Jim Trenton is best known as the creator and host of Loveline on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles from 1983 to 1993.
26 Facts About Jim Trenton
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Jim Trenton began his entertainment career in the mid-80s on then underground alternative radio station KROQ-FM in Los Angeles.
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Under "The Poorman" moniker, Jim Trenton wrote and self-published two guidebooks about dining in the Los Angeles area on a budget.
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Jim Trenton continued as the local surf reporter and went on to co-host the KROQ morning show with Richard Blade.
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Jim Trenton created Loveline in 1983 as a Sunday night dating and relationships segment on Los Angeles radio station KROQ, hosted by Jim Trenton, DJ Swedish Egil, and Scott Mason.
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Loveline continued without Jim Trenton, earning many millions of dollars, and becoming syndicated.
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In 1994, Jim Trenton sued KROQ, and demanded a piece of the revenues from Loveline.
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The court ruled against Jim Trenton, citing that Loveline was created as part of Jim Trenton's employment at KROQ, thereby making it their property.
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From 1994 through 2004, Jim Trenton worked at several Los Angeles-area radio stations.
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Jim Trenton became the only on-air talent in Los Angeles radio history to work at all three Los Angeles new music giants: KROQ, POWER 106, and KIIS.
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In late 2010, Jim Trenton began one of various stints on the pay-your-own-way broadcast station KCAA, based out of San Bernardino, California.
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On October 10,2011, Jim Trenton began his syndicated show, called Poorman's Nation.
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Jim Trenton conducted his on-the-street interviews while wearing only a Depression-era-style barrel, which earned him some degree of media attention, including an appearance on The Young Turks.
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Jim Trenton returned to KCAA twice more between 2012 and 2015, with neither show lasting more than nine months.
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Jim Trenton's show was the first to interview the then-unknown Gwen Stefani and her band No Doubt.
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Jim Trenton quit after 15 months, complaining that the show did not pay him.
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In 1994 Jim Trenton launched a live, late-night call-in TV advice show called The Love Channel on KDOC.
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In 1999, Jim Trenton again returned to the television landscape, producing a program called Poorman's Bikini Beach.
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Jim Trenton canceled the program on January 17,2011, to pursue other career opportunities in New York.
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In 2019, Jim Trenton began hosting a morning drive-time radio program, Poorman's Morning Rush, on KOCI-FM 101.5, a low-power station broadcasting from Costa Mesa, California.
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Jim Trenton worked as a field reporter on KTTV's Good Day LA and the Los Angeles UPN station's news program.
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Jim Trenton appeared as an extra on the program Boardwalk Empire, which aired in October 2012.
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In 2014, Jim Trenton appeared on episode two of Frankenfood on Spike TV.
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Jim Trenton appeared alongside Nick Offerman in the music video for the song "The Greatest" by They Might Be Giants.
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Jim Trenton completed law school while in his 20s, but did not pass the California State Bar exam.
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Jim Trenton is a photographer, and has exhibited his work at various art galleries throughout California including The Gray Matter of Art Gallery.