Editing Michael Reagan (section)

==Careers==

===Salesman===
Sometime before September 1970, Reagan was working as a salesman for the clothing company [[Hart, Schaffner, & Marx]]. He then became a director of special events catering at Michaelson Food Service Company in Los Angeles.<ref name=PamelaPutnamMarriage2/> In 1981, Reagan was hired as a salesman for Industrial Circuits, a circuit board company owned by [[Robert Herring (businessman)|Robert Herring Sr.]]<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |date=2021-10-07 |first=John |last=Shiffman |title=The tech entrepreneur who founded Trump's go-to TV news network |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-founder/ |publisher=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>

===Actor===
Reagan has had small roles in movies and television shows since 1985, including ''[[Falcon Crest]]'', which starred his mother, Jane Wyman.<ref name=MReaganIMDB>{{cite web|title= Michael Reagan|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713976|publisher=IMDb| access-date=January 23, 2015}}</ref>

===Television===
In 1987, Reagan served as the host for the first season of the television [[game show]] ''[[Lingo (American game show)|Lingo]]''.<ref>White, Peter (February 11, 2022). [https://deadline.com/2022/02/rupaul-charles-word-quiz-lingo-reboot-cbs-1234931785/ RuPaul Charles To Host CBS Reboot Of Word Quiz ‘Lingo’]. ''[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]''. Retrieved May 1, 2022.</ref>

===Radio===
His work in [[talk radio]] started in the [[Southern California]] local market as a guest host for radio commentator [[Michael Jackson (radio)|Michael Jackson's]] talk radio show slot on [[KABC (AM)|KABC]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="latimes-reagan">{{cite news|first=Judith|last=Michaelson|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-29-ca-58812-story.html|title=Michael Reagan Finds a Home on L.A.'s KIEV|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 29, 2000|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> After this beginning, he landed a talk show spot on [[KSDO]] radio in San Diego.<ref name="KSDOLaTimes">{{cite news|first=Kevin|last=Brass|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-30-me-1331-story.html|title=KSDO Replaces Michael Reagan With Rush Limbaugh|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 30, 1992|access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref>

Reagan also hosted ''The Michael Reagan Show'' nationwide for most of the 2000s. The show was variously syndicated on [[Premiere Networks]]<ref name="latimes-reagan"/> and [[Radio America (United States)|Radio America]].<ref name=RadioAmericaReplaced>{{cite press release|author=Staff|title=Roger Hedgecock Goes Daily with Radio America|url=http://www.kcbd.com/story/9249929/roger-hedgecock-goes-daily-with-radio-america|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232821/http://www.kcbd.com/story/9249929/roger-hedgecock-goes-daily-with-radio-america|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 26, 2014|location=Lubbock, Texas|publisher=[[KCBD]]|date=October 28, 2008|access-date=April 25, 2014}}</ref> Since then he has focused on public speaking about his father.<ref name="Radar11192014">{{cite news|first=Melissa|last=Cronin|url=http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/11/racist-reagan-michael-mexicans-court-case|title=Racist Reagan! Son of Former President Caught in Scandal Over Hateful Rants About 'Mexican A**holes' & Muslims|work=Radaronline.com|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=November 30, 2014}}</ref>

===Author===
In 1988, he wrote, with [[Joe Hyams]], an autobiography, ''Michael Reagan: On the Outside Looking In''.<ref name="Mike">{{cite book |first1=Michael |last1=Reagan |first2=Joe |last2=Hyams |title=Michael Reagan: On the Outside Looking In |publisher=[[Kensington Publishing Corporation]] |location=New York City |date=1988 |isbn=0821723928}}</ref> He also wrote that he was sexually abused at the age of seven by a camp counselor.<ref>{{cite news|first=Edwin|last=McDowell|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/02/us/reagan-s-son-tells-of-abuse-as-a-youth-by-man-at-camp.html|title=REAGAN'S SON TELLS OF ABUSE AS A YOUTH BY MAN AT CAMP|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York City|date=May 2, 1987|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Brian|last=Beutler|url=http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Conservatives_also_seek_Hastert_resignation_1002.html|title=Conservatives also seek Hastert's resignation|website=[[The Raw Story]]|publisher= Raw Story Media, Inc.|location=Washington DC|date=October 2, 2006}}</ref>

In 2005, he wrote ''Twice Adopted'' about his feelings of rejection being adopted, parents divorcing and becoming a born-again Christian.<ref name=TwiceAdopted/>