E. Reese Hopkins

Reese Hopkins is an American radio talk show host also known as E. Reese Hopkins. As of December 2007, Hopkins has been a morning personality on Boston station WRKO.http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/01/05/radio_waves/?page=1 A New Talk-Show Host Draws On Worlds of Experience]

Radio career

E. Reese Hopkins officially began his radio career in April 2001 as a news anchor on the Star and Buc Wild radio show at Hot 97. He introduced himself by faxing fake news to the show. As a result of his comedic pieces being read on air, he was offered a news anchor position. Hopkins stayed in that position until the program's move to Clear Channel radio station Power 105.1. Hopkins resigned from the show in October 2005, seeking new opportunities in radio. [http://wrko.com/pages/1424651.php? Reese Hopkins Bio]

Hopkins took two years off from radio, and moved with his family to Fort Lee, New Jersey. He managed a tile warehouse and produced a program for Howard 100 on Sirius Satellite Radio. In October 2007, he auditioned for an on-air position after a call from WRKO station manager Jim Capuano. After a successful audition station management offered him a slot in December 2007

Controversy

In April 2008, challenges were made to Hopkins' claims that he graduated from Fordham University in 1991. [http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1085706 Degree of Uncertainty for 'RKO Host] In an interview with the Boston Herald, Hopkins said he graduated under a different name, citing "legal reasons". He added, "I had to go to college either under an emancipated name or under a guardianship, which is under my father’s name. It’s a private matter. I did graduate from Fordham University." [http://www.savewrko.com/archives/2008/04/reese_hopkins_i.php Save RKO: Reese Hopkins in Hot Water]

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