'''Sean Patrick Hannity''' (born December 30, 1961, in New York City, New York) is an American conservative talk radio host and executive producer of Fox News Channel's program ''Hannity & Colmes'', and the author of two books. Hannity is of Irish descent (all four of his grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland) and he is a devout Catholic.
Early life and career
Hannity grew up in Franklin Square, New York. He is the son of Hugh J. and Lillian F. Hannity, both children of Irish immigrants. His paternal grandparents immigrated from County Down and his mother's parents came from County Cork. Hannity was educated in Catholic schools on Long Island. He has two sisters, Joanne S. Hannity and Therese Grisham (Hannity). Hannity attended college at New York University. During the late 1980s he worked in construction in the Santa Barbara, California, area. Hannity has lived in Roswell, Georgia; Athens, Alabama; Lloyd Harbor, New York; and Santa Barbara, California.
Present day
Sean Hannity is currently a nationally syndicated radio talk show host. He broadcasts out of WABC radio studios in New York, N.Y. In addition, Hannity also co-hosts the Fox News political debate program, ''Hannity & Colmes''.
Radio program
Hannity's ABC Radio program began national syndication September 10, 2001. The show is aired from WABC in New York and is now heard on well over 500 stations nationwide. His program now boasts the second-largest radio audience in the country, heard by over 13 million listeners a week. The show was recently made available via Armed Forces Radio Network beginning 2006. In 2004, Hannity signed a $25 million 5-year contract extension with ABC Radio to continue the show through 2009. In addition to numerous newsmaking guests, Hannity also does several segments with his former call screener and Associate Producer, Jill Vitale
[http://www.flirtyflipper.com/ Jill Vitale's Website], better known as Flirty Flipper (named so for her infamous tattoo of a dolphin). The most famous of these segments is her notorious "Man on the Street" segments, where she asks everyday New Yorkers and tests their knowledge of everyday current events. In addition to his syndicated affiliates on terrestrial radio and the Armed Forces Radio Network, his program is heard live on the ABC News and Talk channel 143 of Sirius Satellite Radio and channel 124 of XM Satellite Radio.
Typically, the show includes regular conversations between Hannity and conservative pundits and politicians, such as Oliver North, Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, Dick Morris, Rudy Giuliani, George Will, Newt Gingrich, G. Gordon Liddy, and Ted Nugent. Hannity invites others who hold opposing views onto his show for so-called "shoot outs." Some such guests
