What the heck is Westwood One?
Westwood One (NASDAQ: WWON) is one of the nation's largest providers of network radio programming and one of the largest domestic providers of traffic information in the U.S. Westwood One serves more than 5000 radio and 170 TV stations in the U.S., providing over 150 news, sports, music, talk and entertainment programs, features and live events to numerous media partners. Through its Metro Traffic business, Westwood One provides traffic reporting and local news, sports and weather to approximately 2,300 radio and TV stations.
Westwood One is headquartered in Culver City, CA, with studios there and in shared locations in New York, NY, and Washington, DC. Westwood One is an independent public company whose largest corporate investor is CBS Radio, the wholly-owned radio division of the CBS Corporation. CBS Radio combined its owned radio network operations with Westwood One's and they are now operated as a single entity, which is why you will hear various CBS radio and television correspondents doing voice reports on The Jim Bohannon Show, America in the Morning, and other Westwood One programs.
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Who chooses the guest hosts when Jim takes a night off?
That job falls to Management. Neither the host nor the producer has any say in the matter. Not that Management hasn't done a fine job finding guest hosts...were you listening when these folks graced the Jim Bohannon Show microphones?: Joan Rivers, Fred Grandy, Leslie Marshall, Allan Prell, Tom Snyder, Jerry Springer, Rosie O'Donnell, Dan Abrams, Jeff Katz, the Reverend Al Sharpton, Jay Alan, Janet Langhart Cohen, Dan Raviv, Ron Insana, Max Kellerman, Dom Giordano, Joe Scarborough, Richard Bey, and Jackie Mason?
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Can I listen to the show using my computer?
YES...but only during the live broadcasts--the Jim Bohannon Show from 10 pm to 1 am Eastern Time on weeknights and America in the Morning from 5:00 to 6:00 am on weekday mornings. If you want to listen to either of these programs at a time more convenient to you, or if you'd like to listen to Jim's weekly program America This Week, drop by these great affiliates of ours:
Jim Bohannon Show (10:06 pm Eastern Time): WFED, KFRU, KRMS, KWTO
America in the Morning (5:06 am Eastern): KSCJ, WHO, WFED
(6:06 am Eastern/5:06 am Central): KRMS, KWTO
(7:06 am Eastern/5:06 am Mountain): KXL, KFMB
(8:06 am Eastern/5:06 am Pacific): KNWQ
(9:06 am Eastern/5:06 am Alaskan): KSRM
America This Week (Saturdays at 5:33 am Eastern): WGMD
(Saturdays at 8:33 am Eastern): KONP
(Sundays at 7:06 am Eastern): WFMD
(Sundays at 7:34 am Eastern): KTRH
(Sundays at 8:06 am Eastern): KKOH
(Don't forget to turn off your pop-up blockers, or in most cases you won't be able to listen! We'll list more stations as we get them confirmed--and if you're one of those stations, let us know and we'll add your information right here!)
P.S.: If your favorite local talk station isn't airing Jim's shows, pester them until they pick them up (you have our permission!).
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Do you offer transcripts or audio copies of the program?
Sorry, no. We just don't have the staff to produce them. But you can download a copy of any show by going to its archive page, clicking on the SAVE tab on the play bar, and following the directions thereafter to save onto your computer.
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Where can I find a list of stations that air the Jim Bohannon Show, America in the Morning, and America This Week?
Go to the bar on the top of the page. Choose the show you want to look up and click on its name. From the pull-down menu, choose 'Station Finder.' Then, just follow the instructions and your questions will be answered!
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Where can I buy a copy of your theme music?
Sorry, but you can't. The Jim Bohannon Show and America in the Morning themes were composed specifically for those programs and were performed by a very talented group of studio musicians. They are not available commercially.
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Did You Know...?
...that the Jim Bohannon Show studio in Washington, DC, has a mirrored ceiling? As far as we know, it's the only such radio studio in existence. (As to why it's mirrored? We have no clue!)
...that we don't hear the commercials in the show? (They're added by a computer at the network's operations center in New York City.)
...that Jim does America in the Morning from another, smaller studio no more than 20 feet from where he does the Jim Bohannon Show? Why? Well, Westwood One's other morning news show, First Light with Dirk Van, 1) needs a greater level of engineering and production expertise (for instance, that show has a daily segment that includes listener telephone calls), and 2) Dirk wanted his daily chance to stare at the mirrored ceiling, too!
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