Glenn Beck Bio, Wiki
Glenn Beck born Glenn Lee Beck is an American conservative political commentator, television producer, entrepreneur, and radio host. He is the founder, CEO, and owner of Mercury Radio Arts which is the parent company of his TV and radio network, TheBlaze. He is also the host of a talk-radio show called Glenn Beck Radio Program. Additionally, Beck has written 6 New York Times–bestselling books.
Glenn Beck Age
Beck was born in Everett, Washington, United States on 10th February 1964. He is 60 years old as of 2024 and he celebrates his birthday on February 10 every year.
Glenn Beck Height/Measurements
Beck stands at an approximate height of 6 feet 2 inches.
Glenn Beck Education
Beck attended Jesuit school located in Puyallup then later went to Sehome High School in Bellingham where he graduated in 1982.
Glenn Beck Career
Beck moved to Corpus Christi, Texas in 1983 to work at a radio station called KZFM. In 1985, he was hired to work for WRKA’s morning-drive radio broadcast as the lead DJ. His weekday show was called Captain Beck and the A-Team. The show included the genre’s usual off-color antics; impersonations, pranks, and juvenile jokes. It slid to third in the market and then Beck suddenly departed in 1987 following a dispute with WRKA management. After some months, he was hired by KOY-FM, a phoenix Top-40 station which was previously known as Y-95. Beck was a co-host of a local program called morning zoo and was partnered with Tim Hattrick. While working at Y-95, he developed rivalry with KZZP, a local pop radio station and the the station’s morning host named Bruce Kelly.
Beck got criticism from Y-95 staff through publicity stunts and practical jokes and the rivalry was at its peak when Beck called Kelly’s wife on air and mocked her recent miscarriage. He resigned from the station in 1989 so he could accept a job at KRBE called Power 104, but was fired in the year 1990 because of poor ratings. He later relocated to Baltimore, Maryland to work in the city’s leading Top-40 station called WBSB well known as B104. While working there, he partnered with Pat Gray who was a morning DJ. During his time there, he was arrested and put to jail for speeding in his DeLorean. A former associate said that Beck was completely out of it when a station manager had gone to bail him out.
Following the firing of Beck and Gray, they stayed in Baltimore for six months planning on what to do next. In the beginning of 1992, they both moved to WKCI-FM which is a Top-40 radio station in New Haven, Connecticut. The station apologized after Gray and Beck mocked a Chinese-American caller on-air because he was offended by having Alf Gatineau, the executive producer mock a Chinese accent and playing a gong sound effect. The incident resulted in activist groups protesting. After Gray left the show, Beck continued working with co-host Vinnie Penn. In 1988, he was told that his contract was not going to be renewed at the end of 1999.
CNN’s Headline News announced in January 2006 that would be the host of Glenn Beck, a nightly news-commentary show. The show aired during weeknights and the station called the show an unconventional look at the news of the day featuring his often amusing perspective. At the end of his time at the station, he had the second largest audience after Nancy Grace. Beck won the Marconi Radio Award in 2008 for Network Syndicated Personality of the Year. It was announced in October 2008, that Beck would be joining Fox News Channel, departing from CNN Headline News. In Fox, he hosted Glenn Beck starting from January and also a weekend version. Among his first guests, was Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Additionally, he had a regular segment on Fridays on The O’Reilly Factor, a Fox News Channel program, called At Your Beck and Call. By September 2009, his program had attracted more viewers than all 3 competing time-slot shows brought together on MSNBC, CNN, and HLN. The high ratings of the show did not come with no dispute. Howard Kurtz, from the Washington post, reported that Beck’s style of using distorted or inflammatory rhetoric had jeopardized the channel and its journalists efforts to neutralize criticism from White House that Fox is not a news organization. Andrew Tyndall, a TV analyst, said that they are on the verge of loosing their image as a news organization.
In March 2009, he put up a campaign called the 9-12 Project which was named after 9 principles and twelve values that says embody the spirit of the American people following a day after the September 11 attacks. The project held a Patriot Camp for children in grades one to five. Beck hosted and promoted the Restoring Honor rally on 28th August 2010, held at Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The rally was co-sponsored by the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, supported by the Tea Party movement, and promoted by FreedomWorks. The aim of the rally was to embrace patriotism and religious faith.
