John A Gambling, radio personality for decades and the father of John R. Gambling. He died in 2004.
Posted on 05/08/2008 7:46:48 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
"We're the only local news/talk station here in NYC in the morning," said John Gambling. Alluding to Imus and WABC's 5 a.m. host Curtis Sliwa, he cracked, "The guy with the cowboy hat and the guy with the beret are going to have to watch their backs."
Gambling said, not for the first time, that he has little use for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama and that John McCain is "not the candidate I would put together if it were up to me."
Gambling spent the last eight years at WABC (770 AM), after WOR startled him in 2000 by not renewing his contract. In some ways, he suggested yesterday, his return is also startling.
"Who'd a thunk it?" he said, adding several times, "I can't tell you how happy I am to be here."
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You’re welcome. I enjoy listening to it when I can. Grew up going to the Jersey Shore and a lot of the music brings back great memories.
Yup. And I was annoyed when WOR fired him but wouldn’t let him use that title because it was their property (which was at that point worthless to them).
I knew nothing about Imus until the “nappy headed” scandal.
I sill would know nothing except that since I moved to Europe I have to get my talk radio via WABC online.
I tried listening to Imus when he came on the air, but I found him to to be a pandering ass. “ He/she is so great and wonderful, I just love him/her to death...blah blah blah.”
I am sure he would kiss any well known ass, as long as they are on the left. His support of McStain does not impress me at all.
Imus has become one enormous commercial for his wife and her greening products.
He’s also become disgustingly, polically correct since his comments about the Rutger’s BB team. I kind of like the new “girl” on his show...Karith? but the black guy Tony is, in my opinion, just there because of his color. He adds 0 to the show.
Thanks! I am indeed enjoying his new show.
Imus is an ass-kissing bore, although he is not a liberal as some Freepers contend. (He's more Ron Paul populist with an over-sized an ego.) IMO Sliwa/Kuby followed by John Gambling were the best 6 hours of non-syndicated talk radio. Yes, Kuby is a lib (his "mommy is a commie"), but I am not so insecure in my political beliefs to fear a few hours of exposure to leftest ideology, particularly when his co-host was the right of center, street-smart city boy named Curtis Sliwa. The bottom line is that Ron Kuby is one of the few liberals who can make liberalism entertaining, and while I nearly always disagreed with him, I did recognize and appreciate his ability to simplify complicated legal and constitutional principles for the masses. And then there is John Gambling, who in my opinion is one of the most underrated talk radio hosts in the tri-state region. Given the choice between Imus and Gambling, I'm thrilled that he is back on air.
I agree that John Gambling is the class of the NYC morning talk show hosts. Never had much use for Imus, and less so after his chastening experience of being fired by Barak Obama. Before he was always pushing the borders of acceptability, and would make me laugh in spite of myself if I listened. Now, even though now he's on the station I default to, he doesn't even suck me in accidentally. And I can only take so much of Curtis Sliwa, just because. Hey, I even tune out Rush late in his program, sometimes.So if I'm listening in the morning it will most likely be Gambling on WOR.
It's out of control...
Me too...Just sorry it starts so early...
Gambling does have class and seems to lead a totally normal life. He avoids the spotlight. I don't know why some people on this thread think he's a liberal.
Mark Simone also has a talk show Sat. mornings from 6-10. It's mostly political. Plus, sometimes he fills in for the Imus and for Hannity, etc.
I used to listen to his father or maybe it was his grandfather doing ‘Pack up your troubles’. Of course one of the lines would have problems today ‘while you’re a lucifer and light your fag’. [then it was a match and a cigarette] Who knew?
John A Gambling, radio personality for decades and the father of John R. Gambling. He died in 2004.
My grandfather use to listen to the original Gambling in the early 1950’s. That was this John Gamblings grandfather/
"John B. Gambling, (April 9, 1897 - November 21, 1974) was a member of the The Gambling family, 3 generations of whom - John B., John A. and John R. - were hosts of WOR Radio's (New York City, 710 AM) morning show "Rambling With Gambling" over the course of 75 years (1925-2000).
John B. was the host from 1925 to 1959, when he retired in favor of his son John A. Gambling."
“WOR bets again on John Gambling”
I remember chatting with Tony Snow about WABC, I always thought that he would be a great addition to the wabc line-up.
That’s true. BTW, his father’s funeral was at a Presbyterian church...
Right now Tony works for WOR Radio as O’Reilly’s Friday host.
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