Longtime talk radio host David Gold has died at the age of 75.
Gold rose to prominence in the 1970s, becoming one of the first recognizable conservative talk radio hosts. During his career, he worked in markets like Boston, Denver, Tampa, Miami, and Dallas.
Perhaps most notably, Gold worked alongside his friend Kevin McCarthy in Dallas at KLIF 570. He worked in the Dallas market for 26 years.
Later, he spent time working at KSFO in San Francisco, spending a decade working in the market. In total, David Gold spent more than 40 years in the news/talk format.
Former colleague Mark Davis, who now helms mornings at AM 660 The Answer in Dallas, remembered his friend in a post on social media Thursday morning.
“A giant loss in the talk radio family,” said Davis. “My friend, David Gold, a trailblazer in our format, a conservative warrior without peer, and the north star of the art form on KLIF when I arrived back in my native Texas in 1994. David has passed at 75. Rest in peace, my brother.”
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