Jay Diamond is a former American

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host from the Manhattan Beach neighborhood of

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who began his move to the radio by being a frequent caller to other radio programs, especially

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's popular Bob Grant's show. He broadcast for several years in the 1990s and early 2000s in New York City, first on WABC (then home to Bob Grant, who at the time considered Diamond a sort of protégé. Having started in the left of center before moving to the right, by the mid-2000s he had moved back to the political left, on

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, and finally on WOR. His last scheduled broadcast was in Boston, Massachusetts, his ''Jay Diamond Show'' appearing on

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until 2005. He is a voice impressionist and has given short radio plays performed by "The Mighty Diamond Art Players," all of whom are himself. One of his famous impersonations was of

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. Diamond also parodied the speaking style of other New York City politicians, such as then-Governor

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and former Mayor

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. In 2009 he wrote an opinion essay for the ''Buzzflash'' site, "Talk Radio is a Cancerous Blight on the Nation, Not 'Entertainment.'" His last time hosting a radio program was in February 2013 when he and Frank Morano filled in on

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External links

Diamond's Twitter page

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1956 births American impressionists (entertainers) American talk radio hosts People from Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn Radio personalities from New York City Living people {{US-radio-bio-stub

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