Lee Habeeb is an American

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executive, host, podcaster and essayist. He is the Vice President of Content for the Salem Media Group and is the founder of American Private Radio, and the creator, founder and host of "Our American Stories," a weekday radio show syndicated across the U.S. Habeeb has written columns for ''

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, the

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'', and

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. He currently writes a weekly essay for ''

Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis (businessman), Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print m ...

''. Habeeb graduated from the

University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law or UVA Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as part of his "academical v ...

(Class of 1991). Since 2006, he's lived in

Oxford, Mississippi Oxford is a city and college town in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Oxford lies 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee, and is the county seat of Lafayette County. Founded in 1837, it was named after the British city of Oxf ...

with his wife, Valerie, and daughter, Reagan.

''Our American Stories''

Lee Habeeb is the host and founder of ''Our American Stories'', a storytelling radio show and podcast featuring stories that represent the best of America: history, sports, music, free enterprise, charity, faith, family and more. It can be heard 5 days a week, two hours a night, on over 220 affiliates across the country. Archives of the show are available free on

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. On August 2, 2021, ''Our American Stories'' was signed to a syndication deal with Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of

iHeartMedia iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), a company fou ...

. Habeeb was ranked 12th in ''

Talkers Magazine ''Talkers Magazine'' is a trade-industry publication related to talk radio in the United States. Its slogan is "The Bible of Talk Radio and the New Talk Media". In addition to radio, it also covers talk shows on broadcast and cable television, a ...

'' 2022 ''Heavy Hundred'' (100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America). Ranked in the 30th and 14th position in 2020 and 2021, respectively, Habeeb has dramatically moved up the ladder during the three-year period.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Habeeb, Lee Living people American radio producers People from Teaneck, New Jersey American people of Lebanese descent University of Virginia School of Law alumni American people of Italian descent People from Oxford, Mississippi Year of birth missing (living people) Radio personalities from Mississippi Radio personalities from New Jersey