On the Scene: Radio in Black and White

New York City

‘FOR the rawest, highest-rated bigotry in town—attacks on blacks, gays, even the elderly—tune in Bob Grant’s afternoon drive-time show on WABC.” Thus did New York magazine introduce its October 17 cover story by Philip Gourevitch. The piece described Grant’s work on the air as “racist, alienated, bullying, embittered, hyperbolic—the white equivalent of gangster rap.” Gourevitch accused Grant of bigotry (he called Haitian boat people “sub-human scum”) and vulgarity (he called Bill Clinton a “sleazebag”).

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New York City

‘FOR the rawest, highest-rated bigotry in town—attacks on blacks, gays, even the elderly—tune in Bob Grant’s afternoon drive-time show on WABC.” Thus did New York magazine introduce its October 17 cover story by Philip Gourevitch. The piece described Grant’s work on the air as “racist, alienated, bullying, embittered, hyperbolic—the white equivalent of gangster rap.” Gourevitch accused Grant of bigotry (he called Haitian boat people “sub-human scum”) and vulgarity (he called Bill Clinton a “sleazebag”).