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Tom Leykis spent his early childhood in [[Bronx]],<ref name="baker000" /> [[New York City]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dwb.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/5208008p-4733089c.html|title=Gregarious guru just for guys|date=2005-09-26|accessdate=2008-02-13|last=Jasmin|first=Ernest|publisher=[[The News Tribune]]}}</ref> [[New York]]. His father, Harry Leykis, worked at the [[The New York Post]].<ref name="rahner000">{{cite web|url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=4036560&date=20000813&query=tom+leykis|title=Churning up the radio|first=Mark|last=Rahner|publisher=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=2000-08-13|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref><ref name="newsmax000">{{cite web|title=NewsMax's 25 Most Influential Talk Radio Hosts - |url=http://w3.newsmax.com/talkradio/detail.cfm?id=25|publisher=[[NewsMax.com]]|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4DD123EF933A25753C1A963958260|title=Harry Leykis, Union Leader, 63|date=1995-10-10|accessdate=2008-02-13|publisher=The New Your Times}}</ref> The family eventually moved to [[Long Island]], where Tom completed his high school education. He moved away from home to study broadcasting at [[Fordham University]] but ended up being forced to drop out due to financial pressures.<ref name="singer000">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3656/is_199412/ai_n8713652|title=KNWZ invites Tom Leykis to Valley|publisher=The Public Record|date=1994-12-16|accessdate=2008-02-13|first=Alan|last=Singer}}</ref> Leykis's break came when he was offered a radio hosting job in [[Staunton, Virginia]],<ref name="baker000">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsthinking.com/story.cfm?SID=159|title=Rehab III: The Profile|date=2002-11-17|last=Baker|first=Bob|accessdate=2008-02-12}}</ref><ref name="singer000" /> where he made it a [[full-time]] job.<ref name="singer000" />
Tom Leykis spent his early childhood in [[Bronx]],<ref name="baker000" /> [[New York City]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dwb.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/5208008p-4733089c.html|title=Gregarious guru just for guys|date=2005-09-26|accessdate=2008-02-13|last=Jasmin|first=Ernest|publisher=[[The News Tribune]]}}</ref> [[New York]]. His father, Harry Leykis, worked at the [[The New York Post]].<ref name="rahner000">{{cite web|url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=4036560&date=20000813&query=tom+leykis|title=Churning up the radio|first=Mark|last=Rahner|publisher=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=2000-08-13|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref><ref name="newsmax000">{{cite web|title=NewsMax's 25 Most Influential Talk Radio Hosts - |url=http://w3.newsmax.com/talkradio/detail.cfm?id=25|publisher=[[NewsMax.com]]|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4DD123EF933A25753C1A963958260|title=Harry Leykis, Union Leader, 63|date=1995-10-10|accessdate=2008-02-13|publisher=The New Your Times}}</ref> The family eventually moved to [[Long Island]], where Tom completed his high school education. He moved away from home to study broadcasting at [[Fordham University]] but ended up being forced to drop out due to financial pressures.<ref name="singer000">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3656/is_199412/ai_n8713652|title=KNWZ invites Tom Leykis to Valley|publisher=The Public Record|date=1994-12-16|accessdate=2008-02-13|first=Alan|last=Singer}}</ref> Leykis's break came when he was offered a radio hosting job in [[Staunton, Virginia]],<ref name="baker000">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsthinking.com/story.cfm?SID=159|title=Rehab III: The Profile|date=2002-11-17|last=Baker|first=Bob|accessdate=2008-02-12}}</ref><ref name="singer000" /> where he made it a [[full-time]] job.<ref name="singer000" />


