James Thompson Severino III, known professionally as Jay Severin, was an American political talk radio personality and Republican political consultant.
17 Facts About Jay Severin
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Jay Severin hosted shows in New York City at 710 WOR and at TheBlaze Radio Network.
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Jay Severin was born in the Hudson Valley region of New York State.
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Jay Severin's mother was a writer and his father was a direct mail advertising entrepreneur.
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Jay Severin spent at least a portion of his childhood and teen years in Poughkeepsie, New York where he founded his sixth grade civics club and school newspaper.
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Jay Severin later graduated in the Vassar College class of 1974 and studied at Boston University.
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Jay Severin worked in New York City for Republican political consultant David Garth.
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In 1979, Jay Severin started Jay Severin Aviles Associates to direct strategy and produce media for Republican candidates.
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Jay Severin's theme music was an edited version of "Heavy" by Collective Soul, consisting only of the intro and bridge, and it was played at the beginning of each hour.
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Jay Severin said "Its [Mexico's] millions of leeches from a primitive country come here to leech off you and, with it, they are ruining the schools, the hospitals, and a lot of life in America".
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Jay Severin returned to Boston-area radio on August 18,2011 on WXKS Talk1200 AM, which had converted from a Spanish-language station to conservative talk.
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Jay Severin still delivered pointed commentary on politics and current events but avoided controversies such as those in the years on WTKK.
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The Jay Severin Show on The Blaze was cancelled; the last air date was September 2,2016.
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In February and March 2020, Jay Severin hosted a weekend show on WBOQ, an adult contemporary music station in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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On May 17,1997, Jay Severin remarried, to Renee Melanie Klock, in Sag Harbor, New York in the Old Whaler's First Presbyterian Church.
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Jay Severin suffered a massive stroke on July 7,2020, and died later that evening at Beverly Hospital in Beverly, Massachusetts.
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In July 2004, Jay Severin was nominated for a National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Radio Award for the Major Market Personality of the Year.