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- This article is about the conservative author, lawyer, and radio talk show host. For the filmmaker, see Marc Levin.
Mark Reed Levin (b. September 21, 1957) is a conservative radio talk show host on WABC in New York City, syndicated on both terrestrial radio and satellite radio.
Education
Mark Levin holds a B.A. from Temple University (where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa) and a J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Professional career
From 1981, Levin has served as adviser to several members of President Ronald Reagan's Cabinet, eventually becoming associate director of presidential personnel and ultimately Chief of Staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese. He has practiced law in the private sector, and is president of the Landmark Legal Foundation in Leesburg, Virginia. His radio career began in 2002 as a Sunday evening host on WABC. In the fall of 2003, he was given the weekday 6pm-8pm (ET) timeslot, where he remains today.
Political Career
Mark Levin served under the Reagan Administration as legal counsel. Levin's most notably served by representing former Attorney General Edwin Meese during the Iran-Contra investigation.
Book and punditry
Levin is the author of the bestselling book, Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America (ISBN 0-89526-050-6), in which Levin identifies the perils of "judicial activism" and criticizes members of the judicial branch who "legislate from the bench." Levin advocates originalist constitutional interpretation. He also advocates the unitary executive theory, and often criticizes members of the Congress for what he deems an attempt to stack the Supreme Court of the United States with activist judges.
Levin is a contributing editor for National Review Online (NRO) and blogged there from 2006-2007. In addition to his originalist views on the Constitution, Levin has conservative beliefs on policy and social issues, often ridiculing President Bush and centrist Republicans in Congress for attempts at moderating their views on social issues under the compassionate conservatism label.
In 2001, the American Conservative Union gave Levin its Ronald Reagan Award.
On November 6, 2007 Levin will release his second book, Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish. Departing from his usual political commentary, Levin tells the story of the life and death of Sprite, the pet he adopted from the Montgomery County (Maryland) Humane Society.
Contributions to other radio shows
Levin began his broadcast career as a guest on conservative talk radio programs. For many years he was a frequent contributor of legal opinions to The Rush Limbaugh Show, who referred to him on-air as "F. Lee Levin," a tongue-in-cheek reference to the famous defense attorney F. Lee Bailey. He was also a contributor to The Sean Hannity Show and eventually got a radio slot of his own, on WABC, following Hannity's program. Hannity has nicknamed Levin "The Great One". Levin and Hannity remain frequent contributors to each other's programs, often calling in and facetiously referring to each other as "Doctor Hannity" or "Doctor Levin".
Radio show
Levin's radio show is a mix of political and social commentary from a conservative point of view. He also covers legal issues in some detail, including decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court on issues important to conservatives. Levin follows the traditional talk radio model of taking listener phone calls throughout the show. As of 2006, his show is syndicated by ABC Radio on more than 135 stations as well in rebroadcasts on the ABC News & Talk channel located on XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. His radio show is number 1 in the New york city market and averages 4 million listeners.
References
- "Ryskind, Alan and Jeffrey, Terance "Mark Levin Takes Talk Radio by Storm", Human Events, October 10, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-03.
- "Lopez,Kathryn Jean. "Jim Webb's Favorite Constituent", National Review On-line, July 18, 2007". Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- "Caine, Candice, "An Interview With Radio Guru Mark Levin", Associated Content, January 18, 2007". Retrieved 2007-02-23.
- "Affiliates Page".
External links
- Mark Levin Show, The Official Mark Levin Website
- And Another Thing . . . on National Review Online, Levin's blog
- Landmark Legal Foundation