Melanie Morgan

Melanie Morgan
Born	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	author, columnist, political commentator, radio show host
Spouse(s)	Jack Swanson
Website	www.MelanieMorgan.com/

Melanie Morgan is an American radio personality, formerly with KSFO (560 kHz AM) in San Francisco where her husband, Jack Swanson, was VP of News and Programming.. She was laid off from KSFO due to budget cutbacks and declining ad revenue, returned to host the morning show, then once more left the station as of July 10, 2013. She has also previously worked as a reporter for KGO-TV in San Francisco. She is the Chairman of Move America Forward, a "non-partisan," non-profit, charitable organization that supports the U.S. armed forces and their missions in the War on Terrorism. She is known for her advocacy on behalf of the American military, defense of the War on Terror and criticism of American liberals.

Morgan was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended the Lindenwood University.

Her addiction to gambling was the subject of the TV-movie High Stakes: The Melanie Morgan Story. In 2006, she told the San Francisco Chronicle that she had not placed a bet in 13 years, and has served as president of the California Council on Problem Gambling.

Morgan is married to Jack Swanson, a senior manager at KSFO. They live in Greenbrae. north of San Francisco, and have several children.

Morgan serves on the boards of a number of other nonprofit organizations, including the Bruin Alumni Association.

On February 15, 2010 she revealed she had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer but the cancer has not spread.

Morgan began her career reporting on the 1983 Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing, Lebanon, where 241 Marines lost their lives. While she focuses on San Francisco Bay Area regional issues, she has covered events in China, Mexico and Iraq.

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