Grant 's long stay at WABC ended when he was fired for a remark about the April 3 , 1996 airplane crash involving Commerce Secretary Ron Brown . Grant remarked to caller named , Carl of Oyster Bay ( Carl Limbacher , later of NewsMax fame ) , " My hunch is that Brown is the one survivor . I just have that hunch . Maybe it 's because , at heart , I 'm a pessimist . " When Brown was found dead , Grant 's comments were widely criticized , and several weeks later , after a media campaign , his contract was terminated . Grant 's last show on WABC was on April 16 , 1996 , where he broadcast from the Reo Diner . He was fired the next day on April 17 by program director Phil Boyce after Grant had held an autograph-signing session for his book " Let 's be Heard " . Politicians who Grant had assisted , such as Christine Todd Whitman , Rudy Giuliani would never appear on Grant 's radio show again , and George Pataki appeared one more time on Grant 's last WOR show in January 2006
April 3 , 1996 airplane crash
1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash
Bob Grant (radio host)