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About Brian Wilson
What’s to know? Brian Wilson, nationally-known radio and television host, author, business owner, speaker, consultant, father and professional rabble rouser with more than 50 years experience in media as DJ, Talk Show Host, News/Program Director, and Station Owner. At no time was he the leader of the Beach Boys, play for the LA Dodgers or work in Nashville.
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Brian hosted successful radio programs on Heritage stations in New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City, Baltimore, and Washington, DC. As morning drive host at WABC, he hosted AM Drive for the station’s historic transition from Music to Talk. Former WABC PD Phil Boyce noted, “Brian Wilson is the only radio personality I know who went to bed a disc jockey and woke up a Talk Show Host – and he did it on the biggest station in the biggest market in the world – WABC/New York.” Brian would later go on to become “ Head Zoo Keeper” of New York’s notorious "Z-Morning Zoo."
Wilson also played a role in the start-up of CNN, hosting the entertainment segment, Music Notes. In a return to Atlanta in the 90s, Brian not only hosted his WGST Afternoon Drive radio show, he was also the star of Talk at Nite, a week-night TV talk program that broadcast Live, complete with studio audience and the TaN band.
Wilson is the author of four books – 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio (2018), Watercolor Memories - The Story of Lauren (2017), The Little Black Book on Whitewater (1996), and A Media Guide for Market-Liberal Organizations (1993). The Whitewater book sparked guest appearances on many of the country’s great talk radio stations, opening the door to his ground-breaking Vacation Relief business.
As the founder of Vacation Relief, Inc. (VRINK), Brian was the first major-market talk radio host to substitute nationwide for vacationing talk show hosts without leaving the comfort of his digitally-equipped home studio. Wilson hosted radio programs in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Kansas City, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, Charlotte, Atlanta, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York, and other cities, as well as nationally syndicated shows “Art Bell’s Coast to Coast,” “Jim Bohanan Show,” “Laura Ingraham,” and "Mike Smerconish.”
Wilson’s ease on the air and in-depth knowledge attracted the attention of many nationally-known political favorites as guests, including Walter Williams, Tom Sowell, James Bovard, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Victor Davis Hanson, Ann Coulter, Stephen Moore, sports legend John Madden, and a long list of music and film stars.
For safety and security reasons, Wilson maintains an unlisted address allegedly in the Southeast with his wife, journalist, and writer Cassie Wilson, and their golden retriever, Nellie.
