Brian Maloney

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Brian Maloney is an American talk radio host and writer, formerly of KIRO-AM/Seattle, KVI-AM/Seattle, KOH-AM in Reno, Nevada, KSCO-AM/Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz and other stations, beginning in 1993.

[edit] Recognition

While at KOH-AM, he gained the attention of Time Magazine, which compared him to Rush Limbaugh in the July 7, 1997 issue.

Maloney gained national recognition from conservative bloggers in September 2004 when he claimed KIRO-AM fired him for his political views [1]. KIRO-AM's station manager Ken Berry disputed Maloney's story, saying that Maloney's position was terminated to free-up more time for the station's coverage of the Seattle Seahawks football games [2]. Berry subsequently departed KIRO-AM himself, several days later.

[edit] Blog

Maloney's weblog, "The Radio Equalizer," was named after his radio show and focuses on politics and events in the radio industry, his slant being more conservative.

[edit] Air America-Gloria Wise loan controversy

On July 26, 2005, Maloney published a story about Air America Radio's Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club scandal, where $875,000 in taxpayer funds designated for the non-profit, instead appeared to have been diverted to the liberal talk radio network.

Based on an overlooked Bronx News piece and independent research, it was the first blog entry in what would become a larger news story in August, 2005. Maloney then teamed up with syndicated columnist and author Michelle Malkin for a series of investigative reports that appeared on their sites and in the New York Post. On September 27, 2005, Maloney and Malkin appeared on the FOX News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor" to discuss the situation with host Bill O'Reilly.

Maloney's wife went to school with Air America Radio co-founder Lizz Winstead.