Editing Talk radio (section)

===Insults, advice and mystery===
There had been some precursors for talk radio show stars, such as the Los Angeles-area controversialist [[Joe Pyne]], who would attack callers on his program in the early 1960s – one of his famous insults was "gargle with razor blades"; the similar [[Bob Grant (radio host)|Bob Grant]] in New York City; and [[Wally George]] in Southern California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanfilms.com/play.cfm?clipid=86&cid=0 |title=Wally George vs. Morton Downey, Jr |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080717085246/http://www.americanfilms.com/play.cfm?clipid=86&cid=0 |archive-date=July 17, 2008 }}</ref>

Talk radio also included personal relationship consultants such as [[Laura Schlessinger]] and [[Barbara De Angelis]] both heard on [[KFI]] AM in Los Angeles. Host [[Larry Elder]] on [[KABC (AM)]] was a lawyer before entering the talk radio market. [[Leo Laporte]] offers consumers computer advice. Business and real estate advice shows, paid health supplement presentations and religious programs are widely available.

[[Paranormal radio shows]] have had a place on radio for several decades; while the format has never been successful on a full-time basis, it has proven popular in the overnight [[graveyard slot]]. Long John Nebel's program was one of the first to devote itself to the concept before it was further fleshed out by [[Art Bell]], whose ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]'' went on to have comparable popularity to daytime talk hosts of his era. Bell had a long-running, on-and-off relationship with the show he founded, often leaving the show and returning on an erratic basis, also starting up new shows such as ''Dreamland'', ''[[Art Bell's Dark Matter]],'' and ''Midnight in the Desert'' only to quit them a few weeks into their run; Bell died in 2018. ''Coast to Coast AM'' continues with [[George Noory]] as the permanent lead host, with a rotating host on weekends. Clyde Lewis and [[Jason Hawes]] also host nationally syndicated paranormal shows.