Talk shows Humphries has hosted radio shows in
New York City,
Dallas,
San Diego,
Atlanta,
Fort Wayne,
Chicago,
Los Angeles,
Reno,
Seattle,
Kansas City Humphries was named one of "America's 100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts" for 17 years in a row, and he was nominated as "Talk Personality Of The Year" by
Radio & Records in 2006. Humphries was inducted into the
Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame as its youngest inductee ever. He was ranked number 14 in the
Talkers Magazine "Heavy Hundred" for 2013. After his two "Rusty Humphries' Salute to the American Veterans" concerts drew a 7,000-person, sold-out crowd on
Veterans Day in 1999 and 2000, Humphries was named "Reno's #1 local entertainer." Humphries has produced five musical albums, including
Bomb Iraq: Rusty Humphries Takes On the Terrorists, and
Greeting from America: Wish You Were Here, a
compilation album made for American troops serving in Iraq. His
podcast,
We Review Everything, was cohosted by
Orson Scott Card.
On-air stunt and arrest Humphries, while a personality at
KEGL in
Dallas,
Texas, was arrested, during a live investigative report, after he successfully "smuggled" a toy knife, a toy gun, and toy hand grenades into the
DFW Airport as an on-air investigation into security problems on January 15, 1991. ==Personal life==