_27-2">c</a> <a href="http://www.koam.com/haven/howard_interv.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Here He Is"</a>. Koam.com. Retrieved July 29, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-28"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-28">^</a> Hinckley, David (August 24, 2010). <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/08/25/2010-08-25_stern_gives_ranking_bums_rush.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Howard Stern reacts to being ranked No. 2 by Talkers: 'There was no Rush Limbaugh til I came along'"</a>. Daily News (New York).</li>

<li id="cite_note-29"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-29">^</a> <a href="http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?d=1137387600" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Some secrets are out – The Howard Stern Show"</a>. Howardstern.com. January 16, 2006. Retrieved July 29, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-30"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-30">^</a> <a href="http://www.talkers.com/greatest/" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Talkers Magazine Online</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-31"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-31">^</a> <a href="http://www.museum.tv/rhofsection.php" class="external text" rel="nofollow">2008 RHOF Inductees</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-32"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-32">^</a> Rowland, Kara. <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080117/BUSINESS/760146677/1006" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Talk radio award revoked</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Times" title="Washington Times" class="mw-redirect">Washington Times</a>. January 17, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-33"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-33">^</a> Boortz, Neal. <a href="http://boortz.com/nuze/200801/01172008.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Nealz Nuze</a>. January 17, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-34"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_%28radio%29#cite_ref-34">^</a> Imus, Don. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imus_in_the_Morning" title="Imus in the Morning">Imus in the Morning</a>. January 19, 2008. Partial reaction here <a href="http://www.musicradio77.com/wwwboard/messages/331978.html" class="external autonumber" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>.</li>

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<h2>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>] External links</h2>

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<li><a href="http://www.bobgrantonline.com/" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Bob Grant Online</a> — official web page</li>

<li><a href="http://www.wabcradio.com/showdj.asp?DJID=51719" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Bob Grant Returns Home to WABC</a> — <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WABC_%28AM%29" title="WABC (AM)">WABC (AM)</a> official DJ page</li>

<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhVIUX9UDpw" class="external text" rel="nofollow">YouTube of Bob while at WABC</a></li>

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<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Profiles">edit</a>] Profiles</h3>

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<li><a href="http://radio.about.com/library/blprofiles/blpro-bobgrant.htm" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Bob Grant</a> — <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About.com" title="About.com">About.com</a></li>

<li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20040804113643/http://www.wor710.com/Programming/bobgrant/bobgrant.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">The Inventor of Controversial Talk Radio: Bob Grant</a> — archived <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOR_%28AM%29" title="WOR (AM)">WOR (AM)</a> biography page from 2004 on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WayBack_Machine" title="WayBack Machine" class="mw-redirect">WayBack Machine</a></li>

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<h3>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Grant_%28radio%29&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: News articles">edit</a>] News articles</h3>

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<li>Hinckley, David (August 22, 2007). <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/08/22/2007-08-22_bob_grant_returns_to_wabc-1.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Bob Grant returns to WABC"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News" class="mw-redirect">New York Daily News</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>).</li>

<li>Grant, Bob. Interview with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh">Rush Limbaugh</a>. <a href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_011808/content/01125112.guest.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Bob Grant: Talk Radio Legend</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rush_Limbaugh_Show" title="The Rush Limbaugh Show">The Rush Limbaugh Show</a>. January 18, 2008.</li>

<li>Maureen Nevin Duffy (April 27, 2008). <a href="http://asburyradio.com/radiosomewhere/radiosomewhere20080427.pdf" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Radio's Royalty"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbury_Park_Press" title="Asbury Park Press">Asbury Park Press</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbury_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Asbury Park, New Jersey">Asbury Park, New Jersey</a>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gannett" title="Gannett" class="mw-redirect">Gannett</a>). Archived from <a href="http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080427/ENT/804270313/1031" class="external text" rel="nofollow">the original</a> on April 27, 2008.</li>

<li>Hinckley, David (August 18, 2009). <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/08/19/2009-08-19_bob_grant_set_to_return_to_wabc_radio.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Bob Grant set to return to WABC radio for third stint"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News" class="mw-redirect">New York Daily News</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>).</li>

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