==Relationships==
==Personal Life==


Tom had several marriages. One marriage was with [[Christina Gonzalez]] who was caught spending money on another guy after investigating receipts.{{cn}} Another marriage was with a [[Seattle]] woman who was a listener of his show. Both eventually got divorced to Leykis one after another. Tom also was married to another woman by the name of Susan. Susan first met Tom at a [[Los Angeles Kings]] game but later on though the marriage was battered by Leykis. A police officer found bruises and scratches on the woman eventually charging him with "felony assault and battery and threatening to commit a crime."<ref name="smoking000" /> Leykis had to serve his time and go though a batterer's program. Tom completed both dropping the charge.<ref name="rahner000" /><ref name="smoking000">{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/leykis1.html|title=The Smoking Gun: Archive|publisher=[[The Smoking Gun]]|accessdate=2008-02-14}}</ref>
Leykis has been married four times. <ref name="nctimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/12/28/entertainment/radio/14_50_0812_28_05.txt|title=The North County Times|publisher=[[nctimes.com]|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref> One marriage was to [[Christina Gonzalez]] who was caught spending money on another guy after investigating receipts. {{cn}} Another marriage was with a [[Seattle]] woman who was a listener of his show. On December 22, 1993, while married to Susan, who first met Leykis at a [[Los Angeles Kings]] game, {{cn}} he was charged with "felony assault and battery and threatening to commit a crime"; a police officer found bruises and scratches on the woman. <ref name="smoking000" /> In March 1994, Leykis was sentenced to a year of probation and a domestic violence class. Tom completed both, dropping the charge; the couple were divorced in April, 1994. <ref name="rahner000" /><ref name="smoking000">{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/leykis1.html|title=The Smoking Gun: Archive|publisher=[[The Smoking Gun]]|accessdate=2008-02-14}}</ref>

In August 2004, Leykis claims that he was attacked outside a [[Seattle]] bar, causing him to require 17 stitches over one eye, and leaving him with scratches and bruises. The assailant reportedly had an accomplice who accused Leykis of calling him a name and hanging up on him when he called the show, when the other man kicked him in the face. <ref name="seattletimes">{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002015770_leykis26.html|title=Shock Jock Leykis says he was attacked in Seattle|date=2004-08-26|last=Rahner|first=Mark|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref><ref name="seattletimes" />


==The Tom Leykis Show==
==The Tom Leykis Show==

Revision as of 02:32, 16 February 2008

Thomas Joseph Leykis (born August 1, 1956) is an American host of two radio talk shows, both of which are syndicated by CBS Radio. "The Tom Leykis Show" airs Monday through Friday during the afternoon drive, in most markets. The show's most well-known feature is "Leykis 101," in which Leykis purports to teach men "how to get laid," while expending less time, money and effort. "The Tasting Room with Tom Leykis" is a weekly lifestyle program dealing with fine food and drink. It is aired on Saturday in most markets.

Early life

Tom Leykis spent his early childhood in Bronx,[1] New York City,[2] New York. His father, Harry Leykis, worked at the The New York Post.[3][4][5] The family eventually moved to Long Island, where Tom completed his high school education. He moved away from home to study broadcasting at Fordham University but ended up being forced to drop out due to financial pressures.[6] Leykis's break came when he was offered a radio hosting job in Staunton, Virginia,[1][6] where he made it a full-time job.[6]

Personal Life

Leykis has been married four times. [7] One marriage was to Christina Gonzalez who was caught spending money on another guy after investigating receipts. [citation needed] Another marriage was with a Seattle woman who was a listener of his show. On December 22, 1993, while married to Susan, who first met Leykis at a Los Angeles Kings game, [citation needed] he was charged with "felony assault and battery and threatening to commit a crime"; a police officer found bruises and scratches on the woman. [8] In March 1994, Leykis was sentenced to a year of probation and a domestic violence class. Tom completed both, dropping the charge; the couple were divorced in April, 1994. [3][8]

In August 2004, Leykis claims that he was attacked outside a Seattle bar, causing him to require 17 stitches over one eye, and leaving him with scratches and bruises. The assailant reportedly had an accomplice who accused Leykis of calling him a name and hanging up on him when he called the show, when the other man kicked him in the face. [9][9]

The Tom Leykis Show

The Tom Leykis Show began in 1994 and is broadcast Monday through Friday, 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM PST from Paramount Studios in Hollywood , California. The show is produced by Gary Zabransky, along with associate producer Dean DeMilio (usually referred to as "Dino" on the program), and is engineered by Art Webb[10].

