Information AboutAlan Berg |
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Alan Berg was a Liberal Jewish Talk Radio host in Denver , Colorado , who broadcast his program on KOA 850 AM. The station's powerful signal allowed listeners in over thirty states of the United States to hear Berg's opinions on Gun Control , Homosexuality , Religion , and other controversial topics. Berg had a dedicated audience, and was known for his often abrasive, confrontational debates with those who participated in his program via telephone. On June 18 , 1984 , Berg was gunned down in the driveway of his home, allegedly by three members of The Order , a White Supremacist group. No one was ever convicted on murder charges, although several were convicted of violating his civil rights. When asked about the assassination, David Lane , a member of The Order who had called Berg's KOA show, responded: "the only thing I have to say about Alan Berg is, regardless of who did it, he hasn't mouthed his hate whitey propaganda from his 50,000-watt Zionist pulpit for quite a few years." Lane, the getaway driver, was not convicted of murder, but for violations of Alan Berg's Civil Rights and Racketeering . Lane's sentence was 40 years for the racketeering charges and 150 years for the civil right violations. Lane is considered a Prisoner Of War by white supremacists. The events were later dramatized in multiple ways. Eric Bogosian adapted the story of Berg's death into a play and later a film made by Oliver Stone titled '' Talk Radio ''. Berg's Assassination and the consequent trial form the core of Steven Dietz 's 1988 play ''God's Country''. |
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