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Garry Lee Wright

   is a Chicago-based humouriste.

His book Happiness For Beginners  

was a “sharp-witted account of his unique experiences and perspectives as a child, stand-up comic, media personality, and family man.” Four stars on Amazon. The audiobook is coming soon.

As a radio host    Garry Lee has been on 11 stations, including WMCA, WOC, WXRT, and WGN.

His new home RadioShmadio® 

joins the Bleat Network®

in 2019. Please join in at bleat.network and help grow the best new social media platform since breaking news came from some guy on a horse.

Garry Lee Wright’s live comedy   has graced the Village Gate in NYC, the Portage Theater in Chicago, and Senese’s Winery in Oak Lawn. 

His show Garry Lee Wright was a Baby Boomer  toured the Midwest 2001-05. Time for a new one? On the way. In the meantime, here’s a clip on YouTube

Garry’s satire column News Junkie (1995-2001) appeared as Wright Off the Air, winning a Society of Professional Journalists award.

He cofounded Newrite Communications, now NEWRITE, Inc.,  in 1983.

America’s Most Optimistic Company™

Please visit NEWRITE.NET and find out about making money with us.

 GARRY LEE WRIGHT was born September 27, 1951 in Wilmington, Delaware to Wilbur Gary Wright and Blanche Pauline Knapp.

The son of a contractor and a registered nurse, Garry lived in Tennessee, Alaska, Seattle, and Phoenix before settling in Chesterton, Indiana as a fourth-grader and graduating from Chesterton High School in 1969. He attended Wisconsin State University at Whitewater (now UW-Whitewater) in 1969-1970 before moving to California in the fall of 1970, where he pursued a brief tenure as a singer/songwriter.

After buying media at advertising agencies, Garry was hired by WXRT in Chicago in 1975 as a salesperson. After working as a personality for WFNC/WQSM in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and WMBR in Jacksonville, Florida, in the mid-1970s, he rejoined WXRT in 1978 as a weekend personality and hosted mornings.

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Garry moved to New York City in 1981, working as a salesman, consultant, copywriter, and stand-up comic through the early 1990s. He performed at clubs including Catch a Rising Star, Stand-Up New York, Comic Strip, and the Village Gate.

After guest-hosting for radio pioneer Barry Gray at WMCA/New York City (1988) he moved to East Hampton, Long Island, in 1993 to debut “The Big Breakfast with Garry Lee Wright” on WEHM. [New York Times, by Diane Ketcham, 5/16/93].

As host on WOC  in the Quad Cities (IA-IL) 1995-97, his program was named “Best Morning Radio Show” by the River Cities’ Reader.

Garry was on WGN Radio from 1997-2006.

Garry is an avid Chicago sports (meaning bipolar Cubs) fan. See you at Wrigley!

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