Kimberly Ann Komando was born on 1967 and is the host of two daily radio shows and one weekend radio show about consumer technology.
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28 Facts About Kim Komando
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Kim Komando Show is broadcast and syndicated on over 435 radio stations in the United States and two stations in Ontario, Canada, to an estimated 3.
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The Kim Komando Television Show premiered globally on Bloomberg TV on January 5,2019.
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Kim Komando won the Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media for Outstanding Program Host in 2007 and in April 2016 was the keynote speaker at the NAB Show Radio Luncheon to an audience of industry leaders.
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In 2021, Kim Komando was nominated again and this time inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
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Kim Komando's father, Richard Paul "Dick" Komando, served in the Army during the Korean War and was a management employee for United Airlines.
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Kim Komando's mother, Virginia Komando, was a senior systems analyst with Bell Laboratories.
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Kim Komando is the youngest of four, with a brother Richard and two sisters, Christine and Kathleen.
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Kim Komando says in her profile that she first used a computer at nine years of age.
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Kim Komando graduated eighth grade from Watchung's Valley View School in 1978.
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Kim Komando graduated from Arizona State University's W P Carey School of Business in 1985, at the age of 19, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems.
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Kim Komando is frequently asked if "Kim Komando" is her real name, which it is.
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Kim Komando wrote a column about computers for the Arizona Business Gazette while she was hosting a call-in talk show on computers.
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Kim Komando quit sales at Unisys to focus on her syndicated newspaper column and radio show, though she was only earning $60 a week from the column and show combined.
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Kim Komando developed computer training tapes that she wrote, hosted, and called Komputer Tutor, which she sold via an infomercial.
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Kim Komando negotiated a role running the computer section on AOL's site.
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Kim Komando was the Technology Editor of Popular Mechanics Magazine from 1995 to 1998.
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Kim Komando has been a weekly columnist for USA Today since February 2002.
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In 2016, Kim Komando was the Keynote Speaker at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas.
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In 2021, Kim Komando was nominated and inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
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Kim Komando had previously been nominated in 2018,2019 and 2020.
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Kim Komando radio show airs on more than 435 radio stations in the United States and in 177 countries on Armed Forces Radio.
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The Kim Komando Television Show premiered globally on Bloomberg TV January 5,2019.
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Kim Komando is married to Barry Young, who is her business partner and former host of The Nearly Famous Barry Young Show, a local radio show on KFYI in Phoenix until November 2014.
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