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Hi, and welcome back to the Carol Markowitz show on IHartRadio.

My guest today is Chris DeGal.

Chris is host of the Chris DeGal Show weekdays 6 to 9 on the Salem Radio Network and the Salem News Channel and daily on the Salem Podcast Network.

So nice to have you on Chris.

We worked hard on that show name, Carol.

Thank you so much.

I too struggled with my show name.

So I understand.

Look, sometimes it just is what it is, you know.

That's right. That's right.

It's a show, you know, with our names in it. So tell me how you got into this thing of ours. Where did you get your start?

Golly, you know, I started as an overnight DJ in college. I was a, before I even knew what talk radio was as a thing, I started as a DJ because I thought I wanted to talk on the radio.

I was a kid, so I didn't really know talk radio. So I thought, well, the easiest way to get on the radio and talk was through being a DJ.

So I went through a lot of painful years pretending to care about the music.

I had to play while I was doing entirely too much talking.

My bosses kept telling me to shut up and I lost several jobs until finally one boss one day said,

you know what, we're getting rid of you on afternoon drive on our morning, our music station. We're going to move

you to our talk station and see how that works out, effective Monday. And that was the beginning back

in 2004. Were you always right of center? I, yes, I was always a Republican, registered Republican voter.

I was raised in a Republican home, but I don't think I knew really what I was always a registered Republican voter. I was raised in a Republican home, but I don't think I knew

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