The transition from major market success to national talk radio prominence is rarely made. After a string of hits on WNBC, WABC, and WMCA in New York and WZLX in Boston, Alan Colmes was poised in the summer of 1990 to try. 

It wasn't going to be easy. In a country where the focus of most headline-responsive, caller-intensive, issues-driven talk radio is on the RIGHT side of the political spectrum, Colmes was LEFT out. Alan's liberal voice would have to cry out in a conservative wilderness. 

Hundreds of affiliates later, Alan Colmes became a national talk radio hit. His fast paced, entertaining and informative program catches and holds the listeners' interest from the cascading horns of the opening theme to the final caller. After years of success in national syndication, Alan was thrilled to be back on the air in his hometown, New York City.  

One of Colmes' trademarks is a segment called "Radio Graffiti." The listeners are allowed "one sentence and one sentence only." During fast and furious few minutes that features 30-40 callers competing to best put their message on Alan's radio bulletin board. 

Callers are the centerpiece of the Colmes program, but newsmakers are also featured. Alan's national reputation has attracted guests from all walks of life. From major politicians, to civil rights leaders, to the Pentagon, to American cultural icons....if they're in the news, they're on with Alan Colmes. 

The Colmes program also makes the best use of its staff's creative abilities. Through an innovative use of parody, music, and humorous bits, the Alan Colmes show doesn't just inform, it entertains.

Currently, Alan is back on the radio with the Fox Radio Network and has returned to the New York airwaves on 1600 WWRL.