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Coordinates | 12°2′36″N77°1′42″N |
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name | Jim Rome |
birth name | James Phillip Rome |
birth date | October 14, 1964 |
birth place | Tarzana, California, U.S. |
show | The Jim Rome Show |
station | Premiere Radio Networks |
timeslot | 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST Monday-Friday |
style | Sports radio |
country | United States |
spouse | Janet |
children | Jake, Logan |
website | The Jim Rome Show }} |
Broadcasting from a studio near Los Angeles, California, Rome hosts ''The Jim Rome Show'' on radio as well as the television show ''Jim Rome Is Burning'' (formerly ''Rome Is Burning''), which airs on ESPN in the United States and TSN2 in Canada. His past hosting jobs included sports discussion television shows ''Talk2'' (ESPN2), ''The FX Sports Show'' (FX), and ''The Last Word'' (Fox Sports Net). The Jim Rome Show is tied for the #21 most listened to talk radio show in the United States and Rome is the #29 most influential talk radio personality according to ''Talkers Magazine''.
Rome graduated from Calabasas High School in 1982 and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) with a degree in Communications in 1987. He lives in Irvine, California with his wife Janet and their two children.
In early 2003, Rome was interviewing friend Mark Shapiro, executive producer of programming and production at ESPN, on his radio program. Unexpectedly, the two began to discuss a possible return for Jim to ESPN, and within a few months, Jim was officially rehired to host ''Rome Is Burning.'' Jim openly attributes that interview as the impetus to his return to television.
In July 2006, Rome announced that his nationally syndicated radio show would remain on terrestrial radio instead of going to satellite radio. The radio show is heard on more than 200 stations across the United States and Canada and has an audience of approximately 2.5 million.
In 1997, hockey legend Gordie Howe announced an attempt to play a shift with the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers, which would allow Howe to claim having played professional hockey in six decades. Rome challenged the 69-year-old ex-hockey star, offering a bounty of $3,000 to any player on the team playing against the Vipers to take Howe out of the game permanently by saying, "Putting this old fool back to reality." Howe and his wife threatened Rome with a lawsuit, and the bounty went away.
On May 3, 2004, Rome hosted the memorial service for Pat Tillman. On January 28, 2006, Rome was elected to the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
The Oliver Stone film ''Any Given Sunday'' features John C. McGinley playing the brash sportscaster "Jack Rose," a character based on Jim Rome.
In 2008, Jim and his wife Janet purchased a stake in a two-year-old colt, giving them a potential shot at the Triple Crown stakes races in 2009. Listeners have suggested names for the horse. The colt was eventually named Gallatin's Run.
Jim now owns part or all of seven horses in connection with Little Redfeather Racing and Billy Koch, including:
Tickets to a Tour Stop were normally free, but needed to be acquired from the local affiliate. Some Tour Stops have reportedly had over 10,000 in attendance. One of the Tour Stops' main attractions was the appearance of sports figures from local teams. Tour Stops were not broadcast on the radio, but Rome typically played clips from the activities and guests on the next regular program.
Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:American sports radio personalities Category:American television sports announcers Category:American television talk show hosts Category:American Jews Category:People from Irvine, California Category:University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
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Coordinates | 12°2′36″N77°1′42″N |
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name | Jo Koy |
birth name | Joseph Glenn Herbert |
birth date | June 02, 1971 |
birth place | Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
medium | Stand-up |
nationality | American |
active | 1994–present |
influences | Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal |
website | www.JoKoy.com |
past members | }} |
Jo Koy (born Joseph Glenn Herbert; June 2, 1971) is a Filipino-American stand-up comic. He is currently touring the college circuit as a featured comedian and performs in clubs across the country. He is often a panelist on E!'s late night show ''Chelsea Lately''.
Koy's stage name comes from a nickname his family gave him growing up. ''Jokoy'' is colloquial Filipino term for "joker".
A talent coordinator from Los Angeles spotted Koy and landed him his first television appearance on BET's ''Comic View''. Koy has been on two seasons of ''Comic View''.
Koy has gone on to star in other TV stand-up specials like "Jamie Foxx Presents: Laffapalooza!" Koy has won the "Showtime at the Apollo", performed in front of troops in the USO Tour, can be seen on various "VH1 I Love the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s", "Tru TV's World's Dumbest" and "New Milleniuim" episodes, AMP’D Mobile Phone commercials, and received a second invite to the Montreal comedy festival "Just For Laughs", the series for which he was awarded Canada’s prestigious Gemini Award. Koy is also a regular guest at Chelsea Handler’s roundtable discussion on "E!’s Chelsea Lately". But perhaps one of Koy’s biggest claims to fame was his appearance on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno Show in 2005 where he was one of a select few to ever receive a standing ovation on the show. Koy has also appeared on Carlos Mencia’s “Punisher Tour” performing stand-up comedy in front of fans filling 10,000-seat arenas across the country.
On August 4, 2009. The JO KOY FOUNDATION hosted its first huge philanthropic event in "Hilarity For Charity" a stand-up comedy show featuring Jo Koy, along with special surprise comedic guests. The show took place at The John Lovitz Comedy Club, located in the heart of Citywalk, Universal City, CA. Proceeds from the ticket sales were donated to The Children’s Hospital of Orange County.
Shortly after comedian Tracy Morgan's 2011 anti-gay slur incident, the Chicago area gay newspaper ''Windy City Times'' reported on Koy's stand-up performance at The Vic Theatre, opening the Just for Laughs festival on June 15, 2011. At one point in his act he danced effeminately and said, "I made this dance extra gay since I am not gay." Later, when audience members found his zipper was open, one male voice commented, "I saw it", to which Koy replied, "What are you looking at, fucking faggot?" Koy later apologized on his web site.
Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:American people of Filipino descent Category:American stand-up comedians Category:People from Los Angeles, California Category:People from Tacoma, Washington
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