Jim Quinn

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Jim Quinn (b. 1943) is an American conservative radio talk show host based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His program, "The War Room with Quinn and Rose," is aired on 12 stations across the U.S. and is also heard on XM Satellite Radio Channel 158 from 6 - 9 AM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

1 History
2 Show
3 Quinn's laws
- 3.1 "Heads-Up" themes
4 Affiliates
5 References

[edit] History

Before beginning his political morning show, Quinn spent a number of years doing voiceover work for WPGH-TV 53 and as a disc jockey at KQV in the 1970s, where he would befriend his eventual political mentor Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh worked at KQV and WIXZ/McKeesport, PA as a disc jockey under the name Jeff Christie.

Quinn is best remembered in the Pittsburgh area as the nighttime screamer on KQV radio in the 1960s, during the station's peak as a Top 40 power. Quinn was hired from WING/Dayton in 1967 and had an immediate impact on the market. In 1968, he jumped at an opportunity to take a job in Philadelphia, but was back at KQV in less than a year. He stayed until 1972, then spent time in New York City at WPIX-FM.

He then moved to Buffalo, where in the late seventies he became known to listeners throughout the northeast on WKBW-AM, a 50,000 watt station that took requests from as far away as Norway. Quinn's final hour included a trivia game called "Stump The Audience," where the answers had been kept "in a sealed envelope on Funk and Wagnalls' doorstep since noon today." In an emotional farewell as he returned to Pittsburgh, Quinn said, "May I get lockjaw if I ever forget how much I appreciate the people who listen."

A Pittsburgh station, 13Q or WKTQ, lured him back in 1977 to capture the adults who had grown up listening to him on KQV. Quinn later moved to the midday slot at WTAE radio, an adult contemporary station in Pittsburgh, under the watch of General Manager, Ted Atkins ("Captain Showbiz"). In 1983, he became half of "The Quinn and Banana Show" on B-94 FM, which ran in Pittsburgh, PA, until the late 1980s. Their format was teenie pop and junior high bathroom humor. After performing a skit for that show, Quinn and his on-air partner, "Banana Don" Jefferson, were sued for sexual harassment for their antics, which were somewhat comparable to those of Howard Stern. They had made a crude joke suggesting that newswoman Liz Randolph was adept at oral sex. Shortly thereafter, his FM morning show was cancelled. Quinn largely credits this lawsuit with "opening his eyes" and inducing his conversion to political conservatism.

After Quinn's program was cancelled on B-94, he landed the morning drive program on WRRK radio in Pittsburgh, and adopted his current political talk format, a conservative talk radio program. The program was moved to WPGB radio in 2004 when that station adopted an all talk format.

Quinn is a proponent of a Constitutional government that adheres to the guiding principles of the nation's founders. He claims to champion a smaller federal government and free markets. He regularly equates modern liberalism with Marxism. He commonly refers to "Quinn's Laws," a collection of statements that sum up his world view, such as "liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent" (i.e. the War on Poverty has led to even greater poverty)."

The show, broadcast with co-host Rose Somma Tennent (aka "Radio Rose"), is live weekdays from 6 AM to 9 AM EST on certain affiliates as well as on XM Satellite Radio Channel 158; others replay the first hour after 9. It can be heard worldwide on the Internet via WarRoom.com.

Quinn authored a "liberal version" of "The Ant and the Grasshopper" in 1994. [1].

[edit] Show

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On his show, Quinn has promoted various conspiracy theories during the Clinton administration, including the deaths of Vince Foster and Ron Brown, allegations that Juanita Broaddrick had accused the President of sexual misconduct, the allegation that the Administration sold secret intelligence information to the Chinese government, which he referred to as "Chinagate". Quinn arrives at these conclusions with the input from investigators and credible officials who are regularly interviewed on air. Quinn also stated that he believes in the JFK assassination conspiracy, even though his reasons for this support are based more on the rhetoric he has heard vs. actual scientific evidence. The amount of conspiracy theories that Quinn often promotes may expose him to disrespect among his more popular conservative peers such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Many conservative listeners recognize his patriotism, his political analysis, and his application of conservative principles. Most listeners appreciate his willingness to engage unpleasant circumstances and theories that can be all too easily dismissed as "conspiracy theories".

