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After his show was cancelled in December 1996, Bey was a radio host on New York's [[WABC (AM)|WABC]] until 2003. According to the ''[[New York Post]]'', he was one of only two talk hosts at the time on commercial New York radio to openly oppose the [[Iraq War]], accurately contesting the [[Weapons of mass destruction|WMD]] evidence. He has since hosted on Sirius Satellite Radio, ''The Bill Press Show'', and for the syndicated ''[[Wall Street Journal]]: This Morning''. |
After his show was cancelled in December 1996, Bey was a radio host on New York's [[WABC (AM)|WABC]] until 2003. According to the ''[[New York Post]]'', he was one of only two talk hosts at the time on commercial New York radio to openly oppose the [[Iraq War]], accurately contesting the [[Weapons of mass destruction|WMD]] evidence. He has since hosted on Sirius Satellite Radio, ''The Bill Press Show'', and for the syndicated ''[[Wall Street Journal]]: This Morning''. |
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Bey most recently hosted for a week on FREE FM 92.3 from 2/5/07 to 2/9/07 from 10:00 PM to midnight. He regularly fills in for [[Lynn Samuels]] on the [[Sirius Satellite Radio]] channel [[List_of_Sirius_Satellite_Radio_stations|Talk Left]] when she goes on vacation or takes a day off. |
Bey most recently hosted for a week on FREE FM 92.3 from 2/5/07 to 2/9/07 from 10:00 PM to midnight. He regularly fills in for [[Lynn Samuels]] and [[Alex Bennett]] on the [[Sirius Satellite Radio]] channel [[List_of_Sirius_Satellite_Radio_stations|Talk Left]] when she goes on vacation or takes a day off. |
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Revision as of 15:41, 31 May 2007
Richard Bey (born July 22, 1951) of Turkish descent, was popular in the 1990s as host of The Richard Bey Show, a daytime talk show that was arguably "groundbreaking" in its use of ordinary people's personal stories incorporated into entertaining competitive games, a premise commonly used in today's talk and reality shows. Prior to The Richard Bey Show, he hosted 'People Are Talking' (telecast in New York City and Philadelphia) and 'Two on the Town' for WCBS-TV. He grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens and is an alumnus of the University of California, Santa Barbara and the Yale School of Drama.
The Richard Bey Show, which began in 1990 and was produced from WWOR-TV in New York City , featured such competitive events as the 'Miss Big Butt' contest, 'The Mr. Puniverse Contest', 'Dysfunctional Family Feud' and 'Blacks who think OJ is guilty vs Whites who think he is innocent'. Bey's show made frequent use of sound effects like 'uh-Duh' for an inane response, 'I've been framed' for a guest proclaiming innocence and 'You're busted!' for one accused of wrongdoing. The show was a precursor to reality television, featuring a variety of games incorporating guests' stories, most notoriously "The Wheel of Torture", in which a guest would be strapped to a spinning wheel while a spouse or lover poured slime on them as punishment for a misdeed.
Richard would frequently make fun of Jerry Springer on his show, such as when he lost his contact lenses and was forced to wear eyeglasses, remarking, "Don't worry, you're not watching Jerry Springer" and showing Jerry in his "Bad Neighbors" segment, a reference to Springer's show airing on several American networks either before or after The Richard Bey Show in the 1990s.
After his show was cancelled in December 1996, Bey was a radio host on New York's WABC until 2003. According to the New York Post, he was one of only two talk hosts at the time on commercial New York radio to openly oppose the Iraq War, accurately contesting the WMD evidence. He has since hosted on Sirius Satellite Radio, The Bill Press Show, and for the syndicated Wall Street Journal: This Morning.
Bey most recently hosted for a week on FREE FM 92.3 from 2/5/07 to 2/9/07 from 10:00 PM to midnight. He regularly fills in for Lynn Samuels and Alex Bennett on the Sirius Satellite Radio channel Talk Left when she goes on vacation or takes a day off.