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Jim Bohannon is one of America’s top radio personalities. Jim describes himself as a “militant moderate” whose natural curiosity allows him to discuss any topic intelligently. A broadcasting veteran, Jim began his career in 1960 at his hometown station, KLWT-AM, Lebanon, MO. While attending Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Jim was a disc jockey at KICK radio, and then a newsman at KWTO. Both KLWT and KWTO still carry Jim's programs today. 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. Jim is also the host of two other Westwood One programs, the daily news magazine America in the Morning and the weekly feature magazine America This Week. Jim is a member of the Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago and is on the Wall of Honor back in his home town of Lebanon, MO. Jim's a frequent speaker and freelance announcer, and serves as one of the stable of voiceover announcers for the CBS News program Face The Nation. Jim and his wife Annabelle reside in Montgomery Village, MD, with their corgi, Trevor.
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