Many listeners also notice that style often replaces substance and factual evidence is of little consequence in many of Quinn's rants as noted in the following examples. In the lead up to the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Quinn posited that Clinton might enact martial law and remain as president indefinitely. (Never occurred) Quinn was a major proponent of the Y2K threat,(Never occurred) and advertised 'Y2K survival kits' on his show. He has recently alleged that Hillary Clinton is part of a New World Order conspiracy. (Unsubstantiated) He regularly calls prominent Democrats "Marxists". (Unsubstantiated) At one point, he interviewed a man who was a Catholic priest, who stated that the Clintons were demonically possessed. (Unsubstantiated)

Quinn's program follows a conservative format. He criticizes liberals, the IRS, big government, radical environmentalists, the bias of the mainstream media, and outspoken Hollywood actors. Quinn promotes issues such as the right to bear arms, the FairTax, Christian values, alternative media, and the military. A majority of the show consists of Quinn discussing a wide range of topics: politics, science, economics, social issues, and world affairs. Rose predominantly takes stances on issues concerning her spiritual faith and Christianity in politics, religion, family values, social problems, and education. Like other radio talk shows, the War Room also has call-in segments, though these segments are infrequent and shorter than on other shows.

[edit] Quinn's laws

Quinn has formulated a group of laws regarding the nature of liberalism and the behavior of its proponents. These are:

QUINNs FIRST LAW: Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent.

1. We believe the solution to the human condition is Liberty. Three hundred years of the most successful country the globe has ever seen is proof enough. No government program created this country, free people created this country.

2. The unspoken Bush doctrine is this, The decades of the dictators are over. We had a parade of them for a hundred years. They have killed one hundred million of us. We have learned our lesson. UPDATE SINCE NOVEMBER: MAYBE WE HAVENT.

3. America is not an Imperialist nation despite what your professors tell you. We are not shoving our way of life down anyones throats, we are shoving freedom down the throats of tyrants so other people can chose their own way of life. That is the answer to the question "What is the role of the worlds only superpower?".

4. Marxism is the greatest threat to human freedom and growth. It has never worked anywhere. It has been tried, but it is still taught in every college. Its time to drain the swamp of these 1960s reprobates and charge them with selling a defective product. UPDATE: RADICAL ISLAM NOW JOINS MARXISM, AND LIBERALS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO ENABLE IT. NOW THE MSA IS ON EVERY COLLEGE CAMPUS AND LIBERALS ARE FALLING ALL OVER THEMSELVES TO KOWTOW TO IT.

5. America is not the world largest polluter because a) carbon dioxide is not a pollutant it is plant food. b) In terms of wealth versus tons of pollution we are the cleanest country on earth because we are free and have the disposable income to clean up after our selves; something the vaunted Soviet block never had.

6. The environmental movement uses the environment and animal species as an excuse for putting the means of production (the land) off limits to the American citizen. Putting the means of production off limits to the citizen is the definition of communism. UPDATE: PUTTING GAS AND OIL OFF LIMIITS TO THE CITIZEN IS THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY.

7. We have a highly progressive income tax. The tax code rewards bad choices and punishes good ones. Russia has moved to a 13% flat tax. So we have Karl Marxs tax system and Russia has Steve Forbes. If you dont see a problem here, you are probably a registered democrat.

8. Abortion is the Sacrament of the Feminist Church. It is the ultimate celebration of the separation of a woman from her nature. Feminists like this will go to any lengths to protect this so-called right. There is no abortion argument that is not rooted in feminist rage, personal inconvenience, or self loathing.

9. The fundamental difference between Liberals and Conservatives is - Liberals see every new life as a potential problem and a burden. Conservatives see every new life as a potential source of creativity and wealth. Allow me to elaborate a little bit on that. When your view of your responsibility to your fellow citizen is to take care of them through government planning and government force, every new person born becomes another mouth to feed another person to educate another burden on the states resources. If you are a liberal you believe that resources are limited and there is only so much to go around. You see yourself or government policy as the arbiters of who gets what. A conservative understands that new wealth is created every time human creativity acts on a resource and is unlimited. To a conservative, life is a blessing. To a liberal life is a curse. (Does this clarify their love of abortion and euthanasia?)

10. There is no conclusive evidence that humans have caused global warming. It is the hoax of the century, and it makes a lot of people a lot of grant money. It also makes a convenient excuse for putting a global governor on capitalism to make the world fair for dictators and socialist welfare states. So, why not teach it to our kids and lets pretend that its true? UPDATE: EVEN THE UN IS NOW HAVING DOUBTS AND SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING THAT WE MAY BE RETURNING TO THE MINI ICE AGE OF THE 16 AND 1700s.

11. No-one had ever died trying to paddle a rubber boat from Miami to Cuba.

12. Racial profiling is what groups pejoratively call common sense when they have a problem that they dont want to talk about. When you notice that several Middle Eastern men boarding an airplane are acting strangely, you yank them out of line and your airline gets sued for 1.2 million dollars. You were engaging in common sense, but they say you were engaging in racial profiling. And so racial profiling is what groups call common sense when they have a problem they dont want to talk about. And when they say they do want to discuss it with you they really dont they just want to shut you up.

