Glenn Beck
American political commentator
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| January 13 2022 | Beck announced his second case of COVID-19 was affecting his lungs. |
| 2020 | Argued that the potential election of Bernie Sanders as president could lead to 'another Holocaust' |
| May 18 2018 | Beck announced on his radio program that he intended to vote for Trump in the 2020 presidential election, dramatically shifting from his previous strong opposition to Trump during the 2016 campaign. |
| September 2017 | 'We Are One' was retired and replaced with a new theme song featuring an acoustic guitar and a female voice saying 'Love. Courage. Truth. This is The Glenn Beck Program'. |
| 2016 | The theme song became 'We Are One', sung by David Osmond (son of Alan Osmond) and American Idol contestant Jenn Blosil. |
| 2016 | Beck shared a conversation with Mel Gibson involving claims about Jewish people and The Passion of the Christ, suggesting Gibson believed Jews had stolen a copy of the film and were assaulting him. |
| 2016 | After Cruz dropped out of the presidential race, Beck endorsed independent candidate Evan McMullin. |
| 2016 | In an interview with The New Yorker, Beck expressed regret for his previous commentary on Obama, acknowledged his past inflammatory rhetoric, and stated that he now supports Black Lives Matter. |
| October 2016 | Beck called opposing Donald Trump a 'moral, ethical choice' and stated 'If Donald Trump wins, it is going to be a snowball to hell' while campaigning for Cruz. |
| September 2016 | Beck's defamation lawsuit with Abdulrahman Alharbi was settled on confidential terms. |
| May 31 2016 | Sirius XM suspended Beck from the Patriot channel following controversial remarks about a hypothetical situation involving Donald Trump, subsequently moving his radio show to the Triumph channel. |
| August 2015 | Glenn Beck and Mercury Radio Arts organized a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, with over 20,000 people marching to support persecuted Christians in Iraq and call for national unity. The event featured speakers including Ted Cruz, Rafael Cruz, Jon Voight, Alveda King, and David Barton at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. |
| March 18 2015 | Beck publicly left the Republican Party, criticizing its failure to effectively oppose Obamacare and immigration reform, and its stance against lawmakers like Mike Lee and Ted Cruz. |
| 2014 | Beck launched the Nazarene Fund to relocate Christian refugees from northern Iraq and Syria, eventually helping 10,524 refugees relocate to countries including the U.S., Australia, France, Slovakia, Greece, Lebanon, Brazil, and Canada. |
| 2014 | Beck announced that Mercury One would provide food and relief to migrant children, despite his general opposition to illegal immigration. |
| November 10 2014 | Beck publicly revealed he had been suffering from a severe neurological disorder for at least five years, receiving treatments from chiropractor Frederick Carrick. |
| July 2014 | Beck, along with Senator Mike Lee and Representative Louie Gohmert, traveled to the U.S.–Mexico border to provide humanitarian aid to unaccompanied immigrant children, bringing food, hot meals, and teddy bears. |
| March 2014 | Abdulrahman Alharbi filed a defamation lawsuit against Beck for repeatedly identifying him as a participant in the Boston Marathon bombing, despite being cleared of wrongdoing. |
| July 2013 | Beck produced and hosted a one-night stage event called 'Man in the Moon' at USANA Amphitheatre in West Valley City, Utah, which sold out all 20,000 seats. |
| January 2013 | The theme music changed to a heavier rock background with new lyrics: 'Turn it up! Turn it on, let's go! Turn it up! It's Glenn Beck on the radio!' |
| 2012 | Placed on The Hollywood Reporter's Digital Power Fifty list. |
| November 2012 | Beck attempted to auction a mason jar with an Obama figurine supposedly submerged in urine (actually beer), with bidding reaching $11,000 before eBay cancelled the auction. |
| September 2012 | Beck supported Mitt Romney's presidential campaign by addressing doctrinal issues between Mormons and evangelical Christians on his radio show, directly engaging with potential voter concerns about Romney's religious background. |
| August 2012 | Beck held the 'Restoring Love' rally at AT&T Stadium in Irving, Texas, focusing on service to fellow citizens and community building. The event included a 'Day of Service' where Mercury One volunteers fed homeless people, performed community projects, and mowed lawns. Beck delivered a keynote speech encouraging continued civic engagement and community support. |
