Mike talked his way into an on-air shift at WAVI-AM in his Ohio hometown and has been talking on the radio and television ever since. Mike's broadcasting career has taken him from Dayton to WFBC-AM in Greenville, South Carolina (now WORD-AM) where his ratings and revenue success led to his eventual promotion to station manager. He was also host of the popular "Tiger Tailgate Show" on the Clemson Football Radio Network. From there, he became the afternoon drive-time leader in Albany, New York on upstate powerhouse WGY-AM.
From Albany, it was just a short drive south to the nation's number one market, New York City, where Mike enjoyed a two year stint as morning drive host on WABC-AM, the nation's most listened-to talk radio station. In 1998, The Mike Gallagher Show was launched nationally with 12 radio stations. Today, he's heard by over 2.50 million weekly listeners (Talkers Magazine) in top ten markets like Los Angeles, Boston, Dallas, and Washington, D.C. as well as cities all over the country, and is the 8th most recognized talk radio personality in America (The Benchmark Company).

Besides his talk radio duties, Mike is equally comfortable in front of television cameras, too. In Greenville, he offered nightly commentary on WSPA-TV and in Albany he was a familiar face with his commentaries on WRGB-TV. Currently, he is a Fox News Channel Contributor making frequent appearances on all of the Fox News Channel programs as well as occasionally guest hosting one of the talk shows on the cable news giant. In addition to his busy broadcasting career, he's also a pundit for the popular news and opinion website, Newsmax.com.

Mike is often invited to visit the radio stations that carry his show all over the country, so he spends a great deal of his time on the road, hosting listener parties and meeting with the staffs of his many affiliates.

In addition to being wildly popular with listeners, Mike is enormously respected by his peers in the radio industry. In 2003, he was named to Talkers Magazine "Heavy Hundred List", the 100 most influential and compelling talk hosts in America. This is the 9th consecutive year that he has been featured on this prestigious list.

Mike's proudest achievement is his family. Mike and his wife Denise currently reside in Tarrant County, Texas (near Dallas) with dogs Thumper and Buster. Their four boys, Bryan, Trevor, Matthew and Micah have all "sprung the nest" and are living all over the country either going to college or working.

Mike Gallagher is a Salem Radio Network-syndicated talk radio host and Fox News Channel contributor and guest host. He recently began work on his first book, "Surrounded by Idiots: Fighting Liberal Lunacy in America," to be published by William Morrow, a Harper Collins imprint.