13. To a Conservative adversity is indistinguishable from opportunity.

14. The United Nations is an expensive farce that allows tyrants to park illegally and pretend that they are legitimate World Statesmen - they are not They are thugs in $4000.00 suits.

15. Wahhabist Islam is a global mental illness. It is a sickness, it is a cancer and it is evil.

16. There is such a thing as Evil, and you cannot negotiate with it.

17. Common sense and government are mutually exclusive. Government is what you do when you've decided that you cant trust the citizen to use their common sense. So, when you as an elitist and one of our betters notices that not all of us out here are perfect, and not all of us make the right judgments about everything, you then impose your bureaucratic rules upon us and we cant use our common sense any more. Dont ever let a politician tell you that he is going to bring common sense to government. The only way to bring common sense to government is to get rid of government and allow people to use their common sense instead.

18. Reganomics is the only economics that works. Lowering tax rates increases wealth to everyone, including the government because there is no limit to wealth. New wealth is created where wealth did not exist before when a human acts on a resource and humans can only do that when they are free. (see: North Korea and Palestine) Taxes are restrictions on freedom.

19. The Second Amendment [to the US constitution] is the essential counterbalance to the fearsome power of lawmaking, and it means exactly what it says. ["A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."] If you are a lawmaker and this amendment makes you nervous; good! As long as you stay nervous you have nothing to fear.

20. In our Republic, God is a necessary legal concept. This is not a Democracy, it is a Representative Constitutional Republic and there is a big difference. In case you are wondering why so many of the Socialists out there want God out of everything in our public life there is a real utilitarian reason for this. It is not just that the idea of God makes them uncomfortable personally. God is a major speed bump on their super highway to their super state. Why? Because our founding documents set forth that our rights as humans pre-date the government of men, those rights cannot be abridged (at least easily). They come from God and are inalienable. Drive God out of the mix and rights will flow from government. Once that happens government will alter and abridge those rights because they can. Whether God exists or not he is necessary for the maintenance of freedom.

21. There is no such thing as the separation of church and state. That is a trick to intimidate people of faith. The founders feared a Church of the United States, not a manger scene outside the courthouse or red and green cookies in school. In using this canard as a tool to drive all God centered religion out of public life, the secular humanist actually establishes an official state religion. That religion is Atheism.

22. Rules of war: War is the only effective means for defeating evil.

23. In war there is no such thing as excessive force.

24. Using only the amount of force necessary to win, insures that you will lose.

25. The U.N. does not prevent war. It prevents war from working by stopping it before there is a definitive result. (see: Korea, Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah) In doing so it invalidates the sacrifices of blood and treasure.

26. You cannot legalize gay marriage because there is no such thing. Its like legalizing the square wheel. There is no such thing as that either. Marriage as a concept was created so as to give a name to an arrangement between a man and woman that has the potential to create the lives of the next generation of citizens. If sex between a man and a woman didnt create the next generation of citizens there would be no need for a word to describe their relationship since civilization would have no interest in it. We would just hook up with each other and when we got bored move on. Gay activists understand this and it explains the headlong plunge into gay adoption as an attempt to legitimize the oxymoron, Gay Marriage.

27. THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS SHOW.

[edit] "Heads-Up" themes

The show has an unusual format in that it is, for the most part, divided into thematic "Heads-Ups" (e.g. Liberal Heads-Up, "Euro-weenie" Heads-Up, ACLU Heads-Up), each with its own theme song:

