The Laura Ingraham Show

The Laura Ingraham Show was a three-hour American radio show hosted by Conservative talking head Laura Ingraham. It was among the most popular radio shows broadcast in the United States.[1] In 2016, the show ranked number 20 on the Talkers Magazine 2016 Heavy Hundred list of the most important talk show hosts in America; Ingraham was the highest-ranking female host listed.[2]

For Laura Ingraham's television show on Fox News Channel, see The Ingraham Angle.
The Laura Ingraham Show
Ingraham in 2011
Running time3 hours
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
Home stationWTNT (AM)
SyndicatesWestwood One (2001–04)
Talk Radio Network (2004–12)
Courtside Entertainment (2013–18)
Hosted byLaura Ingraham
Recording studioWashington, D.C.
Original releaseApril 2001 – December 2018
Websitewww.lauraingraham.com
Podcastwww.lauraingraham.com/podcast

The show primarily focused on politics, pop culture, and media bias; topics of interest included race relations, trends in education, the Middle East, and the legacy of feminism. The show aired from 2001 to 2018.[3]

Background

Ingraham's show, one of several to launch in 2001 as the conservative talk radio genre expanded in popularity, originally aired on the now defunct Westwood One Network.

Ingraham joined the Talk Radio Network in 2004. In June 2008, Ingraham temporarily left the air due to a contract dispute.[4] A number of hosts filled in for her, primarily Tammy Bruce and Monica Crowley. Ingraham returned at the end of the month. Ingraham left TRN in November 2012 after her contract expired.[5]

The show returned on January 3, 2013, after Ingraham took ownership of the property, with plans to include more discussions about pop culture.[6]

On November 14, 2018, Ingraham announced that the program would not return from its annual December hiatus, as she intended to spend more time with her family and focus on her television show The Ingraham Angle. She continued to produce material for Courtside's PodcastOne.[7]

Illegal immigration

Ingraham frequently advocated "securing the borders" by putting more resources into stopping illegal immigration.[8][9] Ingraham had a segment called "The Illegal Immigration Sob Story" alert in which she highlighted media articles that, in her view, sought to garner sympathy for illegal immigrants.[10]

Radical Islam

The show frequently raised the topic of radical Islam.[11][12][13] Ingraham discussed current events and media reports about the War on Terror and what she believes to be a growing faction of Islam: Jihadists.[14][15]

Bioethics

Ingraham often discussed bioethical issues, opposing abortion on demand,[16] human cloning and embryonic stem-cell research. She was an outspoken opponent of Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2006), a ballot measure legalized human cloning; Ingraham argued that the initiative was deceptive.[17] Every January 22, Ingraham promoted the anti-abortion March for Life.[18]

Raunch culture

Ingraham discussed sex and pornography on her show.[19] She criticized people such as Howard Stern, Hugh Hefner, and others who she claimed have pervaded American culture with what she describes as "filth" at the expense of "traditional American values".[20]

