“Red Eye Radio” co-host Gary McNamara has been in talk radio for more than three decades and he said he doesn’t see it ending anytime soon.
McNamara discussed his lengthy career Friday while recounting many suggestions that he’s been given.
“As today I finish my 33rd year in talk radio and Monday I start my 34th year, I’ve never felt pressure in this job and never, ever will,” McNamara said.
McNamara stated that he began his career in 1989. He said society was different and so were some of the topics that were discussed on the radio.
“The left would actually discuss the issues but now it’s all about justifying obvious lies on all the major issues,” he said. “I still can remember one of the first pieces of advice that I ever got.”
He said somebody on the radio told him that he had to stay away from talking about race.
“Don’t talk about race, it will get you in trouble,” he said. “I thought to myself, I’ll talk about whatever I want. At that time, I didn’t really want to be doing talk radio but once I embraced it was OK.”
McNamara said he never ran away from talking about anything, including race.
“In fact, the topics that they say are taboo, like race, are one of the favorite topics that Eric [Harley] and I love talking about. All these taboo topics that they say we shouldn’t be talking about are the ones that we like so much.”
“I love this job, I love being able to do this,” he added.
“Red Eye Radio” is a nationally syndicated program which airs overnight daily on more than 250 radio stations across the U.S.
