Mark Belling (born July 4, 1956) is an American

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host for 1130 WISN in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

. He is also a local newspaper columnist, former television host, and was a guest host for

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. A native of Wisconsin's Fox Valley, Belling is an alumnus of the

University of Wisconsin–La Crosse The University of Wisconsin–La Crosse (UWL or UW Lax) is a public university in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Established in 1909, it is part of the University of Wisconsin System and offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. With 9,600 un ...

Radio

Belling has been with WISN since March 1989. Before joining WISN he was news and program director of WTDY in

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, where he began his

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career. Belling also served as a radio news director in Springfield, Illinois;

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;

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; and Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Belling currently hosts a three-hour weekday radio program, ''The Mark Belling Late Afternoon Show''. He discusses a wide variety of topics on his program, including sports, music, Milwaukee area politics, Wisconsin politics, and national issues. Belling leans to the right politically, and he has been known to frequently criticize local and national Republicans for straying from conservative principles. He has been criticized for his anti-Semitic statements and derogatory sexist language but remains popular among local conservative groups.

Other media

In addition to his daily three-hour radio program, Belling was a guest-host for

's national radio program. When doing so, WISN usually broadcasts this program twice rather than have someone fill in for Belling. Belling writes a weekly op-ed column for the '' Waukesha Freeman''. It usually covers local politics or scandals but occasionally remarks on national headlines and even sports. Belling previously hosted a Sunday-morning television panel, ''Belling and Company'', on

WISN-TV WISN-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with ABC. Owned by Hearst Television, it is the second-oldest television station to remain with the company in all of its various iterations behind f ...

(Channel 12) until 2000 when it moved to

WDJT WDJT-TV (channel 58) is a television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with CBS. It has been owned by Weigel Broadcasting since its inception (and is the company's only CBS affiliate), and is sister to Racine-licensed i ...

(Channel 58). The television program was discontinued in 2007, reportedly due to editorial conflicts between Belling and the management of WDJT owner

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Awards

Belling is a 2001

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recipient for best medium-mar In 2001 Belling was named one of the Top 100 Heavy Talkers—the most influential radio talkers in America—by

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, an industry publication.

Personal

Belling is involved with horse race ownership and has co-owned several over the years including 1997 Kentucky Derby entrant

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and 2012 Kentucky Derby entrant Went The Day Well.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Belling, Mark 1956 births Living people People from Kaukauna, Wisconsin American political commentators American political writers American male non-fiction writers American talk radio hosts University of Wisconsin–La Crosse alumni