Joe Walsh (Illinois politician): Difference between revisions

{{short description|American politician (born 1961)}}

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On March 25, 2013, Walsh aired his first radio show, ''The Joe Walsh Show'', on Chicago's talk station [[WIND (AM)|WIND]] as a conservative political commentator.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Rep. Joe Walsh gets his own radio show|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/143986-former-rep-joe-walsh-gets-his-own-radio-show/|work=The Hill|date=March 6, 2013|access-date=March 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308091732/http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/286617-former-rep-joe-walsh-gets-his-own-radio-show#ixzz2MnRLIxLd|archive-date=2013-03-08|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Former Rep. Joe Walsh to Host Radio Show | url=http://www.nwherald.com/2013/03/15/former-rep-joe-walsh-to-host-radio-show/aoy8xtl/ | date=March 15, 2013 | newspaper=[[Northwest Herald]] | access-date=November 9, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073638/http://www.nwherald.com/2013/03/15/former-rep-joe-walsh-to-host-radio-show/aoy8xtl/ | archive-date=2016-03-04 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Fuller, Jaime (September 2, 2014) [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/02/where-are-they-now-the-congressional-edition/ "Where Are They Now? — The Congressional Edition"]. ''[[The Washington Post]]''. Retrieved November 30, 2014.</ref> After less than a year on the air in Chicago, ''The Joe Walsh Show'' also began airing on [[WNYM]] in New York City.<ref>[http://www.talkers.com/2014/04/07/monday-april-7-2014/ "Monday April 7, 2014" – Front Page News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011205542/http://www.talkers.com/2014/04/07/monday-april-7-2014/ |date=2018-10-11 }}. Talkers.com. Retrieved July 25, 2014</ref> In April 2015, WNYM dropped Walsh from its radio platform.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Feder | first1=Robert | title=Joe Walsh Loses New York Radio Platform | url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2015/04/20/falling-star-joe-walsh-loses-new-york-radio-platform/ | date=April 20, 2015 | publisher=[[Robert Feder]] | access-date=April 23, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422205705/http://www.robertfeder.com/2015/04/20/falling-star-joe-walsh-loses-new-york-radio-platform/ | archive-date=2015-04-22 | url-status=live }}</ref> As of September 2016, Walsh's radio talk show is aired in several major U.S. cities, including Chicago, New York City, [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Dallas]], and [[Denver]].<ref>{{cite web | title=The Joe Walsh Show | url=http://walshfreedom.com/radio/ | publisher=WalshFreedom.com | access-date=September 6, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902032738/http://walshfreedom.com/radio/ | archive-date=2016-09-02 | url-status=live }}</ref>

 

 

In February 2017, ''The Joe Walsh Show'' received national syndication by the [[Salem Radio Network]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.talkers.com/2017/02/08/wednesday-february-8-2017/|title=Wednesday, February 8, 2017|date=2017-02-08|website=Talkers.com|access-date=2017-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430041810/http://www.talkers.com/2017/02/08/wednesday-february-8-2017/|archive-date=2017-04-30|url-status=live}}</ref> Walsh joined [[Newsmax TV]] in May 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending-now/who-is-joe-walsh-the-republican-who-may-run-against-trump-/978384353/ |title=Who is Joe Walsh, the Republican running against Trump for president? |date=August 22, 2019}}</ref> On August 26, 2019, a day after announcing his campaign for president, Walsh announced he had lost his radio show.<ref>{{cite news |last=Budryk |first=Zack |title=Joe Walsh says he lost his national radio show |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/458913-joe-walsh-says-he-lost-his-national-radio-show/ |date=August 26, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wulfsohn |first=Joseph A. |title=Joe Walsh says he's lost radio show since launching Trump challenge |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/joe-walsh-says-hes-lost-radio-show-since-launching-trump-challenge |date=August 26, 2019 |publisher=[[Fox News]] |access-date=August 27, 2019}}</ref> After concluding his run for president, Walsh resumed broadcasting in June 2020 with a two-hour call-in talk show on the GAB Radio Network and its Chicago flagship station [[WCGO]]. On May 26, 2021, Walsh announced that he lost that radio show because he was "anti-Trump".

 

==Personal life==

 

Following Walsh's victory in the 2010 Republican primary, it was reported that a bank had foreclosed on his condo and he had been evicted in October 2009, but that he and his family were living in a rented house in the Chicago North Shore suburb of Winnetka at the time. A GOP spokesman said that voters would likely identify with Walsh's financial troubles. He was also reportedly facing a lawsuit by a former campaign manager who claimed Walsh owed him $20,000 for services<ref name="what's next"/> and had federal and state tax liens in the 1980s and 1990s (all paid by 2001). Walsh explained that the major portion of the past due taxes were on a college trust fund he received from his grandfather and that neither he nor his family had been aware that the funds were taxable. He also explained that his more recent financial struggles have made him more attuned to the difficulties faced by the average constituent.<ref name="money woes"/>

<ref name="pearson">{{Cite news | last = Pearson| first = Rick | title = Walsh, ex-wife settle child-support suit | newspaper = [[Chicago Sun-Times]]| date = April 20, 2012| url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/04/20/walsh-ex-wife-settle-child-support-suit/ |access-date=May 29, 2012}}</ref>

 

 

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==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101104041359/http://walshforcongress.com/ Joe Walsh for U.S. Congress]

* [https://www.joewalsh.org Joe Walsh for President] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825175911/https://www.joewalsh.org/ |date=August 25, 2019 }}

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