Jim Bohannon
Jim Bohannon is a nationally syndicated talk show host and news anchor, who is heard on more than 500 radio stations nationwide, including KWTO 560-AM in Springfield. The Jim Bohannon Show, America in the Morning and America This Week are among his programming credits.
Bohannon has broadcast from Moscow, Paris, Tokyo and annually from the Ozark Empire Fair, as well as to astronauts in orbit who took calls from his audience.
Credited with the Freedom of Information Day observance each March 16, Bohannon first presented the idea to the Society of Professional Journalists at its 1979 national convention. The significance of the date also observes the birthday of James Madison, father of the Constitution.
Originally from Lebanon, Missouri, he and his wife, Annabelle, reside in Montgomery Village, MD. In 2003, Bohannon was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame, the same year he was placed on the Lebanon Wall of Honor.