Glenn Beck Biography

Fast Facts

• Inspired to pursue a career in radio by The Golden Years of Radio, a double-LP collection of 1930s and 1940s radio productions that his mother gave him for his 8th birthday
• First appeared on radio at age 13 when he won a local station's guest-DJ contest
• Had a magic act as a teenager
• Worked as a part-time DJ at radio stations in Bellingham and Seattle while attending high school
• Skipped college to pursue a career in radio
• Within two years he was the morning-show host and program manager at the Corpus Christi, Texas, station KZFM
• Other stops included Provo, UT; Washington, D
• C
• ; Louisville; Phoenix; Houston; Baltimore; and New Haven, CT
• Quit drugs and alcohol in 1994
• Started in talk radio in 1998 while simultaneously hosting a morning show on a New Haven music station
• Converted to Mormonism in 1999
• Premiered The Glenn Beck Program on Tampa's WFLA on Jan
• 3, 2000
• Debuted his TV talk show, titled Glenn Beck, in 2006 on CNN Headline News, and later signed with Fox News Channel in 2008
• Was named by Barbara Walters as one of the 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009 on her ABC special