Glenn Beck Political Views
Beck was a conservative with libertarian leanings as he called himself. He has a list of co-values which include, private charity, personal responsibility, freedom of religion, the right to life, the family as the cornerstone of society, and limited government. Beck believes in low national debt saying that a conservative believes that debts develops unhealthy relationships. He added that everyone should live within their means and work hard for financial independence. He also supports rights to personal gun ownership and opposes gun control legislation and supporting the NRA.
Beck does not support the scientific consensus on climate change. He says that there is more proof for Christ’s resurrection than man-made climate change. He says that the American Clean Energy and Security Act is a form of wealth redistribution and he has even promoted a petition, to reject Kyoto Protocol. In 2014, Beck announced that Mercury One would try hard to provide relief and food to the huge numbers of migrant children. He also announced on 18th March 2015 that he had left the Republican Party saying that it had failed to stand against immigration reform and Obamacare and also because of opposing lawmakers like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee.
He endorsed Cruz for president of USA in the year 2016. Beck named opposing Donald Trump as a moral, ethical choice in October 2016. In support of Cruz on the campaign trail, Beck said that If Donald Trump wins, it was going to be a snowball to hell. Cruz later dropped out of the race and Beck endorsed Evan McMullin, independent.
Glenn Beck Books
Beck has authored several books including;
- Agenda 21
- The Christmas Sweater
- Dark Future
- The Overton Window
- The Immortal Nicholas
- The Great Reset
- Agenda 21: Into the Shadows
- The Snow Angel
- Arguing with Idiots
- Miracles and Massacres
- Broke
- The Eye of Moloch
- It IS About Islam
- Dreamers and Deceivers
- Being George Washington
- Liars
- Addicted to Outrage
- The Real America
Glenn Beck Net Worth
Throughout his career as a conservative political commentator, television producer, entrepreneur, and radio host, Beck has been able to accumulate an estimated net worth of between $150 Million – $200 Million.
Glenn Beck Parents and Siblings
Beck was born in Everett, Washington and raised in Mount Vernon, Washington. His parents are; Mary Clara and William Beck who, when their son was born, lived in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. Later, the family relocated to Mount Vernon, Washington where they operated and owned a downtown bakery. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic. Beck and his sister then moved with their mum to Sumner, Washington. When Beck was 15 years old, his mum drowned while fishing in Puget Sound with a man in Commencement Bay west of Tacoma. According to police investigations, they said chances are that the two might have fallen overboard and one drowned while trying to save the other. During interviews, Beck said that his mum’s death was suicide.
Glenn Beck Wife
Beck met his first wife, Claire, while working at WPGC. The two got married in 1983 and together they were blessed with 2 daughters, Hannah and Mary. Due to the series of strokes during her birth in the year 1988, Mary developed cerebral palsy. However, the duo divorced in 1994 because Beck was struggling with substance abuse. He is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic and he also has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
He married his second wife Tania in 1999. After going to look for faith on a church tour together, they became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in October 1999. This was partly because of the urging of his daughter Mary. He was baptized by Pat Gray. Tania and Beck have 2 children together and they resided in New Canaan, Connecticut with their four kids until April 2011.
Glenn Beck Podcast
Beck has his podcast called The Glenn Beck Program that involves insight, Storytelling, and compelling perspective on American politics and culture. His quick wit, engaging personality, and candid opinions have resulted in this program being one of the most popular radio programs in the US.
Glenn Beck Daughter’s Wedding
His daughter tied the knot with her husband in upstate New York during the Columbus Day weekend. Beck shared some photos of the ceremony in his website. He also included pictures of a totaled SUV. He explained that after the wedding, he headed to the cottage with his family, and once he reached the door, he turned and saw the rental car flipping down a hill. Nobody was in the car.
Glenn Beck Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
He is vocal on his social media accounts where he posts frequently. On his Twitter account, he has about 1.8M followers, around 3.7M followers on his Facebook page, and about 503K followers on his Instagram account.