1. James Everett Bohannon 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 was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2003, and in 2013 was the recipient of Talkers Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jim Bohannon was nominated for the Marconi Award for Network Syndicated Personality of the Year presented by the National Association of Broadcasters.
In December 2021, Jim Bohannon was announced as an inductee into the NAB's Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
Jim Bohannon was born in Corvallis, Oregon, and raised in Lebanon, Missouri.
Jim Bohannon's broadcasting career began KLWT in his hometown of Lebanon, Missouri, in 1960, where he worke for a dollar per hour.
Jim Bohannon rapidly gained his own audience as King's fill-in and in 1984, Mutual gave him his own Saturday late night call-in program with the format identical to King's show.
The Jim Bohannon Show moved to Larry King's former overnight time slot on January 29,1993, one day short of the fifteenth anniversary of King's 1978 debut on Mutual.
Jim Bohannon has stated that he was a registered Democrat for the purposes of voting in primary elections.
Jim Bohannon's show usually dealt with politics and popular culture.
When Jim Bohannon was away, guest hosts have historically varied in nature and political views greatly; past substitute hosts include conservative talk host and comedian Dennis Miller, liberal television commentator and talk-radio host Leslie Marshall, and the late comedian Joan Rivers.
Bohannon hosted a daily Westwood One radio feature called The Offbeat, which aired as a part of both The Jim Bohannon Show and America in The Morning.
On December 18,2015, Jim Bohannon stepped down from America in the Morning, after hosting the show for 31 years.
Jim Bohannon's other broadcasting industry work included occasionally serving as a booth announcer for CBS-TV's Face the Nation.
Jim Bohannon has done voice announcements for the satellite feeds of some other Westwood One radio programs.
Jim Bohannon was the originator and driving force behind the National Freedom of Information Day.
Jim Bohannon's talk show resumed broadcasts the following Monday with Rich Valdes as host, airing as The Jim Bohannon Show with Rich Valdes until January 2023, when it was renamed Rich Valdes America at Night.
Jim Bohannon married his first wife, Mary Camille Skora, in late 1970.
Jim Bohannon was a staunch supporter of the Jerry Hoover scholarship at Lebanon High School, serving as its honorary chairman.
Jim Bohannon remained close to his Missouri roots however, often mentioning his hometown of Lebanon, the trout fishing at nearby Bennett Spring State Park, and even once broadcasting an entire week of his shows from the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds in Springfield.
Jim Bohannon died in Seneca, South Carolina, on November 12,2022, at the age of 78.