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Leslie Marshall has been a liberal radio talk host since 1988 and a commentator on national television since 2001. Leslie became the youngest person ever to be nationally syndicated on radio when she replaced Tom Snyder on the ABC Satellite Radio Network in 1992.[1] She was also the first woman to host an issues oriented program nationwide.
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Leslie Marshall is host of the nationally syndicated The Leslie Marshall Show (in its 5th year), she is also a Fox News Contributor and blogs weekly for US News & World Report as well as POLITICO.
Leslie Marshall has been a radio talk host for 23 years. Marshall is currently nationally syndicated by TalkUSA Radio.
Marshall started her broadcasting career as a radio news reporter in Boston,[2] and then worked in radio and television in Miami, Florida. While in Miami, Marshall did news, traffic, weather and disc jockey work. One night, when hosting an overnight nostalgic music program, she did a special "Remembrance" hour in which veterans called in with their experiences. It was that night that Leslie was discovered by a Program Director at the talk station across town. He phoned her, and told her that she might have missed her calling.
After years of anchoring, reporting and hosting music programs, Marshall moved to talk radio. She started her talk radio career at WNWS in Miami where she remained for three years.
Marshall next worked mid-days at WGR in Buffalo, followed by mid-days at KPRC in Houston. In 1992, Marshall replaced Tom Snyder on the ABC Satellite Radio Network. Her program ran for three years on over 200 stations nationwide.
After three years the network disbanded and Leslie went to work for WLS-FM in Chicago hosting an afternoon drive talk show. She then joined KGO radio in San Francisco and also hosted a midday show on KHTK/Hot Talk in Sacramento. On television she hosted "Bay Talk" on KRON T.V., the local NBC affiliate in the city by the bay.
Two years later, Marshall returned to Chicago at WLS-AM; in addition, she co-hosted "Beyond the Beltway" on WGR TV and remained in Chicago for over two years. She then joined her husband in Los Angeles. She hosted talk shows on KFI, KLSX and KABC radio on the weekends, and was finally signed to KLAC, KFI's sister station at its inception. KLAC remained a talk station for two years and Leslie was there the entire time hosting early evening weeknights. When KLAC flipped formats, Marshall decided to stay in Los Angeles with her husband.
After KLAC flipped to music, Marshall hosted her own show for a year on WWKB in Buffalo, New York, AM 1520, a 50,000 watt powerhouse heard throughout nine states (New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington DC and North Carolina) and Canada. After one year at WWKB AM 1520, Marshall was nationally syndicated. Her show airs every weeknight on WWKB.
Marshall is a regular political pundit on the Fox News Channel and CNBC's Kudlow & Company. She is also a regular contributor on CNN's Showbiz Tonight. She has appeared on Fox news programs The O'Reilly Factor and Your World with Neil Cavuto, as well as former programs Hannity & Colmes and The John Gibson show. She was formerly a Varsity Panel Member on the Dennis Miller Show on CNBC until it was cancelled. Leslie has also been seen on Scarborough Country on MSNBC, and has substituted for Alan Colmes on the Fox Radio Network/nationally, as well as Jim Bohannon on the Westwood One Radio Network. She appeared on Fox News on January 4, 2011 to defend a Doritos ad that was purposed to be aired during the 2011 Super Bowl that was seen by many as offensive to Catholics. She defended the commercial and went on to state inaccurate opinions on the Roman Catholic teaching of Purgatory.
In addition to her radio and television career, Marshall has made guest acting appearances on Desperate Housewives, NYPD Blue, 7th Heaven, Passions, General Hospital, Port Charles, "What Should You Do?" On Lifetime and "Take Two: Living the Movies" on the USA network. "A Mexican Werewolf," her latest film, is now out on video.
Originally from Boston, Marshall earned her undergraduate degree from Northeastern University and her Masters in Broadcast Journalism from Emerson College. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband and their son and daughter.