Jim Bohannon
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James E. "Jim" Bohannon (born c. 1946[1]) is a broadcaster who has worked in both television and radio.
During the 1980s he was a fill-in for Larry King when King had his popular nighttime national radio program. He also does much work with the Smithsonian Associates. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2003.
Bohannon took over as permanent host of Larry King's program in the mid 1990s when King moved to hosting his CNN TV show full time. His radio program is called the Jim Bohannon Show, which is produced by Westwood One (as successor to the Mutual Broadcasting System, Larry King's original radio network). He broadcasts from Washington, D.C., where WTWP "Washington Post Radio" (a joint venture between Bonneville International and The Washington Post) is considered his flagship station today. Bohannon will occasionally fill in for hosts on WTWP, and vice versa for Jim's show.
The show airs Monday through Friday from 10:00 PM to 1:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (02:00 to 05:00 UTC). Each segment of the show features guests for interviews and calls from listeners. His show usually deals with politics and popular culture.
At the beginning of each hour is bumper music and the music for the start of each hour is specially designed to inform the listener of who the show host is.
Jim Bohannon is also the host of Westwood One's morning news magazine program America in the Morning, which airs in either 30 or 60 minute versions on over 300 radio stations from coast-to-coast.
Bohannon's political views, as stated on air, lean toward being moderate and/or slightly conservative; he is on the GOP's official list of talk radio shows.[2]
Bohannon also occasionally serves as a booth announcer for CBS-TV's Face the Nation.
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- ^ Call Talk Radio (English). Republican National Committee. Retrieved on March 20, 2007.
