[3][4] In 1994, he hosted a weekly syndicated television show, Judge For Yourself, which was canceled due to low ratings and the lack of time in Handel's schedule.

On July 16, 1993, Handel began broadcasting a talk and information wake up show, replacing the prior morning team.

[7] On his weekend show, Handel on the Law, he gives terse "marginal legal advice" designed to point callers in the right direction.

Still, the show is informative in that it deals with many common legal problems, such as landlord-tenant issues, child custody, and divorce in an easy-to-understand way.

[citation needed] On September 11, 2001, Handel was on air live when the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center took place.

Most of the Clear Channel FM music stations in Los Angeles switched over to a live feed of Handel's show as news reports and further attacks unfolded.

Not only was Limbaugh on a plane heading to a golf tournament that day, but telecommunications systems were also devastated in New York, where his show was based at that time.

[citation needed] On September 23, 2005, Handel was named "Major Market Personality of the Year" at the 2005 NAB Marconi Radio Awards for his KFI show.

[10] Handel received the Distinguished Alumni Award from CSUN (Cal State University at Northridge) on April 26, 2008.

[citation needed] Handel was inducted into the "National Radio Hall of Fame" on November 2, 2017, in a ceremony at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.

[citation needed] In 1996, Asian-American leaders called for Handel's resignation after making comments about Kristi Yamaguchi and Michelle Kwan.

[12] On January 12, 2006, Handel joked that Muslim pilgrims to Mecca should hire traffic reporters to reduce the possibility of deadly incidents during the Hajj.

Handel offered to apologize on the condition that CAIR would denounce terrorism, agree that Israel is a sovereign country, and claim it does not have ties with terrorists.

"[15] On December 15, 2006, KFI suspended Handel for one week after an on-air shouting match with Jamie White on FM sister station 98.7 KYSR.

After reading his letter aloud, his board operator, Lara Hermanson, joked that "what the Turks started, Bill will finish" referencing the Armenian genocide.

KFI AM 640 Program Director Robin Bertolucci apologized and maintained that Handel was "clearly engaging in parody and hyperbole to point out the absurdity of genocide as a solution to rising health care costs.

[19] Handel's brother was in 2022 accused of producing hardcore pornography, featuring slapping, choking and verbal abuse, under the name 'Khan Tusion'.