28 Facts About Tony Kornheiser Show

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Tony Kornheiser Show is a sports podcast talk show out of Washington, DC, hosted by Tony Kornheiser, which was originally a sports radio talk show appeared on WTEM from 1992 to 1997; on ESPN Radio between 1998 and 2004; back on WTEM from 2004 to 2006; and on WTWP and then WWWT in 2007 and 2008; and back on WTEM from 2009 and 2016.

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In 2012, 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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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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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 Tony Kornheiser Show's interruptions and it took Davis a while to get used to it.

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Tony Kornheiser Show did not like the idea because he would lose the callers from the WTEM broadcasting area.

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Tony Kornheiser Show voiced his displeasure on the air, attacked Kornheiser and demanded WTEM give him his third hour back.

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Tony Kornheiser Show responded to Rome's attack by his usual sarcastic humor.

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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 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 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 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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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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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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Some better-known bloggers that attended were AJ in Nashville, Korry in Virginia, and Brandon Borzelli, who Kornheiser noted wrote the funniest emails in the show's history.

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Tony Kornheiser Show had stated that he planned on returning to radio after the NFL Football Season.

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From time to time, 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, Tony Kornheiser Show agreed to return to the station, now known as WWWT, beginning January 21,2008.

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22.

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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24.

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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Tony Kornheiser Show said that he would launch a podcast in September 2016.

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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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Tony Kornheiser Show relaunched as a podcast-only show on September 6,2016.

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