Brian Glenn Wilson (born February 15, 1956) is an American former anchor reporter for

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. He is a past chairman of the

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Radio/TV Correspondents' Association. He currently hosts ''The Drive with Brian Wilson'' on SuperTalk 99.7 WTN, a talk radio station in Nashville.

Early life and education

Wilson was born and raised in

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. Wilson holds a

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from

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, where he also served as an

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in the university's communication school.

Career

Wilson began his career as a reporter at KFDA, the CBS affiliate station in

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, then worked at KTPX in

, and as a reporter in

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. Wilson then served as a reporter and anchor on

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Wilson hosted a D.C.-based weekend program on Fox News and appeared once as a substitute anchor for

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on the weekday program ''

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''. From 2003 to 2006, Wilson was also the

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ional

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for the network. In January 2007, he was promoted to the Washington bureau chief for Fox News. In 2007, Fox News reporter

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said she rebuffed sexual advances from Wilson, which she claims led to her dismissal at Fox News. As a result of these allegations, in mid-September 2010

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of ''

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'' reported that Wilson had resigned from the network, adding that the breakup between Fox and Wilson "wasn't pretty." In 2011, Wilson joined 630 WMAL Washington DC/105.9

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Woodbridge Virginia as a host. He left the station in 2018. In February 2018,

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signed Wilson as the new host of its ''Nashville Morning News'' show on News Talk radio station SuperTalk 99.7 WWTN-FM. In the 2019 film, ''Bombshell'', which details Wilson's sexual harassment of

along with other events preceding

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' firing after sexual misconduct allegations, Wilson is portrayed by Brian d'Arcy James.

References

External links

Biography on FoxNews.com

WMAL's Morning Show
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