Dennis Prager sets talk-radio return following a severe spinal cord injury

Dennis Prager, the blimpish speech vigor big who has been disconnected the aerial since suffering a debilitating autumn successful November, volition instrumentality successful June.

Prager, whose nationally syndicated amusement aired locally from noon to 3 p.m. connected AM 870 the Answer earlier his injury, volition travel backmost to big the 3rd hr of that clip slot starting June 3, Salem Media announced past week.

“I’m truly feeling overmuch better, arsenic you tin hear,” the writer of “The Rational Bible” said successful a dependable signaling played during a March 7 health-update video featuring lad David Prager and Prager University Chief Executive Marissa Streit. “My dependable is practically normal, which is truly exciting, due to the fact that I mean to spell backmost connected radio. ... And my beloved lad — 1 of my beloved sons — my beloved lad David is present with maine and I can’t archer you however overmuch helium has done for me. ... OK everybody, looking guardant to being with you often.”

At the clip that signaling was played, Dennis Prager was 15 weeks post-injury. Before his fall, he’d had spinal fusion country that resulted successful a “pretty stiff situation” with his back, Streit said successful a Feb. 14 video update. He deed his caput erstwhile helium fell but suffered nary encephalon injury, she said.

The spinal cord was different story. “It was not severed, but it was injured, and was injured astatine the apical of his spinal cord, astatine the country of C3 and C4 that besides controls his diaphragm,” Streit said, noting that Prager could not determination beneath his shoulders astatine the time.

“He is talking a batch to radical successful the rehab installation that he’s astatine close now,” David Prager, main improvement serviceman for Prager U, said successful the aforesaid February video. Nonprofit Prager U bills itself arsenic a creator of “free acquisition contented promoting American values.” “He’s each there. He’s 100% there. When you perceive him connected the radio, you’ll accidental helium hasn’t skipped a beat.”

Dennis Prager is inactive undergoing “extensive” rehab, Salem Media said successful its release.

“Dennis whitethorn person immoderate carnal limitations astatine the moment, but his wit, wisdom, insights and passionateness are arsenic beardown and arsenic wide arsenic ever and we are delighted astatine his tone and resoluteness to instrumentality to his audience,” Phil Boyce, Salem’s elder vice president of spoken word, said successful the release. “We privation Dennis to stay a portion of the Salem household and privation his millions of loyal fans to proceed to perceive his voice.”

When Prager returns to radio, it won’t beryllium connected the nonstop aforesaid amusement that helium left. Salem Media announced past week that “The Charlie Kirk Show,” hosted by the laminitis of the blimpish Turning Point USA pupil movement, volition instrumentality implicit Prager’s affiliate stations — including 870 AM — opening adjacent Monday.

“Affiliates of Charlie volition proceed to get the Kirk amusement with nary interruption, and affiliates of Dennis volition soon get Charlie Kirk arsenic a beardown and capable replacement,” Boyce said successful the release. The 2 men had been broadcasting unrecorded astatine the aforesaid clip of time earlier Prager fell.