Tom Leykis, One of Radio's Top Talkers, Is Off the Airwaves -- and Online

"There were a lot of greedy home flippers!" radio talk-show host Tom Leykis exclaims into the microphone. "Everyone who got evicted got exactly what they deserved. They didn't evict enough people."

Leykis is blasting what he considers the avaricious, irresponsible impulses of those participating in the real estate mortgage boom -- and subsequent bust.

"When I saw houses in Palmdale going for $500K," he continues, on-air, "I knew something was wrong. If you got foreclosed, I don't feel sorry for you!"

Until just a few years ago, Leykis worked for CBS-owned KLSX 97.1 FM in Los Angeles, syndicated to cities across America through Westwood One. Hosting an eponymous national show for more than a decade, Leykis was one of the most successful -- and highly paid -- nonconservative hosts in the history of American radio.

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