The cornerstone of the program is the Thursday broadcast of "Leykis 101," in which the program is set-up as an ad hoc lecture and question & answer session, over which Leykis presides as a self-styled "professor." The subject of the "101" segments is how men can spend less money on women, while achieving greater sexual success.[11][1] Along with general advice on life for young men advice generally consisting of his principles of looking out for your self and that the institution of marriage is flawed and biased against men. He constantly recommends that young men attend some form of higher education and to not be distracted by relationships or to marry at young age as he did the intent of his advice is to replace the father figure which many men lack earning him the moniker of Dad.[citation needed]

A popular and long-running feature of the show is "Flash Friday," in which men are encouraged to drive with their headlights on and women are encouraged to expose their breasts to such vehicles.[12][4] Both women and men commonly call during the Friday broadcast to alert other listeners as to their location, and to recount stories of flashing or being flashed, respectively.[citation needed]

The show also uses sound clips which callers request generally request after long conversations. Callers make requests to be "taken out" in some style, such as, "could you take me out with a bong hit?" or "take me out Kobe style"[13]. The practice of "taking people out" with use of a sound clip dates back to the early days of the show, when Leykis would dispose of undesirable or tiresome callers by playing the sound of a toilet flushing while hanging up on them. The toilet sound would later be replaced with an explosion, which is now known as being taken out "old school."

In 2003, Leykis named Katelyn Faber, the accuser in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case[14][15]. He also constantly denounces what in his words is a corrupt and broken child support system that does not require DNA test and has forced men to pay money to women who lied before a judge for children these men did not father. [16] But the news revealed details more intricate details such as race and masked photographs while excluding her name as it was the standard practice at that time,[17][18] raising privacy questions.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c Baker, Bob (2002-11-17). "Rehab III: The Profile". Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  2. ^ Jasmin, Ernest (2005-09-26). "Gregarious guru just for guys". The News Tribune. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  3. ^ a b Rahner, Mark (2000-08-13). "Churning up the radio". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  4. ^ a b "NewsMax's 25 Most Influential Talk Radio Hosts -". NewsMax.com. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  5. ^ "Harry Leykis, Union Leader, 63". The New Your Times. 1995-10-10. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  6. ^ a b c Singer, Alan (1994-12-16). "KNWZ invites Tom Leykis to Valley". The Public Record. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  7. ^ {{cite web|url=http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/12/28/entertainment/radio/14_50_0812_28_05.txt%7Ctitle=The North County Times|publisher=[[nctimes.com]|accessdate=2008-02-15}}
  8. ^ a b "The Smoking Gun: Archive". The Smoking Gun. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  9. ^ a b Rahner, Mark (2004-08-26). "Shock Jock Leykis says he was attacked in Seattle". Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  10. ^ http://www.blowmeuptom.com/tom-leykis-show.tl
  11. ^ Doran, Bob (2000-07-20). "SHOCK RADIO: TOO HOT FOR HUMBOLDT". North Coast Journal. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  12. ^ Reich, Howard (2004-05-16). "Shock Jocks: Will they be muzzled?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  13. ^ Clawson, Michael (2006-07-30). "Tom Leykis: Susan B. Anthony with a Penis". Sylk Magazine. Retrieved 2008-02-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  14. ^ Castro, Hector (2004-08-26). "Tom Leykis hurt in late-night Belltown assault". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  15. ^ "PLUS: PRO BASKETBALL; Bryant Accuser Is Named on Radio". New York Times. 2003-07-23. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  16. ^ "TRANSCRIPTS - LIVE FROM THE HEADLINES - Interviews with Tom Leykis, Patricia Saunders". CNN. 2003-07-23. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  17. ^ See also Rape shield law.
  18. ^ "TRANSCRIPTS - CNN RELIABLE SOURCES - Should Kobe Bryant's Accuser Be Named?; Has BBC Suffered Serious Credibility Blow?". CNN. 2003-07-27. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  19. ^ "Women's groups outraged by radio host". Reuters. 2003-07-23. Retrieved 2008-02-12.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Leykis&diff=191776261&oldid=191743337

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