Alan Berg
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Alan Berg (January, 1934 – June 18, 1984), was a Denver-based, Jewish radio talk show host who was killed (widely believed) by the White revolutionary group The Order.
[edit] Early life
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Berg attended the University of Colorado at Denver before transferring to the University of Denver. At age 22, Berg was one of the youngest people to pass the Illinois bar examination, but job pressures and increasing alcohol dependence led to a series of neuromuscular seizures. Berg's first wife, Judith Halpern, convinced him to quit his Chicago law practice to seek medical help. They moved to Denver where Berg committed himself at St. Joseph's Hospital.
[edit] Radio career
Alan Berg later opened a clothing store where he met Laurence Gross, a radio talk show host on KGMC-AM in Denver. Impressed with Berg, Gross made him a guest on several occasions. When Gross took a job in San Diego, Berg was hired as replacement at Gross's behest.
Berg continued to be plagued by seizures and in 1976 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It was removed and he made a full recovery from the seizures.
From KGMC, which had changed to KWBZ, he moved to KHOW in Denver where he became the most liked and disliked talk show host. After being fired from KHOW, Berg went back to KWBZ before it changed to an all-music format and he was fired. Berg, now unemployed, was courted by KTOK in Oklahoma City and WXYZ in Detroit. He ended up taking a job at KOA in Denver, debuting on February 23, 1981 where he remained on the air until his death.
Listeners in more than 30 states over KOA's 50,000 watt signal heard Alan Berg's opinions about gun control, homosexuality, religion, and other controversial topics. They also heard his abrasive, confrontational debating style. Berg became notorious for upsetting callers who vociferously disagreed with him to the point of being unable to speak lucidly, at which point Berg would typically berate them for being unable to express themselves. Berg was a shock jock before that term was coined. His style was controversial for the early 1980's.
However, in the latter stages of his life, Berg did begin to tone down somewhat. But after he berated Colorado's former Secretary of State Ellen Kaplan on his show, KOA briefly suspended Berg as they feared possible repercussions. Upon his return, Berg was far less antagonistic.
[edit] Death
On June 18, 1984, Alan Berg was shot 13 times in the driveway of his home in the Congress Park neighborhood of Denver. While nobody was ever convicted of Berg's murder, a group called The Order, a white nationalist organization was suspected of being behind it. Several members of The Order, most notably the getaway driver, David Lane, were convicted of conspiracy, as well as violations of Berg's civil rights and the RICO statutes. Lane was sentenced to a 190-year consecutive life sentence and died in prison on May 28, 2007.
David Lane denied any involvement in Berg's death, but repeatedly expressed no sorrow over it:
"The only thing I have to say about Alan Berg is: regardless of who did it, he has not mouthed his hate-whitey propaganda from his 50,000-watt Zionist pulpit for quite a few years."
His death was similar to a scene described in the novel The Turner Diaries written by National Alliance leader William Luther Pierce under the pseudonym Andrew MacDonald, and first published in 1978, six years before Berg's murder. In the book, an unnamed Jewish radio talk show host is shot dead as he steps from his car in his own driveway.