Education Heads-up: "Another Brick in the Wall" (We don't Need No Education) by Pink Floyd
ACLU Heads-Up: "Losing my Religion" by R.E.M.
Gay Heads-Up: "YMCA" by The Village People
Immigration Heads-Up: "Illegal Alien" by Genesis
Liberal Heads-Up: "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" by Jello Biafra
Media Heads-Up: "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley
Clinton Legacy Heads-Up: "Here's a Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares" by Travis Tritt
Racial Heads-Up: "Black or White" by Michael Jackson
Union Heads-Up: "Bang on The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren
Gun Heads-Up: "Lock and Load" by Bob Seger
School Heads-Up: "School Days" by Chuck Berry
Ted Kennedy Heads-Up: "Drive My Car" by The Beatles
Victim Heads-Up: "Get Over It" by The Eagles
Insane Item of the Day: "They're Coming to Take Me Away" by Napoleon XIV
Harry Reid Heads-Up: "Pinky and the Brain" theme
John Kerry Heads-Up: "Flipper" Theme
Bush Heads-Up: "Bush Was Right" by The Right Brothers
Iran Heads-Up: "Bomb Iran" by Vince Vance & The Valiants
Iraq Heads-Up: "I'm Free" by The Who
"Moonbat" Heads-Up: "They're Coming to Take Me Away" by Napoleon XIV
Hate Mail: "Three Days Grace" by Evanescence
France Heads-Up: "Surrender to Love" by Kindred the Family Soul
San Francisco Heads-Up: "San Francisco" by Scott McKenzie
Democrat Heads-Up: "Surrender to Love" by Kindred the Family Soul/"It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To" by Lesley Gore
America Heads-Up: "Living in America" by James Brown
Animal Rights Heads-Up: "Wabbit Slayer" by Ozzy Fudd
Government Heads-Up: "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield
Euro-Weenie Heads-Up: "Springtime for Hitler" from The Producers soundtrack
Greeny-Weenie Heads-Up: "Bein' Green" by Kermit the Frog
University Heads-Up: "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" by Pink Floyd
New World Order Heads-Up: "Bidding America Goodbye (The Auction)" by Tanya Tucker
Peacenik/Cindy Sheehan Heads-Up: "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" by The New Seekers
Sexual Harassment Heads-Up: "He Touched Me" by Barbra Streisand
Venezuela Heads-Up: "Hot Hot Hot" by Buster Poindexter
Death Penalty Heads-Up: "Shock The Monkey" by Peter Gabriel
Quinn's Weekend Rallying Cry: Glad to Be Gay" Tom Robinson Band
Barack Obama Heads-Up: "Bad Company" by Bad Company

The usual bumper music is "Monster" by Steppenwolf, "Eminence Front" by The Who, "Stranglehold" by Ted Nugent, "Cradle Will Rock" by Van Halen, "La Grange" by ZZ Top, and "Panama" by Van Halen, and (on Fridays at the top of the hour) "Everybody's Working for the Weekend" by Loverboy.

[edit] Affiliates

Starting in Pittsburgh, the show has been syndicated mainly through the eastern United States. A couple affiliates are up for sale. The show originates from WPGB.

Calls	Freq.	Branding	Format	Market/Market Rank^[1]	Timeslot	Group Owner
Satellite Stations
XM	158	America's Talk	News/Talk	United States	Live 6A-9A ET Adjust for time zone	Clear Channel Communications
Terrestrial Stations
KYCR	1570 kHz	AM 1570	News/Talk	Minneapolis, MN / 16	Live 5A-9A	Salem Communications
WPGB	104.7 MHz	FM NewsTalk 104.7	News/Talk	Pittsburgh, PA / 24	Live 6A-10A	Clear Channel Communications
WYTS	1230 kHz	Talk 1230	News/Talk	Columbus, OH / 37	Live 6A-9A	Clear Channel Communications
WHJJ	920 kHz	Talk Radio 920 WHJJ	News/Talk	Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, RT / 38	Live 6A-8A	Clear Channel Communications
WKJK	1080 kHz	Talk Radio 1080	News/Talk	Louisville, KY / 53	Live 6A-8A	Clear Channel Communications
WYSL	1040 kHz	News Power 1040 WYSL	News/Talk	Avon-Rochester, New York / 54	Live 6A-9A	Radio Livingston
WAEB	790 kHz	News/Talk AM 790 WAEB	News/Talk	Allentown-Bethlehem, PA / 68	Tape 7P-10P	Clear Channel Communications
WHLO	640 kHz	Akron's News Talk 640 WHLO	News/Talk	Akron, OH / 73	Live 6A-9A	Clear Channel Communications
WTKI	1450 kHz	ProTalk 1450	News/Talk	Huntsville -Decatur, AL / 113	6-9A (1 hour delay)	Christian Voice of Central Ohio
WDPT	1490 kHz	ProTalk 1490	News/Talk	Huntsville -Decatur, AL / 113	6-9A (1 hour delay)	Christian Voice of Central Ohio
WXZO	96.7 MHz	The Zone	News/Talk	Burlington-Plattsburgh, VT-NY / 138	Live 6A-9A	Clear Channel Communications
WEAV	960 kHz
WTSJ	1320 kHz
WTSJ	1320 kHz
WKIP	1450 kHz	WKIP	News/Talk	Poughkeepsie, NY / 163	Live 6A-9A	Clear Channel Communications
WCME	96.7	News/Talk 96.7	News/Talk	Boothbay Harbor-Augusta, Maine / 270	Live 6A-9A ET	Clear Channel Communications
WFRB	560 kHz		Talk	Cumberland, MD / NM	Live 6A-9A	WTBO-WKGO Corporation, L.L.C.