Calling himself "The Voice of Reason," his show changed after the start of the Iraq War to focus more on interviews with personalities and newsmakers, both conservatives and liberals.
When WBAL cancelled Rush Limbaugh's program in June 2006, his show expanded to four hours, from 2 to 6 pm ET, but was returned to its three-hour format in April 2007 when another host was found for the noon to three spot.
[citation needed] In September 2011, Smith was recognized by being selected as the first annual recipient of The Charles Carroll of Carrollton Award [4] in honor of his twenty-seven years of bringing the concepts of The Constitution to his massive listening audience.
In addition, his favorite topics included the discussion of unintended consequences of government programs, corrupt politicians, and what he viewed as the disastrous state of public education, especially in Baltimore.
[citation needed] In an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun on March 10, 2011, he described the US military's treatment of detained alleged WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning as torture.