Chip Franklin
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Chip Franklin is a morning drive talk show host on KOGO in San Diego, California
. He is a former host of a talk show
on WBAL
AM
1090 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Washington Post's Marc Fisher says "Franklin adds a rare dose of irony to a medium that rarely trusts its audience to get the joke.” In San Diego and Baltimore
, Washington DC, Franklin is also known as a comedian
and frequents clubs in the markets.
He is a self-described independent. Franklin often uses humor to voice his opinion
on government
policies. He has won two National Edward R. Murrow
awards and two regional Murrows for his satiric essay
s on politics
.
He has also won five Achievement in Radio Best Talk Show Host awards. Talkers Magazine
has listed Chip as one of the top 100 talk show hosts in the country for five straight years, most recently at #97 in the 2008 edition of the Heavy 100. Chip started at San Diego's KOGO on September 4, 2007. He is on the air from 5 to 9 a.m. Since his initial broadcast Chip has been through: earthquake, the La Jolla
landslide in October 2007, and the October Firestorm. He brought his producer Don Ayres to San Diego.
Franklin has appeared numerous times on The O'Reilly Factor, CNN
, Paula Zahn, Fox and Friends, The Situation Room, and MSNBC
. His series, CURB YOUR INTELLIGENCE, random on-the-street interviews generated national buzz and a feature on CNN in early 2007 when he asked people if they still blamed Barack Obama
for 9/11
. He has continued with this segment in San Diego, renaming it Arrested Intelligence. The produced segments are available as podcast
s at the KOGO web site.
A show on WBAL
1090 AM that featured the Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department
was subpoena
ed by a federal
grand jury
. Chip Franklin was heard from 9:00 a.m., until noon in Baltimore.
A veteran stand-up comic, Chip has headlined thousands of shows as a stand-up, speaker, and featured guest. He has over a dozen appearances on national television
, including Evening at The Improv
, Comic Strip Live, VH-1 Standup Spotlight, MTV
, Comedy Central
, The CBS Morning Show, and The A-List on A&E
. He has also written for The Tonight Show
. Franklin also writes and directs short films and has won numerous awards from festivals in the U.S
Born in Alexandria, VA, Chip is the youngest of five children. His father was a Washington DC police officer
and his mother an assistant U.S. District Attorney . Chip is married and has two sons, a rottweiler, and a wicked nine-iron.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. He is a former host of a talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
on WBAL
WBAL (AM)
WBAL is a news-talk radio station located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. WBAL broadcasts on a clear channel frequency with 50 kilowatts of power. Owned by the Hearst Corporation, WBAL's tri-mast transmitters are located in Randallstown, Maryland...
AM
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1090 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Washington Post's Marc Fisher says "Franklin adds a rare dose of irony to a medium that rarely trusts its audience to get the joke.” In San Diego and Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, Washington DC, Franklin is also known as a comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
and frequents clubs in the markets.
He is a self-described independent. Franklin often uses humor to voice his opinion
Opinion
In general, an opinion is a subjective belief, and is the result of emotion or interpretation of facts. An opinion may be supported by an argument, although people may draw opposing opinions from the same set of facts. Opinions rarely change without new arguments being presented...
on government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
policies. He has won two National Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow
Edward Roscoe Murrow, KBE was an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada.Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, and Alexander Kendrick...
awards and two regional Murrows for his satiric essay
Essay
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s on politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
.
He has also won five Achievement in Radio Best Talk Show Host awards. Talkers Magazine
Talkers magazine
Talkers Magazine is a trade industry publication related to talk radio in the United States. Its slogan is "The Bible of Talk Radio and the New Talk Media"...
has listed Chip as one of the top 100 talk show hosts in the country for five straight years, most recently at #97 in the 2008 edition of the Heavy 100. Chip started at San Diego's KOGO on September 4, 2007. He is on the air from 5 to 9 a.m. Since his initial broadcast Chip has been through: earthquake, the La Jolla
La Jolla, San Diego, California
La Jolla is an affluent, hilly seaside resort community, occupying of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean in Southern California within the northern city limits of San Diego. La Jolla had the highest home prices in the nation in 2008 and 2009; the average price of a standardized...
landslide in October 2007, and the October Firestorm. He brought his producer Don Ayres to San Diego.
Franklin has appeared numerous times on The O'Reilly Factor, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, Paula Zahn, Fox and Friends, The Situation Room, and MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
. His series, CURB YOUR INTELLIGENCE, random on-the-street interviews generated national buzz and a feature on CNN in early 2007 when he asked people if they still blamed Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
for 9/11
September 11, 2001 attacks
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. He has continued with this segment in San Diego, renaming it Arrested Intelligence. The produced segments are available as podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
s at the KOGO web site.
A show on WBAL
WBAL (AM)
WBAL is a news-talk radio station located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. WBAL broadcasts on a clear channel frequency with 50 kilowatts of power. Owned by the Hearst Corporation, WBAL's tri-mast transmitters are located in Randallstown, Maryland...
1090 AM that featured the Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department
Baltimore Police Department
The Baltimore Police Department provides police services to the city of Baltimore, Maryland and was officially established by the Maryland Legislature on March 16, 1853...
was subpoena
Subpoena
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ed by a federal
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...
grand jury
Grand jury
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. Chip Franklin was heard from 9:00 a.m., until noon in Baltimore.
A veteran stand-up comic, Chip has headlined thousands of shows as a stand-up, speaker, and featured guest. He has over a dozen appearances on national television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, including Evening at The Improv
The Improv
The Improv is a comedy club franchise. Originally, it was a single venue founded in 1963 by Budd Friedman and located in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City on West 44th near the SE corner of 9th Ave. A second location was opened in 1974 at 8162 Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax District...
, Comic Strip Live, VH-1 Standup Spotlight, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
, The CBS Morning Show, and The A-List on A&E
A&E Network
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. He has also written for The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has aired on NBC since 1954. It is the longest currently running regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States, and the third longest-running show on NBC, after Meet the Press and Today.The Tonight Show has been hosted by...
. Franklin also writes and directs short films and has won numerous awards from festivals in the U.S
Born in Alexandria, VA, Chip is the youngest of five children. His father was a Washington DC police officer
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
and his mother an assistant U.S. District Attorney . Chip is married and has two sons, a rottweiler, and a wicked nine-iron.