{"id":3945,"date":"2012-11-14T21:43:49","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T02:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2012-11-14T21:43:49","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T02:43:49","slug":"toledo-loses-its-lighthouse-brian-wilson-out-at-wspd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/14\/toledo-loses-its-lighthouse-brian-wilson-out-at-wspd\/","title":{"rendered":"Toledo Loses Its Lighthouse: Brian Wilson out at WSPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Wilson, one of the nation&#8217;s smartest, funniest, and most pro-freedom talk show hosts, is out at WSPD.\u00a0\u00a0 Brian announced on Monday:<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"userContent\">THIS JUST IN:  Clear Channel and I have parted  ways.  I am glad to have had the opportunity to preach the gospel of  freedom and liberty to Northwest Ohio.  Wish I had the chance on the air  to say thanks to my listeners.  I will continue to make every effort to  spread the message of free markets and liberty.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"userContent\">Brian did a wonderful job of waking folks up  to the perils of Leviathan.  He brought a sense of humor to public  policy discussions that is unique to libertarian-conservative talk show  hosts.  That guy should have been syndicated nationally long ago&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully there will soon be an announcement of Brian back on the air elsewhere&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Wilson, one of the nation&#8217;s smartest, funniest, and most pro-freedom talk show hosts, is out at WSPD.\u00a0\u00a0 Brian announced on Monday: THIS JUST IN: Clear Channel and I have parted ways. I am glad to have had the opportunity to preach the gospel of freedom and liberty to Northwest Ohio. 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