Dana Loesch

Dana Lynn Loesch ( ; ; born September 28, 1978) is an American radio and TV host. She is a former spokesperson for the National Rifle Association and a former writer and editor for Breitbart News. Loesch was the host of the program Dana on TheBlaze TV from 2014 to 2017. She also hosts a nationally syndicated weekday radio talk show. Loesch has appeared as a guest on television networks such as Fox News, CNN, CBS, ABC, and HBO. Early life Loesch was raised by her mother, Gale, in an extended family of Southern Baptists. She claims descent from Cherokees in Georgia, as well as of Irish descent through her paternal grandmother. She graduated from Fox High School in Arnold, Missouri. She later attended St. Louis Community College at Meramec before transferring to Webster University to study journalism. While there, she was a Democrat and worked on Bill Clinton's reelection campaign. Following a pregnancy, Loesch dropped out of college and married, having her first child when she was 23. Loesch became disillusioned with the Democratic Party after the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal and fully rejected it after the September 11 attacks. Career After leaving Webster University, Loesch began writing for St. Louis Magazine, doing investigative news articles, and began her website "Mamalogues". From 2006-2008, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran "Mamalogues" as a weekly online column, winning Loesch Riverfront Times "Best Newspaper Columnist St. Louis" for 2007. Loesch started hosting her radio show in 2008; it became a nationally syndicated, daily program, The Dana Show: The Conservative Alternative, on Radio America from flagship station KFTK-FM in St. Louis. In July 2008, Loesch was chosen as one of St. Louis Business Journal top 30 Under 30. She was recognized by the Nielsen ratings as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Mom Bloggers. In 2009, Loesch co-founded the St. Louis Tea Party along with its board president, Bill Hennessy, but left the organization in December 2011.