Dan Patrick (radio host)
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Dan Patrick (born Dannie Scott Goeb,
4 April 1950) is a former sportscaster, author, and
conservative radio talk show host on
KSEV 700
AM in
Houston, Texas.
Patrick hosts a daily afternoon show on KSEV radio and regularly organizes political events in the Houston area. Patrick's show was once voted the top talk radio show in
Texas by the Houston Press Club.[
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Prior to hosting his show on KSEV, Patrick was a television broadcaster in
Baltimore,
Scranton, Pennsylvania,
Washington, DC and Houston, where he served as Sports Director on
KHOU-TV, and the host of a political talk show on
KTBU-TV. He was also managing editor at
KPRC 950 AM, now a competitor to KSEV.
On
June 1,
2006, Patrick announced the signing of a deal to purchase
Highland Park, Texas radio station KMGS AM 1160. [
2] The station, which broadcasts from studios in the
Dallas museum district, recently upgraded its signal strength to 35,000
watts to reach all of the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. The station can also be heard as far north as the
Oklahoma border, south to
Corsicana, west to
Weatherford and east to
Tyler. The station was purchased from First Broadcasting Capital Partners, LLC.
Patrick currently heads
Citizens Lowering Unfair Taxes (CLOUT), a political organization that campaigns for lower property taxes in Texas. Other political causes initiated by Patrick include a
boycott of
Bill Maher's television show
Politically Incorrect over controversial statements made by the comedian following the
9/11 terrorist attacks. Patrick is also frequently at odds with the
Houston Chronicle and announced a boycott of that newspaper in April 2004.
Patrick is currently a
Republican candidate for the
Texas State Senate in the
District 7 race, seeking to join the political ranks of his frequent on-air targets. Patrick has won the primary and will face
Democratic candidate
F. Michael Kubosh and
Libertarian candidate
Mary Ann Bryan in the
2006 fall election.
The Second Most Important Book You Will Ever Read ISBN 0785262865, a
Christian inspirational book.
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CLOUT Patrick's political organization.
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Lone Star Times, Weblog launched by Patrick, but no longer owned by or formally affiliated with him.
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Dan Patrick campaign web site
