Bill Cunningham Biography
Bill Cunningham is a conservative radio and television talk show personality, attorney, and entrepreneur from the United States. He anchors The Big Show with Bill Cunningham on AM 700 WLW in Cincinnati on weekdays and Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham, a show syndicated nationally by Premiere Radio Networks, on Sunday nights.
How old is Bill Cunningham? – Age
He is 74 years old as of 11 December 2021. He was born in 1947 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. His real name is William Daniel Cunningham.
Bill Cunningham Family – Education
Cunningham was one of four children, and his father was an abusive drinker who abandoned his family when Cunningham was 11 years old and his other siblings were 13, nine, and four years old (he has an older brother and a younger brother and sister). Prior to his mother’s death in 2010, he routinely referred to her as “Ma” on the air during his radio show.
Cunningham played basketball at Deer Park High School and was the leading scorer among all Cincinnati area high school basketball players his senior year. He was rated one of the top 100 high school basketball players in Cincinnati history by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Bill Cunningham Wife
He is married to Penelope R. Cunningham, a Judge of the Ohio District Courts of Appeals. They have two grandchildren and one son.
Bill Cunningham The Stooge Report
“The Stooge Report,” which begins with a clip of the Three Stooges harmonizing the word, is a popular segment of his radio show. Cunningham riffs on current events in a lighthearted manner in this section, which is frequently joined by sports talk host Bill “Seg” Dennison and anyone else in the studio. “Segman, get me out of The Stooge Report,” Bill pleads, to which Seg Dennison responds, “Willie, in celebration of [enter a topic addressed in today’s Stooge Report], I leave you with the immortal words of the Stoooooooooge Report.” After the 1:30 and 2:30 newscasts, this happens again during the show.
Bill Cunningham Radio
Cunningham has been a regular on the 50,000-watt radio station 700 WLW since 1983. His first regular show on the station aired at night, from 9:00 p.m. until 12:00 a.m. During the summer, when WLW broadcasts Cincinnati Reds baseball games, his show was not audible. Cunningham’s show was shifted to the early afternoons in the late 1990s, directly against one of his favorite radio hosts, Rush Limbaugh, whose show is carried on sister station WKRC.
Due to a contract issue, Cunningham’s WLW show went on hiatus in June 2010. Soon later, Clear Channel, the station’s owner, revealed that he had signed a long-term deal to stay with the station.
Bill Cunningham Law
He graduated from the University of Toledo College of Law and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1975. Cunningham worked with the Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati’s Public Defender Division as a staff attorney. From 1978 until 1986, he worked as an Assistant Attorney General in the Ohio Attorney General’s office under Attorneys General William J. Brown and Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. Cunningham is currently employed with the Steven R. Adams law office, which specializes in criminal defense and DUI cases.
Bill Cunningham The Bill Cunningham Show
Cunningham’s first-run syndicated television talk show, The Bill Cunningham Show, premiered on September 19, 2011. Cunningham was a co-producer on the show. It was produced and syndicated by Tribune Broadcasting and first aired on Tribune-owned stations, Local TV, LLC-owned stations, and Raycom Media-owned WXIX-TV in Cunningham’s hometown of Cincinnati before being shown nationwide. It premiered on The CW on September 10, 2012, and was broadcast nationally.
The show had a conservative stance and employed a tabloid-style structure. The show was co-produced by ITV Studios America and produced in New York City. Cunningham taped his TV show on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, thus he did his radio show from New York City on those days. Cunningham revealed on May 27, 2016, that he has mutually agreed to cancel his own talk program, which aired from May 27 to September 9, 2016.
Bill Cunningham Salary
He earns an annual salary of $ 400 thousand.
Bill Cunningham Net Worth
He has an estimate net worth of $ 6 Million.
