Pat Gray
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newscaster Pat Gray.
Pat Gray is an American
United States
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talk radio
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
host. He is a co-host of The Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated radio talk show featuring host Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
Glenn Edward Lee Beck is an American conservative radio host, vlogger, author, entrepreneur, political commentator and former television host. He hosts the Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks...
. Gray was formerly the host of the morning show on radio station KSEV
KSEV
KSEV is a talk station at 700 on the AM radio dial and is available throughout the Houston, Texas area. It broadcasts a mix of programming on topics including health, financial matters, local politics, and several syndicated talk radio programs...
.
History
Pat Gray was born in Helena, Montana.Gray got started in radio during his junior year in high school, at his hometown Top-40 station. After graduating high school he moved to new jobs in Great Falls, and Billings.
At the age of 20, he worked at KISN-FM in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
. There, he met and married his wife Jacque.
In 1989, at 27, a Program Director called Gray to see if he had any interest in flying out to Baltimore, Maryland, where he would go on the air at B104, teamed up with a partner for at least one show. The station management had heard tapes of both people, liked them, and wanted to find out how they would sound together. The morning show partner for that show was Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
Glenn Edward Lee Beck is an American conservative radio host, vlogger, author, entrepreneur, political commentator and former television host. He hosts the Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks...
. They met at the airport, rode into the station together, and became best friends. Baltimore is also where the family, in 1990, decided to begin homeschooling their children.
From B104, Pat went to WJFK in Washington, DC then on to the Hartford-New Haven area (with Beck) to WKCI-FM (KC101). In 1995 Pat left Connecticut and returned to Salt Lake City to pursue a radio hosting position.
In 2001, Gray was contacted by the Vice President of the talk division of Clear Channel and moved to Houston, Texas for a position at KPRC.
In December, 2006, Gray moved to KSEV
KSEV
KSEV is a talk station at 700 on the AM radio dial and is available throughout the Houston, Texas area. It broadcasts a mix of programming on topics including health, financial matters, local politics, and several syndicated talk radio programs...
. Gray left KSEV on July 13, 2009 to work on The Glenn Beck Program.
950 KPRC
While at KPRCKPRC (AM)
KPRC is a talk radio station in Houston, Texas, branded as "The 950 - Radio MOJO". Started in 1925, it is the oldest station in the market...
in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
, Gray hosted the morning drive time
Drive time
Drive time is the daypart analog to prime time for radio broadcasting. It consists of the morning hours when listeners wake up, get ready, and/or head to work or school, and the afternoon hours when they are heading home and before their evening meal. These are the periods where the number of...
(5-9AM) slot, where he was joined weekly by Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Texas, USA, headquartered in the Houston Chronicle Building in Downtown Houston. , it is the ninth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States...
columnist Ken Hoffman.
700 KSEV
On December 12, 2006 Gray began co-hosting KSEV's morning show with Edd HendeeEdd Hendee
Edd Hendee is an American radio host, political activist and owner of The Taste of Texas restaurant in Houston, Texas.-In the media:Edd has guest hosted for national radio host Laura Ingraham and has appeared on the Glenn Beck television program on Fox...
. On July 1, 2009, Gray announced that he would be leaving KSEV to join the staff of Glenn Beck's Mercury Radio Arts.