From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gary Nolan (radio host)
Gary Nolan (radio host)
Gary Nolan (born 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American
talk radio host and a former candidate for the Libertarian
References
Party nomination for President of the United States. [1] Michael J. Catanzaro, Capitol Watch, Human
From 1994 to 1998, Nolan hosted USA Radio Daily on Events, May 1, 1998.
the USA Radio Network. From 1998 to 2002, he hosted [2] About DownsizeDC at its web site.
Nolan at Night on 65 U.S. affiliates of the Radio America [3] John Cook, Who is Gary Nolan? Amazon donors put
Network. He also served as the volunteer President of the him second only to Kerry, Seattle Post
conservative group CapitolWatch from 1997[1] through Intelligencer, January 31, 2004.
1999. Nolan currently serves as Chairman of the Board of [4] Little fanfare for Libertarians as they make bid for
Directors for DownsizeDC.org.[2] White House, USA Today, May 26, 2004.
At the end of 2002, he resigned from Nolan at Night to [5] Joel Roberts, Bush’s Third-Party Threat;
seek the Libertarian nomination for president, facing fel- Libertarians Could Hurt Bush, CBS, May 21, 2004.
low candidates Michael Badnarik and Aaron Russo. Nolan [6] Eric Ernest, If Libertarian can’t win presidency,
had to resign from his radio show due to a law that pro- there’s always gridlock to fall back on, Sarasota
hibits candidates for office making an income while dis- Tribune-Herald, May 14, 2004.
cussing their political views. Nolan pledged to run a prac- [7] Computer programer wins Libertarian presidential
tical campaign of reaching out to moderate voters and nod, USA Today, May 30, 2004.
Republicans dissatisfied with the Bush presidency, par- [8] "Citadel to debut "Big Talker 105.9" in Syracuse".
ticularly in his home swing state of Ohio. Nolan ran as an Radio-Info.com. February 22, 2010.
opponent of the United States Patriot Act, the income tax http://www.radio-info.com/news/citadel-to-
and foreign military bases,[3] calling for bringing home debut-big-talker-1059-in-syracuse.
American troops.[4]
For most of the campaign, Nolan led the field of can-
didates in primaries and state conventions.[5][6] In a
External links
closely contested race, Nolan placed third and was elim- • Gary Nolan website
inated following the second ballot at the May, 2004 Lib- • DownsizeDC.org website
ertarian National Convention.[7] Nolan then encouraged • Eagle 93.9 website
his delegates to support Badnarik, who won the nomina- Persondata
tion on the next ballot. Name Nolan, Gary
Gary Nolan hosted a radio show called The Drive with
Alternative names
Gary Nolan in the afternoons on Columbia, Missouri, talk
radio station KSSZ "The Eagle 93.9". In February 2010 Short description American politician
he began hosting WXTL’s "Big Talker" 105.9 in Syracuse, Date of birth 1954
New York, between 4 and 7pm.[8] Nolan left WXTL in Place of birth
April 2011 to return to KSSZ "The Eagle 93.9" to begin a
nationally syndicated program. Date of death
Place of death
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