Chip Franklin

Who is Chip Franklin?

Chip Franklin is a nationally known writer, producer, comedian and musician. For the last 20 years, he was a talk show host, most recently on KOGO in San Diego, California. He is also former host of a talk show on WBAL AM 1090 in Baltimore, Maryland and at WMAL in Washington DC.. The Washington Post's Marc Fisher says "Franklin adds a rare dose of irony to a medium that rarely trusts its audience to get the joke.” In San Diego and Baltimore, Washington DC, Franklin is also known as a comedian and frequents clubs in the markets.

A self-described political independent, Franklin often uses humor to voice his opinion on government policies. He has won 2 National Edward R. Murrow awards and five regional Murrows for his satiric essays on politics.

He has also won five Achievement in Radio Best Talk Show Host awards. Talkers Magazine has listed Chip as one of the top 100 talk show hosts in the country for five straight years, most recently at #97 in the 2008 edition of the Heavy 100. Chip started at San Diego's KOGO on September 4, 2007. He is on the air from 5 to 9 a.m.