Ken Hamblin

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Ken Hamblin
Born
Ken Loronzo Hamblin II

(1940-10-22) October 22, 1940 (age 83)
New York City, New York
, United States
Occupations

Ken Loronzo Hamblin II (born October 22, 1940), the self-titled Black Avenger, was host of the Ken Hamblin Show, which was

Denver, Colorado
, is the author of the books Pick a Better Country: An Unassuming Colored Guy Speaks His Mind about America and Plain Talk and Common Sense from the Black Avenger.

Early career

The child of immigrant parents from

Black Panthers, and gave them favorable coverage. He eventually came to the opinion the left had failed to bring about the type of America it spoke of, and he began to move to the conservative side of the spectrum
. Hamblin is a licensed fixed-wing pilot and a motorcycle owner. He is a father and grandfather.

The Ken Hamblin Show

Hamblin had a long-running local talk program on powerful KOA radio in Denver, a clear-channel station heard across the western and central United States. Hamblin hosted the early evening shift, which he worked the evening of June 18, 1984, when Alan Berg, one of the station's biggest and most controversial hosts, was gunned down. He gained national attention when his show, then carried on another Denver radio station, was broadcast on C-SPAN during the early 1990s. He was heard on KNUS and KXKL radio in Denver, as well as across the nation. After his show was syndicated, he was heard across the United States on about 200 radio stations.

In 1999, Hamblin was named one of Colorado's Top 100 most influential media personalities.[5]

Hamblin's show had several unique features: playing various versions of the "

Louis Farrakan and the Nation of Islam, challenging those unhappy with the United States to "pick a better country" and go live there.[4]

Life after leaving public life

As of 2010, Hamblin was reported to be living in Douglas County, Colorado and now spends much of his time traveling with his wife Sue.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Conversations/Ken Hamblin; In Denver, the Surprising New Face Of Right-Wing Talk Radio (Published 1994)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-08-16.
  2. ^ Chicago Tribune
  3. ^ Grunt.com
  4. ^ a b GySgt Slater G. Leverette. "Patriot on American Radio - Ken Hamblin". Grunt.com. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  5. ^ "Colorado's 100 Most Influential Members of the Media Recognized; KHOW's Peter Boyles Named Colorado Media Person of the Year" (Press release). Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  6. ^ "Ken Hamblin sighting: Alive and well in Douglas County". The Castle Pines Connection. 2010-11-29. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.

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