Editing Alan Colmes (section)

==Early life and education==
Colmes was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/225581 Israel National News: "Jewish-American journalist Alan Colmes dies at 66"] February 24, 2017</ref> in [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]]. He grew up in [[Lynbrook, New York]] on Long Island, attended local public schools and went to [[Hofstra University]], where he graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree from its School of Communications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Colleges/HCLAS/Faces/faces_colmes.html|title=Alan Colmes|work=HCLAS: Faces of Success|publisher=Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|access-date=December 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527231044/http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Colleges/hclas/faces/faces_colmes.html|archive-date=May 27, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> While at Hofstra, he worked at its radio station, WVHC, which later became [[WRHU]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/colleges/SOC/WRHU/wrhu_alumni.html|title=Alumni|work=WRHU|publisher=Hofstra University|access-date=December 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105163008/http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/colleges/SOC/WRHU/wrhu_alumni.html|archive-date=January 5, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>