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Jim Bohannon
American talk radio host (1944–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. For 31 years, he also hosted America in The Morning, a nationally syndicated radio news show, stepping down in December 2015.[2]
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Born | James Everett Bohannon (1944-01-07)January 7, 1944 Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. |
Died | November 12, 2022(2022-11-12) (aged 78) Seneca, South Carolina, U.S. |
Alma mater | Southwest Missouri State College |
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Bohannon was included numerous times in Talkers magazine's annual "Heavy 100" picks of "The 100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America".[3] He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2003,[4] and in 2013 was the recipient of Talkers Lifetime Achievement Award.[5] He was also nominated for the Marconi Award for Network Syndicated Personality of the Year presented by the National Association of Broadcasters.[6] In December 2021, Bohannon was announced as an inductee into the NAB's Broadcasting Hall of Fame.[7]