Jim Paymar's father Gordy Paymar was a broadcast pioneer in the early 1950s at WFTV and KDAL-TV in Duluth.
12 Facts About Jim Paymar
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Jim Paymar attended the University of Minnesota and graduated in 1973 with a degree in History and a teaching certificate.
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In 1976, Jim Paymar became the Editorial Director and Investigative Correspondent at KNTV, the ABC station in San Jose.
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In 1980, Jim Paymar was offered a position anchoring and reporting at KOMO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Seattle, where he covered the Mount St Helens volcanic eruption and its devastating aftermath.
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In 1981, Jim Paymar was offered an anchor and reporting position at WABC-TV.
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In 1982, Jim Paymar returned to San Francisco to work at the weekend anchor desk at KRON-TV, then an NBC affiliate.
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In 1988, Jim Paymar became a news correspondent and anchor at the newly formed Fox Broadcasting Company in New York.
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When KCNS was sold in 1993, Jim Paymar returned to New York where he was a correspondent and anchor at WNBC-TV.
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In 1997, Jim Paymar became a correspondent at CNBC's new prime-time flagship business program Business Center, anchored by Maria Bartiromo.
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In 2002, Jim Paymar formed his own media consultancy, Jim Paymar Communications Group, and focused his efforts on the financial world.
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In 2006 Jim Paymar went back into broadcasting as chief financial anchor for BusinessWeek, broadcasting to the ABC News Radio and Satellite Networks and ABC owned stations, including WABC 770 in New York.
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In 2009, Jim Paymar returned to his media consultancy, Jim Paymar Communications Group, working with Fortune 500 clients including Citi Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley, Pfizer, AOL, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of America, AOL, FTSE, UBS, NBC, About.