42 Facts About Neal Boortz

Neal Boortz's nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, which ended in 2013, was carried throughout the United States.

The content of the show included politics, current events, social issues, and topics of interest, which Boortz discussed with callers, correspondents, and guests.

Neal Boortz became a regular caller to the morning talk show.

Neal Boortz was initially hired on a two-week "trial run", and later offered the permanent position.

Neal Boortz attended law school, earning a law degree in 1977.

Neal Boortz eventually closed his law practice after 17 years to concentrate on his work in radio.

Neal Boortz was named as one of the "25 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America" by Talkers magazine, and one of "Georgia's 100 Most Influential People" by Georgia Trend.

In 2009, Neal Boortz was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.

Neal Boortz was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, his mother's home.

Neal Boortz's father was a Marine Corps pilot, who served in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War.

Neal Boortz spent his first two years of high school at Tustin Union High School in Tustin, California.

Neal Boortz later attended John Marshall Law School, in Atlanta, Georgia, graduating in 1977 and passing the Georgia bar.

In 1967, after leaving Texas, Neal Boortz moved to Atlanta and landed a sales job.

Neal Boortz later recollected that one of his customers was Martin Luther King Jr.

Neal Boortz listened to morning talk show host, Herb Elfman, and soon became a devotee.

The next morning, Neal Boortz showed up at the front door of WRNG and announced that he was ready to take Elfman's place.

Two weeks later, Neal Boortz was moved to the morning show, embarking on an Atlanta talk radio career that spanned more than forty years.

Neal Boortz honed his skills at the tiny 1,000-watt station, and even wrote a few speeches for then Georgia Governor Lester Maddox.

In 1974, Neal Boortz enrolled in then-unaccredited John Marshall Law School going to class in his spare time, while he and his wife Donna worked full-time loading mail trucks.

Neal Boortz was living in an apartment over on Lenox Road.

Neal Boortz got his raise when he signed an exclusive contract with AM 750 WSB to host a weekday radio show.

The Neal Boortz Show featured Boortz, producers Belinda Skelton and Royal Marshall, interviews, and callers.

Neal Boortz was a recipient of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame 2007 Career Achievement Award.

The Neal Boortz Show originated from the nation's ninth largest radio market and was ranked the sixth overall most listened to radio program in the country.

In 2008, Neal Boortz was a finalist for the National Association of Broadcasters "Marconi Award" as the nation's best syndicated radio personality.

Neal Boortz was inducted in the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2009.

In January 2022, Neal Boortz returned to radio part-time on WFOM in Atlanta, Georgia.

Neal Boortz has supported Republican candidates and Republican tax policy, though he occasionally clashes with Republicans on social issues.

Neal Boortz disagrees with the Libertarian Party platform on several key issues including his firm support of the war in Iraq, incremental tax reform, and his opposition to the unrestricted immigration policy advocated by the Libertarian Party.

Neal Boortz agrees with fiscal conservatives in advocating less government spending and decreasing corporate regulation.

In line with the traditional views of the Libertarian Party, Neal Boortz supports eliminating the War on Drugs, and emphasizing personal responsibility.

Neal Boortz has repeatedly stated his belief that global climate change is not man-made.

Neal Boortz is strongly in favor of a crackdown on illegal immigration, including harsh penalties for businesses who employ persons here illegally.

Neal Boortz creates controversy among conservatives for his support of abortion rights, for his refusal to condemn homosexuality or gay marriage, and for his negative comments regarding Baptists and the biblical story of creation.

Neal Boortz has caused a stir among some Southerners, by coining the term "Flaggots" during his frequent jabs at them and at Confederate issues.

The Neal Boortz Show was a nationally syndicated talk show, which ended in January 2013.

Neal Boortz marketed his talk radio show as "insensitivity training", creating controversy which increased ratings.

Neal Boortz's stated "beliefs" included a claim that ADD and ADHD are "medical frauds" and a scam that teachers, parents, and drug companies use.

Neal Boortz expressed a negative opinion about the lack of Muslim outrage for the actions of Muslim terrorists and the riots that erupted in response to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.

In March 2008, Neal Boortz attracted controversy by playing an audiotape of a nine-year-old where he repeatedly ridiculed the child's speech, leading to an unsuccessful FCC petition to deny Neal Boortz's employer the right to purchase five local radio stations.

On June 4,2012, Neal Boortz announced that he would retire from radio by the end of the year.

Neal Boortz hosted commentaries for WSB for six more years, until they were discontinued by station.