Sean Hannity - Definition and Overview

Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961, in New York City, New York) is an American conservative talk radio host and co-host of Fox News Channel's political debate program Hannity & Colmes, and the author of two books. Hannity is of Irish descent (all four of his grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland) and he is a devout Catholic.

Overview

After placing an ad in radio publications presenting himself as "the most talked about college radio host in America", WVNN in Huntsville, Alabama hired Sean to be the morning talk show host. From there, Sean Hannity was hired by WGST in Atlanta to fill the slot vacated by Neal Boortz, who had moved on to competing station WSB. Roger Ailes, founder of the Fox News Channel, took a chance on the relatively unknown Hannity, hiring him to co-host Hannity and Colmes with Alan Colmes, which is now the #1 rated cable debate show.

Hannity moved to New York to do Hannity and Colmes and to do a local radio show on WABC. His radio program went nationally syndicated on September 10, 2001. It is aired from WABC in New York and is now heard on well over 400 stations nationwide. Hannity's program now boasts the second-largest radio audience in the country, heard by over 13 million listeners a week.

Books

• Deliver Us From Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism (Regan Books, 2004) ISBN 0060582510
• Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty Against Liberalism (Regan Books, 2002) ISBN 0060514558

Quotes

All quotes from his TV show unless otherwise indicated.

• "Three hours a day, everyday. That's all we ask." - From his radio show

On George W. Bush:

• "Can we pray for the reelection of George Bush?"

On the Pledge of Allegiance:

• "Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?" [6/12/03]

To attorney Stanley Cohen:

• "Is it you hate this president or that you hate America?" [4/30/03]

On the separation of church and state:

• "It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state." [8/25/03]

External links

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• Sean Hannity's official website (http://www.hannity.com/)
• Foxnews.com Hannity and Colmes Homepage (http://www.foxnews.com/hannityandcolmes/)
• Biography (http://www.geocities.com/thrawn03/hannity.html)