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25 Facts About Brian Whitman

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Brian David Whitman was born on August 17,1972 and is an American talk radio host and voice impressionist.

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Brian Whitman attended New York City Public High School and graduated from Tottenville High School in January, 1990.

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Brian Whitman's start in radio came in 1986, at age 13, when Radio Legend Scott Shannon, then morning host and Program Director at New York's powerhouse Z-100 took note of Brian Whitman's abilities.

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Glenn and Pat Gray did mornings on Top 40 music station KC101 in Connecticut and Brian Whitman commuted daily from Staten Island to Hamden, CT to do afternoon drive.

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Just weeks later, Brian Whitman got an offer he had to take.

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Brian Whitman resigned both KIIS and ABC Radio to join CBS Radio's KLSX FM in June, 2005.

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Brian Whitman operated his own national radio comedy service providing celebrity impressions, original characters and comedy bits to hundreds of stations nationwide beginning in 1991.

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In 2000, Brian Whitman was the morning host for a nationally syndicated comedy radio network called Comedy World.

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At the time, Brian Whitman expressed utter disbelief that The LA Times would have fallen for what was an obvious comedy bit.

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Brian formerly hosted The Brian Whitman Show on WABC in New York, New York, from 1997 to 2007 Whitman did a show broadcast on KABC in Los Angeles from 1998 to 2005.

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Brian Whitman co-hosted The Conway and Brian Whitman Show on KLSX in Los Angeles, California, with Tim Conway Jr.

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Brian Whitman hosted a weekday morning webcast on Rick Dees Entertainment's allnumber1hits.

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Brian Whitman was a featured contributor to Glenn Beck's radio and television programs.

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When he appeared as Glenn Beck's very first guest on Glenn's first TV show on cable news, Brian Whitman said he was proud and honored to be asked.

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Beck and Brian Whitman had been friends for fifteen years and Beck wanted Brian Whitman to be his first guest.

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Brian Whitman was the first former KLSX-Los Angeles personality to launch a podcast, which he hosted solo in 2009.

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Brian Whitman has quipped that he is "The Podcast Pioneer" and suggests, perhaps tongue-in-cheek, that he contributed greatly to the avalanche of podcasts that followed his, so many of which were influenced by the dominant era of KLSX FM Talk.

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Brian Whitman went on to do a podcast show with his former radio partner Tim Conway Jr.

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On December 9,2019, Brian Whitman made his third appearance on the pioneering podcast 'Adam Carolla Show'.

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Brian Whitman has been a guest in 2013,2017 and now, 2019.

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Brian Whitman quickly announced that he would return to Carolla's show within weeks.

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On Monday January 27,2020 Brian Whitman made his fourth visit to Adam Carolla's incredibly successful daily podcast.

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Brian Whitman has appeared on The Tony Danza Show, On-Air with Ryan Seacrest, The Dennis Miller Show, The Stephanie Miller Show, and Into the Night Starring Rick Dees.

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Brian Whitman has appeared many times on cable news outlets CNN, Fox News Channel and CNBC.

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Brian Whitman has performed dozens of times at the World Famous Laugh Factory on Hollywood's Sunset Strip.