Charles Adler (broadcaster)

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Charles Adler is a Hungarian born broadcaster who was only a two year old when he was whisked out of Hungary in 1956 during the Hungarian revolution. His parents, a tailor and department store clerk spent several months as refugees in Vienna, before being allowed to emigrate to Canada. Charles grew up in Montreal, where he started his broadcast career while attending McGill University. After a stint at Radio McGill, Charles became a producer at CKGM in Montreal in the summer of 1973. From there his love affair with radio grew. He first turned on a professional microphone in the winter of 1974, when he hosted a weeknight rock show at CKXL in Calgary. Within the year he was back in Montreal working at CJAD. Fifteen years later he was back in Calgary, launching a talk show called Hot Talk. Two years later he took his Hot Talk microphone to the U.S.A where he syndicated a show to more than 150 American radio stations out of Tampa, Florida. 1994, he launched a tv show, based in Boston and a year later Adler received an emmy award for Best Host in New England. 1996 saw him returning to Canada to host the Charles Adler show on CFRB. Two years later he was back in Western Canada, hosting "Adler on Line" on CJOB-Winnipeg. In 2004 Corus Radio launched Adler as a national host. Adler on Line airs on 14 radio stations. In 2001 Adler was the debut host on Global Sunday a national Sunday night show In the U.S. he has substituted on occasion for Sean Hannity on Fox News Channel's Hannity and Colmes. Adler is also a weekly guest on CH TV's Live at 5:30pm with Mark and Donna. He also contributes frequently as a pundit on CTV 's Canada AM and Mike Duffy Live. Adler blogs regularly for the National Post on FullComment.COM.