Blaze Media is an American conservative media company owned by Mercury Radio Arts, a multimedia production company owned by conservative radio talk host Glenn Beck. It was founded in 2018 as a result of a merger between TheBlaze and CRTV LLC. The company’s leadership consists of CEO Tyler Cardon. It is based in Irving, Texas, where it has studios and offices, as well as in Washington, D.C.
TheBlaze was a pay television network founded by Glenn Beck. Originally, it was called Glenn Beck TV, created after Beck’s departure from Fox News Channel in 2011. In 2012, the network took the name of Beck’s popular website, TheBlaze. From 2014 to 2017, the company had four different CEOs, followed by Beck himself. Months after Beck took the position, the company laid off over a fourth of its staff. CRTV LLC, which operated the Conservative Review and CRTV (Conservative Review Television), was an online subscription network.
On August 31, 2010, three days after his Restoring Honor rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., conservative political commentator Glenn Beck launched the TheBlaze website, describing it as an alternative to “mainstream media outlets”. TheBlaze headquarters are located in Irving, Texas, at the Mercury Studios (formerly the Studios at Las Colinas).
Beck announced the creation of an online-only network replacing Insider Extreme as a result of his Fox News departure on June 7, 2011. On September 12, 2011, Beck launched GBTV (Glenn Beck TV) as an exclusive internet streaming network, produced and operated by Mercury Radio Arts. GBTV would air a television adaptation of his radio show, his television show, and other original programming, including Real News from TheBlaze, a nightly news program hosted by former CNN personality Amy Holmes. On June 18, 2012, Mercury Radio Arts announced the consolidation of all of its outlets under the “TheBlaze” brand, thus renaming the internet television station from GBTV to TheBlaze
Notable program hosts for television, and radio and podcasts
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| Type | Conservative libertarian internet talk radio |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| First air date | September 5, 2012 |
| Availability | Internet (iHeartRadio, TheBlaze apps, web) |
| Area | Worldwide via Internet streaming and smartphone apps |
| Owner | Blaze Media LLC |
| Official website | www |
- Glenn Beck – host of Glenn TV and The Glenn Beck Radio Program
- Stu Burguiere – The Glenn Beck Radio Program (co-host/executive producer), Stu and Dave Do America (host)
- Steve Deace – host of the Steve Deace Show
- Kevin Freeman – host of Economic War Room
- Pat Gray – Pat Gray Unleashed (host), The Glenn Beck Radio Program (recurring regular and frequent fill-in host)
- Mark Levin – host of LevinTV
- Sara Gonzales – host of Sara Gonzales Unfiltered[25]
- Jill Savage – host of Blaze News Tonight[26]
- Liz Wheeler – host of The Liz Wheeler Show[27]
- Allie Beth Stuckey – host of Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey
- Matt Kibbe – host of Kibbe on Liberty[28]
- Jason Whitlock – host of Fearless with Jason Whitlock
- Dave Landau – host of Stu and Dave Do America
- James Poulos – host of Zero Hour[29]
- John Doyle – host of The John Doyle Show
Frequent guests
- Ben Shapiro – co-founder and editor emeritus of The Daily Wire and host of the syndicated radio show The Ben Shapiro Show
- Daniel Lapin – Jewish Rabbi
- David Barton – Christian Zionist, evangelical political activist and author
- Ted Cruz – United States senator from Texas
- Jeremy Boreing – COO and co-founder of The Daily Wire
- Mike Lee – United States senator from Utah
- Bill O’Reilly – Former television host of The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News, and host of No Spin News
- Dennis Prager – founder of PragerU and political commentator
- John W. Whitehead – founder of the Rutherford Institute
- Howard Kohr – CEO of AIPAC
- John Hagee – televangelist and founder of Christians United for Israel
- Kirk Cameron – evangelical actor
- Chrissie Mayr – comedian and host of the Chrissie Mayr Podcast and Chrissie Mayr’s Wet Spot
Former hosts and contributors
- Lauren Chen – fired in 2024[30]
- Steven Crowder – Louder with Crowder (departed 2022)
- S. E. Cupp – Real News
- Laurie Dhue – Blaze news anchor
- Tomi Lahren – Tomi (2015–2017)
- Dana Loesch – Dana (2013–2017)
- Michelle Malkin – host of Michelle Malkin Investigates (departed 2018, show moved to Newsmax TV)
- Gavin McInnes – host of Get Off My Lawn (departed 2018)
- Chad Prather – host of The Chad Prather Show until 2024
- Jay Severin – The Jay Severin Show (2012–2016)
- Andrew Heaton – Something’s Off with Andrew Heaton (2018–2019)[31]
- Andrew W.K. – America W.K.
- Andrew Wilkow – Wilkow! (departed 2021, show moved to Salem News Channel)
