The Mouth Of The South Retiring This Month

From Doug Monroe at AtlantaMagazine:

When Neal Boortz retires from WSB radio this month after forty-three years of hosting a raucous, rancorous, and utterly compelling right-wing talk show speckled with flakes of libertarianism, he will have outlasted two Atlanta radio stations and one Georgia political party. Boortz agreed to a Q&A with Atlanta magazine contributor Doug Monroe, an occupant of the other end of the political spectrum. 

Are you going into retirement cold turkey or will you continue to blog, write books, and make speeches? 

The main reason I’m retiring is so that I’ll have the freedom to travel. I’m in great health and still love what I do, but it’s just too restrictive. In forty-[three] years of talk radio I think I’ve had exactly four two-week vacations, and never one longer than that. But yes, I’m keeping my hand in. I’ll continue with the blog on boortz.com, I’m currently finishing Maybe I Should Just SHUT UP and GO AWAY!, my sixth book, and have two in the hopper to write. I’m listed with Premiere Speakers Bureau and they still give me the ones Hannity turns down. And last but not least, I’ll be doing daily commentaries every morning on WSB and will be the substitute fill-in host for Herman Cain, and anyone else who will have me. And yes—the Boortz Bus is equipped for broadcast. 

When you first went on the air on Atlanta’s WRNG-AM—fifteen years before Rush Limbaugh started his show—did you have any idea how successful and dominating conservative talk radio would become?

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