In 2012, The Tony Kornheiser Show was ranked No 8 as the 100 most important sports talk radio hosts in America by Talkers Magazine.
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29 Facts About The Tony Kornheiser Show
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In 2016, Kornheiser was ranked No 1 as America's Top 20 Local Sports Midday Shows for 2015 by Barrett Sports Media.
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Between November 1995 and December 1996, Warner Wolf was named the guest host of the Tony Kornheiser Show on Thursdays until he moved to New York City as a sports anchor on WCBS-TV.
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The Tony Kornheiser Show always ended his radio show by saying "If you're out on your bike tonight, do wear white" as a tribute to the Rolling Stones.
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One of the features of the show was that when Davis reported the updates, Kornheiser would interrupt the Duke's updates and make comments.
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At first the Duke was not amused with The Tony Kornheiser Show's interruptions and it took Davis a while to get used to it.
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The Tony Kornheiser Show did not like the idea because he would lose the callers from the WTEM broadcasting area.
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The Tony Kornheiser Show voiced his displeasure on the air, attacked Kornheiser and demanded WTEM give him his third hour back.
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The Tony Kornheiser Show responded to Rome's attack by his usual sarcastic humor.
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The Tony Kornheiser Show's other-stuff talk makes his talk show much more interesting when there is no big sports event.
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In late 2001, Kornheiser decided to leave the microphones on when his show went to a commercial break, as a treat to his internet radio listeners.
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The Internet The Tony Kornheiser Show was a forum of real emotions from real people engaging in informal conversations, and would regularly contain explicit topics and foul language.
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Internet The Tony Kornheiser Show was canceled on January 4,2002 when it was alleged that racist remarks were made during one of the segments.
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The Internet The Tony Kornheiser Show was pulled off the air for good in the summer of 2002, when show producer Denis Horgan Jr.
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The Tony Kornheiser Show criticized management on the air for Horgan's firing, and was suspended from ESPN Radio for one week.
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The Tony Kornheiser Show spent time in the months before the tournament, which he dubbed "The First and Last Annual Nerds in Paradise Golf Closed Invitational", trying to make deals with golf courses and hotels in the Washington DC area for the best deal.
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Tony Kornheiser Show on WTEM ended on April 28,2006 so that Kornheiser could change his sleep schedule to accommodate his future role as the color analyst on ESPN's Monday Night Football.
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From time to time, The Tony Kornheiser Show would call in to his replacements, Andy Pollin and Steve Czaban, to discuss matters such as The Sopranos, American Idol, and 24.
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Several frequent guests on the show had been limited by their affiliation with ESPN; Kornheiser had stated on-air that ESPN management enacted a policy that prevents ESPN employees and commentators—the majority of whose work appears on ESPN—from appearing as guests on stations that compete with ESPN Radio affiliates.
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However, The Tony Kornheiser Show agreed to return to the station, now known as WWWT, beginning January 21,2008.
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Tony Kornheiser Show went off the air on June 27,2008 as Kornheiser prepared for Monday Night Football.
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On May 18,2009, ESPN announced that Kornheiser stepped down from the Monday Night Football booth and was replaced by former Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden, which swirled a lot of rumors where Kornheiser would host a radio show.
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On March 23,2015, Kornheiser announced the podcast of his radio show would now be available without a 24-hour delay.
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On June 2, WTEM announced that Kornheiser would do his last show on WTEM near the end of June 2016.
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The Tony Kornheiser Show said that he would launch a podcast in September 2016.
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The Tony Kornheiser Show said in a statement, “I have loved every minute on the radio at WTEM, but I felt it was time to pursue a new and appealing challenge.
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The Tony Kornheiser Show relaunched as a podcast-only show on September 6,2016.
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