A true broadcasting veteran, Jim Bohannon began his career back in 1960 at his hometown station, KLWT-AM in Lebanon, MO. While attending Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Jim was a disc jockey at KICK radio, and then a newsman at KWTO.
After college, Jim served in the U.S. Army security agency, including spending a year in Vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade. Jim was at Long Binh, Vietnam, during the "Tet" offensive.
The Army transferred Jim to Washington, DC, where he has spent most of his professional career. That includes work at DC news stations WTOP and WRC. From 1980 to 1983, Jim worked for WCFL in Chicago, doing the morning show there while working afternoons at CNN's Chicago bureau. It was during that time that Jim began filling in for the legendary Larry King on his Mutual Broadcasting System talk show. Westwood One later purchased Mutual, and in 1993, when Larry's radio show shifted to daytime, the nighttime show became The Jim Bohannon Show we know and love.
The Jim Bohannon Show, which can be heard on more than 300 hundred radio stations nationwide, is a three hour show that includes interviews with a wide spectrum of interesting guests, discussions, debates on issues of the day, and one hour of open phones featuring telephone calls from listeners in Washington, DC, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Oklahoma, Alaska, and the Virgin Islands just to name a few. Jim is also is a frequent speaker and freelance announcer, and serves as one of the stable of voiceover announcers for the CBS News program Face The Nation. In addition to hosting The Jim Bohannon Show, Jim also hosts the early morning news magazine America in the Morning, which is featured each weekday morning here on 1450 WWJB! Whether it's a big vote before Congress, or the latest celebrities headlines, Jim is on the air on top of the story with the newsmakers who are on the scene.
Join us weekday evenings on AM 1450 WWJB from 10PM to 1AM for The Jim Bohannon Show, and again weekdays from 5 to 6AM for America In The Morning with... yes, you guessed right: Jimbo!
More information about Jim Bohannon is available by visiting his official Web Site:www.jimbotalk.net
A true broadcasting veteran, Jim Bohannon began his career back in 1960 at his hometown station, KLWT-AM in Lebanon, MO. While attending Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Jim was a disc jockey at KICK radio, and then a newsman at KWTO.
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