Chris Baker | |
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Occupation | Radio talk host |
Chris Baker is a former talk radio host who has worked in South Florida, Minneapolis, [1] Houston [2] and Omaha. [3] [4] [5]
Baker grew up in Dallas. [6] He worked in St. Louis, then moved to Houston where he worked until his show was canceled in 2007. [6]
In 2006, the Houston Press wrote of Baker, “Chris Baker is the leading local talk-show host in town; since the town in question is Houston.” [7] He was a 2008 nominee for the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. [8] Described by critics as working in “shock-jockery”, Baker has drawn criticism for remarks about Magic Johnson, Barack Obama, the WBNA, gay people, women, and transgender people. [9] [10] [11] Following the 2008 comments about Johnson, his station at the time, KTLK in Minneapolis, offered regrets for the remarks and aired public service announcements about HIV/AIDS. [1] On April 21, 2021, Baker was fired as the afternoon talk host on NewsRadio 1110 KFAB in Omaha, Nebraska after making a racist tweet following the conviction of Derek Chauvin, to which he responded that he had accidentally posted the wrong photo. [12] [13]