Jim Rome’s full name is James Philip Rome and he was born in the year 1964. He is American sports radio talk show and he hosts a syndicated show of CBS Sports Radio. While broadcasting from the Los Angeles studio, he is a host of Jim Rome is Burning, a television show. It was airing at ESPN of United States and at TSN2 of Canada.
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In the year 2011, Rome stopped to work at ESPN and then joined the CBS Network where she became the host of the show under his name. He was also working at showtime channel, an interview-format show. In the past, he worked at Sports discussion television show named Talk 2 ESPN, the Last Word at Fox Sprots and FX Sports show.
Jim Rome Show is tied at #21 as the most listened talk show in the US. Jim Rome is at 29th position as most influential talk radio personality and this is according to the Talkers Magazine. Since 2012 until 2015, he was a television talk show host at CBS Sports Network. He was named TV sports and entertainment talk show personality.
According to his biography, Jim Rome was born in the city of Tarzana in California. For his education, he attended Calabasas high school in the year 1982 and then University of California in Santa Barbara. He got a degree of communication in the year 1987. He is living in the city of Irvine in California together with his wife Janet Rome. Janet name was Nauman and changed to Rome when she married Jim Rome. They have two sons, Logan, and Jake.
He started the career when he was at college Radio station of KCSB-FM when he was still at UCSB. This is where he was a sports director for one quarter and then moved to KTMS, a news station which is found at Santa Barbara. Afterwards, he moved to XTRA sports 690 of San Diego. This is where he started the Jim Rome show also known as The Jungle.
He was instrumental intro of Iggy Pops song called Lust for life and the instrumental intro of the Guns N’s Roses song named Welcome to the Jungle. This is a show that became syndicated in the year 1996 around United States and in Canada; it was in the year 1998. It was available on over 200 radio stations. He released album which was named Welcome to the Jungle and it featured sound bites with the music from this show. Jim Rome is interested in horse racing and he owns 14 thoroughbreds horses.
In 2003, Rome had to return in ESPN and started to host Rome is burning. Jim Rome had a cameo appearance at Space Jam, Two for the Money and The Longest Yard. At her 52 years of age, his net worth is 75 million dollars. His twitter account is@jimrome and his Instagram is @jimrome.
Last Modified: Apr 4, 2020
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