1. John Calvin Batchelor was born on April 29,1948 and is an American author and the host of Eye on the World on the CBS Audio Network.
17 Facts About John Batchelor
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For five years, from early 2001 to September 2006, based at WABC radio in New York, his radio program The John Batchelor Show was syndicated nationally on the ABC Radio Network.
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On October 7,2007, Batchelor returned to radio on WABC, and later to other large market stations on a weekly basis.
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John Batchelor describes the show as a "news magazine" since he does not take phone calls from listeners but does a series of interviews with guests and reporters.
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John Batchelor was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to an Assyrian mother from Iran and a Midwestern American father.
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John Batchelor was raised primarily in the Lower Merion Township of Montgomery County in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district.
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John Batchelor briefly studied at the University of Edinburgh and is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary in New York.
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John Batchelor co-hosted Batchelor and Alexander with writer Paul Alexander on WABC in New York for over two years.
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The John Batchelor Show began its national syndication in April 2003.
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John Batchelor's show featured multiple guests, and shows were preceded by and interspersed with news clips and music.
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In 2006, John Batchelor announced that his ABC show would be canceled, beginning with the show scheduled for Monday, September 4.
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In 2009, John Batchelor expanded his show to Saturday and Sunday nights, from 9pm to 1a.
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On November 24,2009, WABC announced that the John Batchelor show would be airing weeknights from 9pm to 1am, effective November 30.
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John Batchelor was a frequent guest on the Gene Countryman Show, KNSS, Wichita, Kansas, Sundays at 8pm Eastern.
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On March 5,2021, Batchelor hosted his last episode of The John Batchelor Show on WABC and Westwood One, as WABC shuffled its format and the show ended its affiliation with Westwood One in favor of syndication by CBS News.
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In May 2021, John Batchelor began identifying the show as CBS Eye on the World.
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The singer is sometimes mistaken for Al Jolson, as John Batchelor introduces the singer simply with "here's Al," and the song dates from the time of Bowlly's late career.