12 Facts About Gene Burns

Gene Burns hosted Dining Around with Gene Burns, a food wine and travel program, which aired Saturdays on NewsTalk 810 AM in San Francisco.

Gene Burns hosted The Gene Burns Program, a political and social commentary show, that aired on NewsTalk 810.

Gene Burns had previously broadcast both shows on KGO in San Francisco.

Gene Burns worked in several different major markets throughout his broadcasting career.

Gene Burns began his career as talk radio host at WCBM in Baltimore in the mid-1960s.

Gene Burns would remain there until 1981, when he departed for WCAU in Philadelphia in 1981.

Gene Burns then returned to Orlando and WKIS in the early 1980s and was named the station's operations manager in 1984.

In 1985, Gene Burns returned to Boston, hosting a talk show on WRKO for eight years.

In 1993, Gene Burns moved to New York City and began hosting a nationally syndicated talk program from the studios of WOR.

Gene Burns ran for the presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party in 1984, but withdrew his candidacy prior to the party's nominating convention citing a lack of financial support.

In 2008, Gene Burns announced that he had "re-registered" as a member of the Democratic Party, which he had left in the late 1960s after having been a member for several years.

Gene Burns had suffered two strokes and had other health problems.