Chris Baker (talk radio host)

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Chris Baker is a former talk radio host who has worked in South Florida, Minneapolis, Houston{{Cite news|last=Hoffman|first=Ken|date=3 December 2008|title=Hoffman: Talk-show host unveils documentary|work=The Houston Chronicle|url=https://www.chron.com/life/hoffman/article/Hoffman-Talk-show-host-unveils-documentary-1776991.php|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804144551/https://www.chron.com/life/hoffman/article/Hoffman-Talk-show-host-unveils-documentary-1776991.php|url-status=live}} and Omaha.{{Cite news|last=Gaarder|first=Nancy|date=21 April 2021|title=Radio personality Chris Baker fired after offensive tweet, calls it a 'boomer Twitter moment'|work=Omaha World-Herald|url=https://omaha.com/news/local/radio-personality-chris-baker-fired-after-posting-offensive-tweet/article_facc5392-a245-11eb-b596-b3388d84770d.html|access-date=21 April 2021|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421205625/https://omaha.com/news/local/radio-personality-chris-baker-fired-after-posting-offensive-tweet/article_facc5392-a245-11eb-b596-b3388d84770d.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Curtis|first=Alyssa|date=21 April 2021|title=Radio host Chris Baker says he accidentally posted the wrong photo in racist tweet|work=KMTV 3 News Now|url=https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/radio-host-chris-baker-says-he-accidentally-posted-the-wrong-photo-in-racist-tweet|access-date=27 June 2021|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627175654/https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/radio-host-chris-baker-says-he-accidentally-posted-the-wrong-photo-in-racist-tweet|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=22 April 2021|title=Omaha radio station fires host for 'completely inappropriate' tweet following Derek Chauvin verdict|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2021/04/22/omaha-radio-host-chris-baker-fired-tweet-derek-chauvin-verdict/7332149002/|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=28 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428001342/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2021/04/22/omaha-radio-host-chris-baker-fired-tweet-derek-chauvin-verdict/7332149002/|url-status=live}}

Baker grew up in Dallas.{{Cite web|last=Barron|first=David|date=2007-11-07|title=Chris Baker's talk show canceled on KTRH and KPRC|url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/Chris-Baker-s-talk-show-canceled-on-KTRH-and-KPRC-1798665.php|access-date=2021-07-03|website=Chron|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116052814/https://www.chron.com/life/article/Chris-Baker-s-talk-show-canceled-on-KTRH-and-KPRC-1798665.php|url-status=live}} He worked in St. Louis, then moved to Houston where he worked until his show was canceled in 2007.

In 2006, the Houston Press wrote of Baker, “Chris Baker is the leading local talk-show host in town; since the town in question is Houston.”{{Cite web|last=Connelly|first=Richard|date=2006-07-06|title=Debate Club|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/debate-club-6545961|access-date=2021-07-03|website=Houston Press|archive-date=2020-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127090411/https://www.houstonpress.com/news/debate-club-6545961|url-status=live}} He was a 2008 nominee for the Texas Radio Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Ken|date=2008-06-18|title=Radio host goes from a broomstick|url=https://www.chron.com/life/columnists/hoffman/article/Radio-host-goes-from-a-broomstick-mic-to-a-top-1789986.php|access-date=2021-07-03|website=Chron|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703042935/https://www.chron.com/life/columnists/hoffman/article/Radio-host-goes-from-a-broomstick-mic-to-a-top-1789986.php|url-status=live}} Described by critics as working in “shock-jockery”, Baker has drawn criticism for remarks about Magic Johnson, Barack Obama, the WBNA, gay people, women, and transgender people.{{Cite web|date=2011-02-02|title=Chris Baker quits as KTLK-FM morning host|url=https://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2011/02/chris-baker-quits-ktlk-fm-morning-host/|access-date=2021-07-03|website=MinnPost|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421024611/https://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2011/02/chris-baker-quits-ktlk-fm-morning-host/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Connelly|first=Richard|date=2008-07-28|title=Chris Baker In Trouble Again|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/chris-baker-in-trouble-again-6732294|access-date=2021-07-03|website=Houston Press|archive-date=2021-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423125546/https://www.houstonpress.com/news/chris-baker-in-trouble-again-6732294|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=Oct 10, 2008|title=Magic Johnson calls claims he faked AIDS 'ridiculous lies'|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/magic-johnson-calls-claims-he-faked-aids-ridiculous-lies-1.744551|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703042902/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/magic-johnson-calls-claims-he-faked-aids-ridiculous-lies-1.744551|url-status=live}} Following the 2008 comments about Johnson, his station at the time, KTLK in Minneapolis, offered regrets for the remarks and aired public service announcements about HIV/AIDS.{{Cite news|date=2008-10-11|title=Radio station to air service announcements|pages=11|work=St. Cloud Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80702800/radio-station-to-air-service/|access-date=2021-07-03|archive-date=2021-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703042910/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80702800/radio-station-to-air-service/|url-status=live}} On April 21, 2021, Baker was fired as the afternoon talk host on NewsRadio 1110 KFAB in Omaha, Nebraska after making a racist tweet following the conviction of Derek Chauvin, to which he responded that he had accidentally posted the wrong photo.{{cite web|title=Radio personality Chris Baker fired after posting offensive tweet|date=21 April 2021 |url=https://omaha.com/news/local/radio-personality-chris-baker-fired-after-posting-offensive-tweet/article_facc5392-a245-11eb-b596-b3388d84770d.html}}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-21 |title=Radio host Chris Baker says he accidentally posted the wrong photo in racist tweet |url=https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/radio-host-chris-baker-says-he-accidentally-posted-the-wrong-photo-in-racist-tweet |access-date=2021-06-27 |website=KMTV |language=en}}

Baker is also a standup comedian.{{Cite news|date=2005-07-27|title=Carefree was epicenter of local comedy's golden age|pages=4E|work=The Palm Beach Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80702598/carefree-was-epicenter-of-local/|access-date=2021-07-03|archive-date=2021-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703042901/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80702598/carefree-was-epicenter-of-local/|url-status=live}}