Chris Baker is a former
talk radio host who has worked in Minneapolis,[1] Houston[2] and Omaha.[3][4][5]
Baker grew up in Dallas.[6] He worked in St. Louis, then moved to Houston where he worked until his show was canceled in 2007.[6]
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.”[7] He was a 2008 nominee for the Texas Radio Hall of Fame.[8] 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.[9][10][11] 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.[1] 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.[12][13]