Charlie Wolf

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Charlie Wolf (born Stephen Linskey on 12 April 1959) is a British-based radio talk-show host and disc jockey originally from Boston. Wolf used to be on TalkSport on Saturday and Sunday from 1am to 6am, following Mike Dickin. Due to scheduling changes Wolf no longer presents this show and his future at TalkSport is uncertain. Although his [fan site] will carry further information. According to talkSPORT colleague Mike Mendoza, Wolf is back in a couple of weeks for a couple of weeks. Wolf used to host Red FM (Ireland)'s Cork Talks Back show which is currently hosted by Victor Barry. For a short period Wolf did both jobs and would fly from Cork to London and back on Ryanair. He would then always complain about Ryanair's alleged poor service. Wolf is Jewish although a Mormon convert, Right wing, and is described as a Zionist by some. Figures from the neoconservative Project for the New American Century (PNAC) sometimes appear on his shows.. In the 1980's, he was a DJ for the pirate radio station Laser 558 broadcasting from MV Communicator, based in international waters.

Contents

1 Political views
2 Cork talks back
3 Quotes
4 References

Political views

Supports Israel [link] [link]
Supports the death penalty.
Supports hunting, and is a hunter himself
Believes the British Conservative Party is too liberal
Against the plastic bag tax in Ireland
Supported the Iraq & Afghanistan wars and supports the War on Terror
Believes feminism 'has gone too far'

Wolf considers George W Bush to be an unusual leader. He also speaks of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

Wolf is a supporter of the Iraq War and the War on Terrorism. He sometimes quotes media outlets such as the National Review. Neoconservative Michael Ledeen, a writer for Jewish World Review and regular columnist for National Review used to appear on his show.

Wolf is an outspoken critic of the British Conservative Party leader David Cameron. He has referred to Cameron as "the idiot boy-king" and "Glacier Dave" – a reference to Cameron's high-profile April 2006 visit to Svalbard, Norway in a bid to publicise his party's stance on global warming.

During his Talksport show on December 4, 2005, Wolf described Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist who had been killed by a military bulldozer, as "scum." In its bulletin dated January 23, 2006, Ofcom ruled this comment to be in breach of the "Generally Accepted Standards" section of the Broadcasting Code and stated it was "seriously ill-judged".

Cork talks back

Wolf started hosting Cork Talks Back when the station started broadcasting in early 2001. Not long after he started there was an incident that involved yobs throwing rocks at the Number 2 bus in Knocknaheeney. He then ridiculed Knocknaheeney and would play the Wheels on the Bus song with sounds of windows being smashed almost every day until he left the station. He would often do impersonations of his stressed boss Henry who would say "Ahh, liek" when ever Wolf asked him for something.

The show lasted three hours, initially from 10pm to 1am and later changed to 9pm to 12am. In the first hour he would cover more serious issues and would not take many calls from listeners, however as the evening progressed he would have a wider variety of on-air callers.

Wolf would occasionally interview what he called "wacko's," individuals advocating conspiracy theories, beliefs in psychic phenomena, and other controversial views.

Cork talks back regulars:

Victor Barry (WWE night) – has taken over the show since Wolf left
Des Bishop
Scott Hoover
Hot tub Jen
Alan the Dub

Quotes

It's not talkSports – it's talkSport. People just think I say talkSports because of the sibilance!
Hey, I'm in with the Highgrove Set.
In some ways, death was the best thing that could have ever happened to her. (of Princess Diana)
America does it bigger and better.
We're gonna find them and we're gonna smoke them
It's hard to believe that out of all those sperm, you were the fastest.

References

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