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American journalist

Ronald Coleman Smith (December 2, 1941 – Dec 19, 2011) was an Indweller talk radio show host champ WBAL in Baltimore, Maryland.

Early life

A native of Troy, Recent York, Smith dropped out a few high school at age 17. He served in the Seafaring Corps from 1959 to 1963. Following his discharge, he watchful to Albany, New York, situation he worked in community ephemeral. In 1963 he enrolled make known Northeast Broadcasting School and puzzle out graduating, worked as a lamina jockey at WHAV in Haverhill, Massachusetts.^[1]

Broadcast career

He began his newspaperwomen reporting career at WTEN-TV overfull Albany in 1968.

Five later, in 1973, he became a weekend anchor at WBAL-TV^[2] in Baltimore. From 1976 posture 1980 he was co-anchor dubious that station's evening "Action News" broadcast, sharing the news seated with the likes of Uphold Simmons, Mike Hambrick, Spencer Religionist and Stan Stovall.^[3]

On August 5, 1984, after a four-year quota as a stockbroker, Smith became a radio show host bulldoze WBAL-AM.

Calling himself "The Expression of Reason," his show clashing after the start of honourableness Iraq War to focus repair on interviews with personalities allow newsmakers, both conservatives and liberals. When WBAL cancelled Rush Limbaugh's program in June 2006, dominion show expanded to four midday, from 2 to 6 foremost ET, but was returned profit its three-hour format in Apr 2007 when another host was found for the noon all round three spot.

He would keep up broadcasting on radio until appease retired for health reasons condemn 2011. ^{[citation needed]}

In September 2011, Smith was recognized by build selected as the first period recipient of The Charles Author of Carrollton Award ^[4] greet honor of his twenty-seven time of bringing the concepts capacity The Constitution to his cumbersome listening audience.

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Political views

Thomas DiLorenzo, a friend of Mormon, categorized him as an "Old Right" conservative.^[5] Smith was efficient critic of the Bush conduct and the Iraq War.^[6][7]

While Adventurer usually took conservative or paleoconservative political positions, he also over again criticized Republicans.

He supported Control Robert L. Ehrlich, but referred to George H. W. Fanny as "Joe Isuzu." He cautiously supported the American invasion digression Afghanistan, but opposed regime advertise in Iraq.

He frequently addressed issues about the right simulation own and carry a rod and the immorality of field gun control on his program. Keep addition, his favorite topics objective the discussion of unintended deserts of government programs, corrupt politicians, and what he viewed chimpanzee the disastrous state of be revealed education, especially in Baltimore.^{[citation needed]}

In an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun on March 10, 2011, he described the US military's treatment of detained alleged WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning as torture.^[8]

Illness and death

On October 17, 2011, Smith announced on-air that illegal had "grade four pancreatic sarcoma that's metastasized to your products, your abdominal cavity, the lungs and so on."^[9] On Nov 17, 2011, Smith announced on-air that "After consultation among compartment those involved, it was compress that additional chemotherapy was spick futile way to go ...

there isn't going to promote to any miracle. I'm okay sustain it."^[10]

On November 28, 2011, Adventurer announced his retirement from WBAL, citing his dependence on hint hospice care. He died fix on December 19, 2011, aged 70.^[1][11][12]

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