References
  1. "The Top Talk Radio Audiences". Talkers magazine. November 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-03-24. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  2. "2016 Talkers Heavy Hundred 1-25". TALKERS.COM. Talk Media, Inc. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. EDT, Katherine Hignett On 5/29/19 at 6:11 AM (May 29, 2019). "Donald Trump campaign sponsored Laura Ingraham's podcast, Fox News distanced itself from audio show". Newsweek.
  4. Kurtz, Howard (June 17, 2008). "Ingraham Speaks Up About Her Silencing on Talk Radio" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  5. "Laura Ingraham goes off the air – to pursue modern dance". The Christian Science Monitor. Associated Press. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2017. Laura Ingraham, a conservative talk radio host, has left the Talk Radio Network after 9 years. Laura Ingraham jokes that she plans to pursue modern dance and the xylophone. If those don't work out, she'll go back to radio.
  6. Ingraham, Laura (3 January 2013). "Laura Ingraham on Leaving Talk Radio Network". Bloomberg Businessweek (Interview). Interviewed by Diane Brady. Retrieved 15 March 2017. I want the show to be livelier, funnier, newsier, more unpredictable.
  7. "Laura Ingraham To End Syndicated Show; Move To PodcastOne" from Radio Insight (November 14, 2018)
  8. Kopan, Tal (13 March 2014). "Ellmers: Ingraham's 'ignorant' stand". Politico. Retrieved 15 March 2017. Ingraham asked Ellmers if the country needs more foreign workers, invoking her mother who worked as a waitress for 40 years and the high number of unemployed Americans.
  9. Ingraham, Laura (19 February 2014). "Laura Ingraham: Why conservatives should say no to immigration reform". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 March 2017. …conservatives simply want the U.S. government to fulfill a top priority of any government — defending our borders to ensure that the benefits of American life belong only to those people who are here legally.
  10. O'Connor, Rory; Cutler, Aaron (1 June 2008). Shock Jocks : Hate Speech & Talk Radio : America's ten worst hate talkers and the progressive alternatives (1st ed.). San Francisco, CA: AlterNet Books. ISBN 978-0975272435. Her show even features a regular segment called 'The Illegal Immigration Sob Story' alert, in which she reads news pieces she feels are biased toward illegal immigrants.
  11. Keyes, Scott (25 January 2011). "Rep. Peter King: '80 Percent Of Mosques In This Country Are Controlled By Radical Imams'". ThinkProgress. Retrieved 16 March 2017. This week, King went on the Laura Ingraham Show to discuss his upcoming investigation. The guest host asked King how many American mosques he thought were 'infected' by 'radical jihad sentiment.'
  12. "Scott Walker Warns Of Radical Islam". LauraIngraham.com. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Governor Scott Walker explained how the Obama Administration is not doing enough to curb the sentiments of radical Islam from spreading into the United States.
  13. Karet, Brendan; Suen, Brennan; Ramesh, Dayanita (4 December 2015). "Right Wing Media Attack Loretta Lynch For Condemning Anti-Muslim Rhetoric That Leads To Violence". MediaMatters. Media Matters for America. Retrieved 16 March 2017. On the December 4 edition of The Laura Ingraham Show, host Laura Ingraham criticized Lynch's 'priority ... to go to the Muslim Advocates Dinner'
  14. Potoc, Mark; Smith, Janet (9 June 2015). "Women Against Islam". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center (2015 Summer Issue). Retrieved 16 March 2017. Laura Ingraham is a radio talk show host, author, and ABC News contributor who is known for her hard-right positions on a wide range of issues, including Islam.
  15. Ioffe, Julia (14 June 2016). "If Islam Is a Religion of Violence, So Is Christianity". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 16 March 2017. I have witnessed this debate play out many times over, including at one dinner party when Laura Ingraham turned to the other guests and took a poll: Raise your hands if you think Islam is a death cult. Most of the (politically conservative) guests raised their hands and then took pains to explain to me how, unlike Islam, Christianity is inherently a religion of love.
  16. Shear, Michael D. (9 May 2007). "Conservatives Step Up Attacks On Giuliani's Abortion Stance". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 March 2017. …the revival of stories noting that Giuliani had contributed to Planned Parenthood in the 1990s, sparking outrage on conservative blogs and a lengthy, uncomfortable appearance on Laura Ingraham's radio program.
  17. King, Larry (host); Ingraham, Laura; Carville, James; Gergen, David (30 October 2006). "California Firefighter Remembered; Election '06". Larry King Live. CNN. October 30, 2006. INGRAHAM: Well, I think what was interesting over the weekend is that on George Stephanopoulos' show, Michael J. Fox, you know, he's very compelling, has a very compelling story to tell but he also in a very candid moment said that he had not read amendment two, which is the amendment in Missouri which would constitutionalize the cloning of embryos for their ultimate destruction in research. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  18. "Catholics gear up for March for Life". The Catholic Review. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2017. On Jan. 23 the American Life League will hold a conference from 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington, followed by a 6 p.m. concert sponsored by Students for Life of America and featuring Barlow Girl and Laura Ingraham.
  19. Sacks, Ethan (26 August 2013). "Miley Cyrus' twerk causes knee-jerk reactions from conservatives". New York Daily News. Retrieved 16 March 2017. The debacle shows, 'We’re on a moral downward spiral,' according to radio host Laura Ingraham. 'What you're hearing is the end of the culture,' she told her listeners.
  20. "Is Laura Ingraham About To Blaze A New Trail?". Radio Ink. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017. It will also be interesting to hear the reaction from Howard Stern who is one of the people Ingraham regards as a major enemy of 'traditional American values,' and along with Hugh Hefner and others, a purveyor of 'filth.'
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