hate radio: can someone help me remember the name of the left radio

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host who was popular before rush and after rush started talk radio and spoke hatefully of the other host he ended up murdered. What was the host's name?

[Tansy_Gold]

1. Alan Berg???

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[LTR]

2. Alan Berg

Worked for KOA in Denver.

Was murdered in 1984. The play/movie "Talk Radio" was loosely based on him.

On edit: Here's a link with more info. Also do a Google search for more info.

http://www.wfmu.org/LCD/GreatDJ/berg.html

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3. Thank you!

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[Lefty48197]

4. He was murdered by the right wing racist gun nut Republicans

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[eleny]

5. Some more of the story...

I live in the area and rememebr the day when his murder was announced. I was driving to work and Peter Boyles, another local talk radio guy, was relating the awful news.

Gong back in time - I can't recall the name of Alan's guest, but it was an ultra right wing neo nazi. It was some time before Alan was murdered, of course. Alan had him as a guest, live, on his program. They sat across from each other in the studio. Alan unzipped his zipper during the interview and urinated on the neo-nazi's pants leg.

This story was told by Peter Boyles, another talk show host, who was Alan's very close friend. If I recall all this correctly, it was that guy who was responsible for Alan's being murdered.

Alan was a great talk show host and I miss him still, even after all these years.