Meet Roxanne Walker…The South Carolina Broadcasters Association named Roxanne Radio Personality of the Year in 2002. She has been honored for her political opinion commentary by the Greenville Chapter of Women in Communications.
Roxanne resides in Taylors, SC with her husband Alan and the best dog in the world Allie.
Entries by Roxanne Walker (356)
Racism on the 9th hole
There was a smile on her face when she said it, shortly before we exited the golf cart to play the 18th hole. Her mild matronly face was soft when she said, “I think nigger is a state of mind that could apply to anyone.” I looked up at her startled and disgusted and said, “That’s such an ugly word.” She shrugged that comment off and launched into a diatribe about Serena Williams the tennis pro then segued into a slur against first lady Michelle Obama. In one moment this nondescript woman in her 70’s morphed into a racist Republican. The transformation was completed in the time it took her to say the first sentence of her rant.
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I went to Rep. Trey Gowdy's town hall meeting...and all I got was a migraine headache
After more than 20 years in South Carolina-one of the reddest of the red states, I should have known better. I should have realized the futility of attempting to engage conservative Republicans in a political dialog based on fact not fear. I went to Tommy’s Ham House in Greenville this morning, fully prepared with facts and a well thought out question to pose to Bob Inglis’s replacement in congress, former Spartanburg County prosecutor Trey Gowdy. He arrived ten minutes late and launched into his GOP prepared and approved power point presentation on the federal budget. He focused like a laser beam on entitlement spending calling it unsustainable and insisted that “in order to balance the budget we have to have a conversation about entitlements.
Rupert Murdoch-Living Proof that Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
Long ago when voices on the radio were live in the studio and actually responded to your requests, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was passed into law. This sweeping act deregulated radio broadcasting, allowing multiple signals and stations to be owned by one entity in local markets. The price of radio stations escalated into the stratosphere and humble “mom and pop” radio station owners became rich selling out to giant entities like Radio Inc. and SFX, better known today as Clear Channel.