PERSON: Charlie Sykes

620-AM (WTMJ)

Talk Show host

For intelligent commentary and analysis of political and daily events, Milwaukee turns to the top-rated Midday with Charlie Sykes. Charlie is Wisconsin’s most provocative, insightful radio talk show host and challenges conventional wisdom to provide listeners with the other side of the story.<br> <br> Charlie’s books include A Nation of Victims and Dumbing Down Our Kids, ProfScam, The Hollow Men, The End of Privacy and 50 Rules Kids Won’t Learn In School and A Nation of Moochers. Charlie also edits WI Interest, a magazine published by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. <br> <br> Charlie’s work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other major publications; he has appeared on national television, broadcast from the White House, and spoken at major universities. In addition, Charlie has served Milwaukee as a reporter for the Journal, editor-in-chief of Milwaukee Magazine, lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and special assistant to the county executive. <br> <br> Charlie hosts his weekday program on 620 WTMJ from 8:30am - noon; blogs at “Sykes Writes,” Tweets at @SykesCharlie, and has a weekly television show “Sunday Insight with Charlie Sykes” on TODAY’S TMJ4 Sundays at 10:00am <br> <br> — rightwisconsin.com