While dapper, black-tied Jim was being honored at the RTNDF First Amendment Awards dinner, we interviewed “The Fox Effect” co-author Ari Rabin-Hovt:Also that night…
Got a job? Want to keep it? “Invaluable” author Dave Crenshaw:
From previous sit-ins…
“If YOU were the commencement speaker, what would you tell this year’s graduating seniors?”
HC asked, when guest-hosting The Jim Bohannon Show:
That was hour #3, on May 21, 2010.
Hour #1 turned into hour #2, as callers weighed-in-on three developing stories: What’s happening here?
THE oldest, of many, consultant jokes: “Those who can’t DO, teach.”
And, as Woody Allen added in Annie Hall: “Those who can’t teach, teach gym.”
In my case, gym was spelled “Jim.”
I coach talk radio hosts, yet I myself never hosted…
…until July 27 and 28, 2009, when I guest-hosted Westwood One’s Jim Bohannon Show. My very first guest was FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell…
![]() …or, as we called him in my 1985 WTOP newsroom, “Rob the Intern.” |
![]() Yes, Washington bigshots THIS big really DO carry a badge. |
The following night: “What Washington Doesn’t ‘Get’ About America, What America Doesn’t ‘Get’ About Washington; with a true Washington INSIDER, 45-year WTOP-er Dave McConnell, the only local radio/TV reporter in the USA who covers Congress full-time; a true Washington OUTSIDER, KDWN/Las Vegas host and familiar cable pundit Heidi Harris; and LOTS of callers.
Holland,
Thanks for doing my show the way it should be done!
Jim: You’re working MUCH too hard. Take more vacation time, willya? 🙂
HOLLAND! I was SO excited to hear you sitting in for Jimbo! Great show!!! I loved the smooth interaction with the callers and your ability to keep it rocking…great job! I’m a huge Jimbo fan, and when I heard you sitting in for him, it was a double bonus. I enjoyed meeting you at Conclave, a broadcaster’s group. You’re an interesting guy and your show was flawless!
GREAT JOB!!!
Ralph Allen
Well done!