John R. Gambling
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John R. Gambling is an American
United States
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 radio personality. He is the son of John A. Gambling
John A. Gambling
John Alfred Gambling was an American radio personality. He was member of the Gambling family, three generations of whom - John B., John A. and John R...

 and the grandson of John B. Gambling
John B. Gambling
John Bradley Gambling was an American radio personality. He was a member of the The Gambling family, 3 generations of whom - John B., John A. and John R...

, and as such was, and once again is, the third-generation host of The Gambling family's very-long-running New York
New York City
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 morning radio show. Through most of its run the show has been titled Rambling with Gambling
Rambling with Gambling
Rambling with Gambling was a news and talk radio program aired on WOR 710 from 1925 until 2000. It was hosted by three generations of people named John Gambling throughout its entire 75-year run.-History:...

, though in its new incarnation beginning in May 2008 it is known simply as The John Gambling Show.

Career

When WOR
WOR (AM)
WOR is a class A , AM radio station located in New York, New York, U.S., operating on 710 kHz. The station has a talk format and has been owned by Buckley Broadcasting since 1987, after the station was sold by RKO. The station has conservative, or right-of-center hosts.Its call letters have no...

 ended Rambling with Gambling in 2000 after 75 years on the air, John R. Gambling moved up the dial to WABC
WABC (AM)
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, taking over the post-morning-drive 10 a.m. - noon slot. Gambling was fired by WABC
WABC (AM)
WABC , known as "NewsTalkRadio 77 WABC" is a radio station in New York City. Owned by the broadcasting division of Cumulus Media, the station broadcasts on a clear channel and is the flagship station of Cumulus Media Networks...

 on February 29, 2008 in a cost-cutting move. On April 30, 2008, WOR announced the return of John R. Gambling to its air waves in his old morning-drive timeslot starting May 5, 2008. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will also move to WOR, joining Gambling on a one hour segment on Fridays from 8-9am. To make room for Gambling, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's ex-wife Donna Hanover
Donna Hanover
Donna Hanover is an American journalist, radio and television personality, television producer, and actress, who appears on WOR radio in New York City and the Food Network. From 1994 through 2001 she was First Lady of New York City, as the then-wife of Rudy Giuliani...

 will leave the station. [ny1]

Politically, Gambling describes himself as a "moderate conservative"; as such, he differs from the orthodox movement conservatism
Movement conservatism
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 of most of his former colleagues on WABC.

Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...

, the mayor
Mayor of New York City
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 of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 appears on Gambling's program each Friday from 8:00-9:00 AM discussing current issues in the city. After Gambling was terminated, Bloomberg called him "a class act". Bloomberg declined to continue to appear on WABC with Curtis Sliwa
Curtis Sliwa
Curtis Sliwa is an American anti-crime activist, founder and CEO of the Guardian Angels, and radio talk show host and media personality.-Guardian Angels:...

 who took over the time slot, and opted instead to rejoin Gambling on WOR. (As it happens, the financial services company founded by Bloomberg
Bloomberg L.P.
Bloomberg L.P. is an American privately held financial software, media, and data company. Bloomberg makes up one third of the $16 billion global financial data market with estimated revenue of $6.9 billion. Bloomberg L.P...

 is owner of a different New York station, WBBR
WBBR
WBBR is a radio station broadcasting at 1130 AM in New York City. It airs Bloomberg Radio, a service of Bloomberg L.P. WBBR's format is general and financial news, offering local, national and international news reports along with financial market updates and interviews with corporate executives,...

, but he has stayed off his own station's airwaves all during his administration in order to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest
Conflict of interest
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.)

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