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[[Image:LukeMcCoy{{Infobox Biography| subject_name =Luke McCoy| image_name =LukeMcCoy2.jpg|rightimage_size =150px|150pximage_caption =|Luke McCoydate_of_birth =[[December 6]], [[1939]]| place_of_birth =| date_of_death =January 16, 2016 (Lung Cancer)| place_of_death =| occupation =Radio talk show host| religion =| spouse =Mary Janice Eason (div. 2001)<br/>Katherine Ann Felton-McCoy| parents =Marvin Curtis & Juanita Marjorie Eason| children =}}'''Luke McCoy''' is the moniker of '''Luther Ralton Eason''' (b. [[1939]]), a talk show host for the [[WCOA]] radio station. He hosts the morning news program with [[Don Parker]] and, until [[May 18]], [[2007]], hosted the "[[Pensacola Speaks]]" call-in showas well as the morning news program with [[Don Parker]]. He is married to [[Katherine Ann Felton-McCoy]], an account executive with [[Cumulus Broadcasting]], WCOA's parent company.
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McCoy served in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and with the Marine Corps in Vietnam, where he was wounded in action.<ref>[http://wcoapensacola.com/default.asp?pid=4444 WCOA Air Personalities]</ref> He and callers frequently exchange the Marines greeting, "Semper Fi."
Known for his outspoken conservative views, McCoy describes described himself as "the common man's intellectual." In [[2006]], he founded the organization [[WASPO]] in opposition to illegal immigration. He strongly opposed the [[Community Maritime Park]] project. He has also urged his listeners to use the phrase "Merry Christmas with extra Jesus" during the holiday season, as a reaction to the so-called "[[Wikipedia:Christmas controversy|War on Christmas]]".
On [[May 18]], [[2007]] McCoy stepped down as host of the "Pensacola Speaks" program. He offered no explanation for his departure from "Pensacola Speaks" except to say, "I've made some powerful enemies, and I thought it best for the station and all concerned that I step aside."<ref>"Luke McCoy signing off." ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 18, 2007.</ref> He returned (again without explanation) when the show resumed on [[June 11]]. In late [[2008]] he said he wanted to retire from radio, effective [[December 19]]. After his retirement, he relocated to South Carolina. Died from lung cancer January 16, 2016. ==Other images==<gallery>Image:McCoyWASPOshirt.jpg|McCoy at a [[WASPO]] "swarm" with a shirt that reads "Speak English Dammit!"Image:LukeMcCoy.jpg</gallery>
==References==
[[Category:Radio hosts|McCoy, Luke]]
