Les Kinsolving, retired radio talk show host and conservative gadfly, dies

Baltimore Sun ^ | Dec 11 2018 | Jacques Kelly

[rintintin]

harles Lester “Les” Kinsolving, a retired WCBM-AM conservative talk radio personality and political gadfly who hosted the show “Uninhibited Radio” for 28 years, died of heart disease and dementia Dec. 4 at his home in Vienna, Va. He was 90.

Mr. Kinsolving, whose bright-red blazer and outrageous talk show earned him national renown, was a “throwback to radio yesteryear [who] tries to shock, outrage and prod the world around him with his commentary,” according to a 1998 profile in The Sun.

[rintintin]

This is a month old, but I couldn't find any posting about it, and there deserves to be.

[Jet Jaguar]

Bump

Thanks.

[TBP]

Sorry to hear this. I talked to him on the air once or twice.

[House Atreides]

RIP, Les. I enjoyed listening to you.

[miele man]

Thanks for posting this. Les generally owned any room he walked in to. I remember hearing him preach a sermon on abortion. Since it was Christmas Day it caused a stir among the congregation.

[YogicCowboy]

Yes. He told the truth about the Tet Offensive.

[11th_VA]

Wow - RIP Les. Listened often in the 80s.

[RandallFlagg]

I remember when he used to sub for Michael Savage.

RIP.

[golux]

Rest in Peace, Les. FRiends, you may enjoy the book GADFLY as well as his wife Barbara’s book “The Dogs of War.”

[Buckeye McFrog]

Yes I had heard him fill-in a few times for other hosts.

I think WKRP’s Les Nessman was a warped attempt to parody him.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[GreyFriar]

Thank you for posting about Les Kinsolving’s death. I enjoyed listening to his reporting over WBAL radio when I formerly lived in the DC area.

[Albion Wilde]

Ping!