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James Everett Bohannon (January 7, 1944 – November 12, 2022) was an American broadcaster who worked in television and radio and hosted the nationally syndicated late night radio talk show The Jim Bohannon Show originally broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System and later the Westwood One Network from 1985 to 2022.
Jim Bohannon - Radio talk show host (retired October 14, 2022), member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. His career began at KLWT while a teenager growing up in Lebanon. His career began at KLWT while a teenager growing up in Lebanon.
Jim Bohannon's interview/call-in show, which debuted on Mutual in 1985 (and was a direct descendant of Larry King and Herb Jepko's shows), continued until his abrupt retirement on October 14, 2022. [229] Rich Valdés took over hosting duties for the program, which became Rich Valdés America at Night in January, 2023. [230]
NBC Talknet's operations also moved to the Arlington facilities in 1992 [202] and largely continued until 1993, when it was limited solely to Bruce Williams' weeknight show—ceding the other three-hour slot to Jim Bohannon's Mutual talk show [203] —and was eventually rebranded as a Westwood One program. [170]
Bannon began his broadcasting career on local radio station KCKN, then briefly at KMOX in St. Louis. [3] He moved to Los Angeles in 1937, beginning his show-business career in radio as an announcer on The Great Gildersleeve, The Chase and Sanborn Hour, and Stars over Hollywood, among others, with his most prominent acting role being that of Detective Jack Packard in the serial I Love a Mystery ...
Bohannon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Camille Bohannon, American radio announcer and journalist; David D. Bohannon (1898-1995) American real estate developer, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area; Etdrick Bohannon (born 1973), American basketball player; Fred Bohannon (1958–1999), American football player
Hamilton Frederick Bohannon (March 7, 1942 – April 24, 2020), [2] often credited and known professionally simply as Bohannon, was an American drummer, percussionist, band leader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s funk and disco music. [3]
The station's initial talk lineup included syndicated news and talk programming hosted by Rush Limbaugh, Paul Harvey, Michael Reagan, Laura Ingraham, Jim Bohannon, and Art Bell. [16] Effective November 1, 2017, Capps Broadcast Group sold KUMA and nine other broadcast properties to Elkhorn Media Group for $1.75 million.