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William Wolf "Bill" Handel (born August 25, 1951) is the director and founder of the Center for Surrogate Parenting and an AM radio personality in Los Angeles, California. Handel currently hosts two radio programs on KFI in Los Angeles, California. First is KFI's local morning show, in which he comments on current events. The program is one of the top rated morning programs in the Los Angeles market, with more than 1 million listeners.〔(HandelontheLaw.com – About Us ), Billhandel.com; retrieved 2012-05-28.〕 Additionally, he hosts a legal advice show on weekends called ''Handel on the Law'', which is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks and heard on over 150 stations.〔(Handel on the Law at Premiere Radio Networks ), Premiereradio.com; retrieved 2012-05-28.〕 His legal show is currently his longest running radio program to date. In early 2010, ''The Bill Handel Show'' replaced Dr. Laura when she ended her syndicated show. Both of Handel's shows played across the United States on America's Talk channel 158 on XM Satellite Radio. On February 22, 2010, the afternoon show was replaced by ''The Bill Carroll Show''.〔(KFI AM 640 Changes its Lunchtime Menu ), KFIAM640.com; retrieved 2010-02-12.〕 ==Biography== Handel was born Wolf Handel in Brazil, to Leo and Nechama Handel. His father Leo Handel was a Polish Jew who had hidden in a Jesuit house and lived as a Catholic priest during World War II. Much of the Handel family lost their lives in the Holocaust. Leo applied to emigrate to the United States legally, and was forced to wait for eleven years to obtain entry. During this time he lived in Brazil where he met and married his wife, Nechama, a dentist. The Handel family emigrated to the U.S. when Bill was six. He was sworn in as a U.S. citizen at the age of eleven, at which time he changed his name to William Wolf Handel. Handel speaks fluent Brazilian Portuguese. He spent the remainder of his formative years growing up in the San Fernando Valley. He attended California State University, Northridge where he obtained his bachelor's degree in Political Science. He then earned his J.D. from Whittier Law School.〔(State Bar of CA for William Wolf Handel – #90971 ), calbar.ca.gov; retrieved 2012-05-28.〕 Before beginning his talk radio career, he provided legal counsel for some of the ground breaking cases establishing the bounds in the field of surrogate parenting, including the writing of one of the earliest surrogate parenting contracts ever written, and helping establish many of the legal precedents of the field.〔(Profile ), JewishJournal.com; retrieved 2012-05-28.〕 Handel is the director of the Center for Surrogate Parenting,〔(Center for Surrogate Parenting ) web page〕 which helps childless couples have children through surrogacy. The company has offices in California and Maryland and has clients from all over the world. Handel is known to refer to himself as a "Latino Jew". Although he makes fun of his own heritage, and all stereotypes, one of his more serious and memorable excursions involved taking white supremacist John Metzger to Auschwitz to view the Nazi concentration camps and the gas chamber where his grandfather was executed. The German government originally thought that KFI was a neo-Nazi radio station and did not want to allow the trip, but finally relented after being presented with more information. He hosted his own television show, ''Judge For Yourself'', which was canceled due to low ratings and the lack of time in Handel's schedule. ''Judge For Yourself'' was unique in that it solicited comments from a 900 number, whose results would be broadcast on the next day's show.〔(On Tv: Gabfests Taking Over The Airwaves ), lib.vt.edu; accessed November 13, 2015.〕 He served as a fill-in host on ''Glenn Beck'', when it aired on CNN Headline News. He underwent bariatric surgery at Centinela Freeman Hospital to lose weight. Handel's experiences with this surgical procedure have been thoroughly documented in a series of segments on his morning radio show.〔 Handel has also openly discussed his previous drug addiction.〔(Doug Thorburn on Early-Stage Alcohol and Drug Addiction (December 2006) ), preventragedy.com; retrieved 2012-05-28.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Handel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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