| 2011 | Glenn Beck founded the nonprofit organization Mercury One, with a mission to restore the human spirit through humanitarian aid and empowerment. |
| 2011 | Founded Mercury Ink, a publishing imprint of Mercury Radio Arts, with a co-publishing deal with Simon & Schuster. The imprint publishes adult and young adult novels and non-fiction titles. |
| December 15 2011 | Glenn Beck relocated his family and TheBlaze TV broadcasting from New York City to Las Colinas, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. |
| October 2011 | Mercury One began selling the 1791 clothing line exclusively on 1791.com, with an 11-piece inaugural collection manufactured by American Mojo in Massachusetts. |
| September 12 2011 | Launches his internet television network TheBlaze TV (originally called GBTV), with a new two-hour show and a subscription-based model. |
| August 2011 | Glenn Beck headlined the 'Restoring Courage' international tour in Jerusalem, Israel, which he described as a campaign to encourage global support for the Jewish people. The tour also included plans to visit Cape Town, South Africa, and Venezuela. |
| July 2011 | Beck leased a house in Westlake, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth. |
| July 2011 | Glenn Beck made controversial comments about the Norway attacks, comparing the murdered Norwegian Workers' Youth League members to the Hitler Youth, which sparked significant public condemnation in Norway. Political commentators Frank Aarebrot and Torbjørn Eriksen strongly criticized Beck's remarks as ignorant, hurtful, and extreme. |
| June 30 2011 | Airs his last daily show on Fox News. |
| April 2011 | Announces his transition off the daily program on Fox News. |
| February 24 2011 | Beck publicly apologized on air for his earlier remarks about Reform Rabbis, acknowledging that his comments were 'ignorant'. |
| February 22 2011 | During a radio show discussion, Beck made controversial remarks about Reform Rabbis, comparing them to 'radicalized Islam', which drew immediate criticism from conservatives and religious leaders. |
| January 2011 | Beck's show ratings dropped 39% compared to January 2010, representing the steepest decline of any cable news show. |
| January 2011 | The show's theme music was modified to a song similar to the 2010 version. |
| January 2011 | Four hundred rabbis signed an open letter published as a paid advertisement in The Wall Street Journal, protesting Beck's and Fox News' references to the Holocaust and Nazis, which was organized by Jewish Funds for Justice (JFFJ). |
| 2010 | Beck's Fox News Channel television show ratings dropped to approximately one-third of its peak, leading to his departure from the network to create his own network. |
| 2010 | Delivered a keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) where he declared progressivism a 'disease' in America, arguing that it is 'eating our Constitution' |
| 2010 | Beck was selected for Time magazine's top 100 most influential people under the 'Leaders' category. |
| 2010 | Beck was accused of being anti-Semitic due to his inflammatory remarks about George Soros, with the Anti-Defamation League condemning his claims about Soros and the Holocaust. |
| December 2010 | Glenn Beck traveled to Wilmington, Ohio to host a local economic support project called 'America's First Christmas', broadcasting his radio and television shows from the local theater to help the town recover from the late-2000s recession. |
| October 2010 | Dana Milbank released a polemical biography titled 'Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America'. |
| September 2010 | Will Bunch released the book 'The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama', which critiqued Beck's media persona. |
| August 28 2010 | Glenn Beck hosted the Restoring Honor rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The event promoted religious faith and patriotism, was co-sponsored by the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, promoted by FreedomWorks, and supported by the Tea Party movement. Aerial photo estimates placed attendance at approximately 87,000 people. |
| August 13 2010 | The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed previous funding decisions against ACORN, noting that only 10% of its funding was federal. |
| July 2010 | Beck announced he was diagnosed with macular dystrophy, a condition that could potentially lead to blindness. |
| June 2010 | The radio show added its 400th affiliate, KRLA in Los Angeles. |
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