Mike Gallagher began his career in talk radio at the age of seventeen in Dayton, Ohio, and has been in front of a microphone ever since. In 1998, after stints as a local host in regional markets like Albany and on America’s biggest station, New York City’s WABC, Gallagher launched his nationally syndicated show with twelve markets. Today, Gallagher’s show is ranked #6 in America by Talker’s Magazine. Gallagher is also a Fox News Contributor, appearing regularly on all of the popular Fox shows, and has guest hosted Sean Hannity’s show. Gallagher is also a Town Hall columnist, and in 2005 he wrote his New York Times bestseller Surrounded by Idiots: Fighting Liberal Lunacy in America.