Talk Radio Personalities: Which are on our side?

[DerailAmnesty.com]

1. McIntyre is not off the air. He's currently heard on a New York radio station Mon thru Fri.

2. Elder is not retired. In fact, if you check his website, he's planning on returning to either public airwaves or with a podcast soon.

3. Where did you hear Rantel is dying from AIDS? My understanding of his poor medical situation is that it is entirely unrelated to sexually transmitted diseases.

[Patriotic Army Mom]

Savage and Ingrahm are behind us and anything to protect our Country. They are a voice to be heard.

[Don]

Originally Posted by DerailAmnesty.com

1. McIntyre is not off the air. He's currently heard on a New York radio station Mon thru Fri.

2. Elder is not retired. In fact, if you check his website, he's planning on returning to either public airwaves or with a podcast soon.

3. Where did you hear Rantel is dying from AIDS? My understanding of his poor medical situation is that it is entirely unrelated to sexually transmitted diseases.

1. Sorry. I live in So Cal and was not aware McIntyre was broadcasting in NY. A nice exile for someone who was rocking the boat in LA.

2. I heard he had AIDS. If he is dying from something else, so be it.

3. My understanding is that Elder retired. If he's going to make a comeback I'm sure he will be very successful. Last week I heard him sitting in for Dennis Prager.

If those are the only disagreements with my personal assessments of talk radio history I can handle that.

[Ole Glory]

June 22, 2009 3:00 AM

Talk show host Al Rantel to leave KABC

By GARY LYCAN

Special To The RegisterStory Highlights

The radio personality has been plagued by health issues since 2007.

Article Videos KABC/790 AM talk show host Al Rantel will do his final broadcast June 25, the station has confirmed.

Rantel has suffered several health issues since 2007 when he was diagnosed with lymphoma. After four months of chemotherapy, Rantel reported he was cancer free and returned to the air in spring of 2008.

KABC talk show host Al Rantel, who has been bothered by hip and shoulder pain after falling last year, will leave the station and move to Vancouver to receive therapy and rehabilitation.

In the summer of 2008, Rantel reported he slipped on an oil puddle in his apartment complex parking lot. Following hip and shoulder surgery, he returned to the air but when the pain got worse last January, he saw his surgeon and learned the hip repair did not work and he needed a total hip replacement.

As the pain worsened, he had to leave the air and since then has been replaced by several hosts, including Marc Germain and Peter Tilden, but most often John Phillips, who will temporarily take over Rantel's 6 to 11 p.m. program after Rantel's farewell broadcast Thursday.

Rantel told LARadio.com's Don Barrett he is moving to Vancouver to receive therapy and rehabilitation. In the Barrett interview, he said, "When I'm in a seated position for a long time I start getting a burning in the muscles and in the rotary cup. I told the doctors that even with the Vicodin and Celebrex and all this crap they have me on, I'm still in pain. I don't want to take more pain medication. I was in so much pain I had to go on anti-depressants because it was so debilitating, which I've never had to take because I'm such a sunshiny guy, if I do say so myself. So in fairness to my fans and the brand that I've built over the years, I've decided to step away for now."

[Commander Bunny]

I'm an avid listener of Roger Hitchcock, I believe that's His name.

He not only deals with illegal immigration, but a wide variety of topics pertainant to the survival of the US, plus He's an Iraq War Veteran.

I like the Guy.

CB.