Alan

BIO ON ALAN STOCK

Alan Stock is the most popular talk show host in Las Vegas.

Talkers Magazine (www.talkers.com), the bible of the talk radio industry, has named Alan Stock as one of the 100 most influential talk radio hosts in America. Radio and Records, the one-time bible of the entire radio industry, named Alan one of six top local talk radio personalities.  Alan has been the recipient of two Electronic Media Awards and in 2003, Alan was inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame. In July of 2015, Newsmax named Alan as one of the Top 50 local talk show hosts in America.

Alan has interviewed dignitaries, stars, entertainers and politicians.  Among others, Alan has interviewed are Paul Anka, Mickey Rooney, Tony Orlando, Wayne Newton, The Righteous Brothers, Debbi Reynolds, Don Rickles, Ted Nugent, Bo Diddley, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Loggins, the Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward and even mime Marcel Marceau; also Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Dion Dimmuci, Frankie Valli, and Johnny Otis among others.  The list of politicians and dignitaries includes President Barack Obama, Business and Presidential candidate Herman Cain, Presidential candidate Ron Paul, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, U.S. Senator Harry Reid, U.S. Senator Dean Heller, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, political blogger Andrew Breitbart, Charles Krauthammer, Sean Hannity, Shepard Smith, artist Peter Max, John Voight, Rita Cosby, Newt Gingrich and many others.

Alan has, also, appeared as a political pundit on MSNBC, CNN and on Sean Hannity’s Great American Panel. He is currently appearing as a political pundit from the right on KLAS/8NewsNow’s popular “Politics Now” weekend show.

While Alan has worked in the television and radio industry for over 34 years, his career didn’t begin with the media.

Alan worked in the field of psychotherapy for 10 years.  His specialties included working with poly-abuse drug addicts.  He relied on his creative training and employed the techniques of role-playing and psychodrama.

Alan’s radio career has taken him from Santa Rosa to San Diego, Sacramento and San Francisco.  In June of 1999, Alan was hired as the afternoon drive time host at KXNT, the CBS affiliate in Las Vegas, Nevada.  In the first eighteen months, afternoon ratings quadrupled.  In the fall of 2001, Alan became the morning co-host of The Alan Stock & Heidi Harris Show.  In 2012, Alan was the host of a nightly interview program on VegasTV. Today he is the star of afternoon drive at Newstalk 840AM, KXNT and remains the most popular local talk show figure in Las Vegas

Alan is a proud member of the VFW and for the past 19 years has been the Master of Ceremonies for the annual Veterans’ Day Parade in Las Vegas, the second largest Veterans’ Day parade in the nation.

Alan graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Sonoma State University and a Masters Degree in psychology from California State University at Dominguez Hills.  Alan and his wife Rhoda were childhood sweethearts and remain very happily married.  They have twin daughters, two great sons-in-law and three beautiful granddaughters and a handsome grandson…and a Shiranian (Shih Tzu/Pomeranian) pooch named Daisy.


Alan, Angela Alegna, Pat Boone, Connie Breeze at Veterans’ Day Parade 11-11-11


Alan and Pat Boone at BOND dinner, October, 2010


Daisy


Alan & Rhoda and Steve Wolfson & Jackie Glass at Hula Grill in Kaanapali, Maui


Alan and Talkers creator Michael Harrison at Talkers New Media Seminar in New York


Rhoda & Alan


Helene Wyne, Pat Boone, Rabbi Yitz Wyne & Alan Stock at Veterans’ Day Parade 11-11-11