Mike Malloy

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Michael Dennis Malloy (born July 1, 1942,^[1] Toledo, Ohio) is a radio broadcaster from Atlanta, Georgia. He is now self-syndicated. Previously his show has been carried by WSB (AM) Atlanta, WLS (AM) Chicago, the I.E. America Radio Network, the Air America Radio network, Nova M Radio and the On Second Thought network.

Background

Mike Malloy grew up in a Democratic Baptist household and is now a professed atheist.^{[citation needed]}

Politically, Malloy is resolutely left-wing. He is a self-described traditional Democrat, and has said it needs to return to its historic liberal roots.^{[citation needed]}

Style

While his on-air style features a variety of moods and themes, he is well known for his mocking, relentless satirical criticisms of U.S. Republican Party, Democratic Party, George W. Bush, right-wing Christians, politicians (especially rightist conservatives and neo-conservatives), and people he deems racist and homophobic. Following John Kerry's 2004 election loss, Malloy made public that he would remain a Democrat, but no longer donate money to the leadership of the Democratic Party. He has subsequently made public overtures to the Green Party while still occasionally speaking at selected Democratic Party fundraisers.^{[citation needed]}

Malloy suggests that his on-air attacks are simply intended to be humorous, previously stating, "there are some good Republicans", but explaining "You know... I tried to be Mr. Nice Guy... I used to be on CNN's TalkBack Live. I tried to be a nice man... you know, don't get ugly. What did I get for it? Pushed into the wall. Screw 'em." Malloy dismisses the notion of "try[ing] to see both sides", because "these [right-wing Republicans] are murderous sons-of-bitches who won't allow normal, rational discussion."^{[cite this quote]}

Journalism experience

Prior to his radio program, Malloy was a news writer with CNN from 1984 to 1987, and editor of the weekly Atlanta newspaper Creative Loafing. His educational background focused on English and Political Science, and included study at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, the University of Toledo in Ohio, Georgia State University in Atlanta, and Jacksonville University in Florida.

Radio programs

WSB

Beginning his radio career in the early 1990s, Malloy was originally heard on Atlanta station WSB, where he gained an early following among Georgia liberals. However, when WSB moved his show from evenings to middays against Rush Limbaugh on WGST, Malloy was unable to continue his initial success and was eventually released by WSB.

WLS

Malloy was employed at WLS in Chicago from 1996 until April 2000. Malloy then quit WLS, as he cited^{[clarification needed]} on his 17 August 2007 show, where he mentioned the Wikipedia article about him directly and claimed it contained incorrect edits.^{[citation needed]}

I.E. America Radio Network

Malloy first gained national attention with a mostly Internet-based radio audience when his program was syndicated between October 2000 and February 2004 on I.E. America Radio Network.

Air America Radio

The Mike Malloy Show was aired during the 10PM-1AM (ET) timeslot from 2004 until 2006 on Air America Radio. The Air America program was identical to the i.e. America program.

In January 2006, Malloy's show was removed from WLIB, Air America's New York City affiliate. He was replaced by the apolitical Satellite Sisters' show, whose distributors, ABC, bought Malloy's time slot out from under him. On August 11, 2006, he announced his pending return to the New York market on September 1, 2006, barring unforeseen difficulties. A significant portion of Malloy's Air America audience listen to Internet streams or Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio broadcasts of his show, a fact that he typically acknowledged in a sign-off comment such as "thanks for participating however you did that."

On August 30, 2006 the following notice appeared on his web site:

On October 13, 2006 the parent company of Air America petitioned for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, listing salary still owed to Malloy.

After Air America

Despite online petitions, e-mails, and phone calls to Air America Radio in support of rehiring Malloy, the network never made any statement to that effect. Malloy had also said in interviews on various talk shows, such as Air America's own The Majority Report, that even if asked he would not return to the network while it operated under the present management.

Malloy also stated on the Guy James Show that he was in New York talking with various companies, including Sirius Satellite Radio.

Head on Radio Network

From August 30, 2006 to October of that year, Malloy could be heard on the Head On Radio Network. The network rebroadcast Malloy programs from his i.e. America and Air America Radio runs nightly at 10:00 PM ET.

Nova M Radio

On October 15, 2006, Mike Newcomb, CEO and Chairman of Nova M Radio announced that The Mike Malloy Show "will be born again live on the public airwaves" on October 30, 2006.

On Second Thought

After Nova M's 2009 bankruptcy, the On Second Thought network, headed by Newcomb, picked up the assets of Nova M, including Malloy's contract. The show aired weeknights from 9:00 pm to midnight ET on the On Second Thought network. After only a few days, On Second Thought closed its doors.^[2]

Self-syndication

Mike Malloy is now self-syndicating his radio program. He is currently being heard in 13 markets across America including one Satellite Radio channel each on Sirius and XM Satellite Radio services. Direct listener support is enabled through the sale of Podcast subscriptions via his website.^[3]

The White Rose Society maintains an archive of the current Malloy run, with postings delayed by two weeks.

Catch-phrases

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Malloy frequently employs a number of catch phrases that have become his trademarks, among them are:

• "Have I mentioned yet tonight how much I hate these people?" - In reference to right-wingers.
• "Maaaaaarge!" — Mike's excited introduction of Marge, a senior single mother from Merrillville, Indiana, who has been a popular regular caller since Malloy's days at WLS
• "Batsqueeze" — euphemism for the word "bullshit"
• "Press the Meat" — Malloy's name for the NBC news show Meet the Press
• "Rat Bastards", "Pigs" — in reference to right-wingers
• "Bush Crime Family" — In reference to the Bush family and their chief supporters and surrogates
• "Watch your back" — The sign-off tagline he used during his Air America Radio run
• "Keep it lit" — His current usual sign-off at the end of his show

See also

• The Mike Malloy Show

References

External links

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Mike Malloy

• Mike Malloy's web site
• Profile of Malloy by Salon
• Documentary about Mike Malloy
• The White Rose Society - Archive of old Malloy episodes and current episodes delayed by one week
• "The 14 Points of Fascism," vocal narration by Mike Malloy