Jamie Allman

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Jamie Allman, journalist and radio host

Allman was born and raised in University City, Missouri. He is the youngest of six and was born essentially to be a doll for his sister when she arrived unexpectedly, so everything that Allman accomplishes is nothing short of a miracle.

Allman always wanted to be in broadcasting and annoyed classmates by often speaking into a pencil pinched between the metal clips in his notebook. He wound up in college in Madison, Wisconsin where he was surrounded by lefties and covered music, movies and theater for the Badger Herald newspaper and the Wisconsin State Journal. He got into the news business by working at Wisconsin Public Radio and upon graduation got hooked up with AM Talker WTDY covering local and state politics. He then wound up in TV and eventually made it back to St. Louis in 1989 for a job at KMOV-TV.

Allman has earned more Emmys than anyone in the history of local St. Louis TV. He has received fourteen Emmys for investigative and political reports as well as for writing. He has also earned five Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in broadcasting. He has been honored for his TV and community work by the St. Louis Jaycees and the Presswomen of Missouri. In between broadcasting stints he proudly served as Director of Communications for the St. Louis Archdiocese and Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke. Jamie is the co-host of Jamie and Smash (Asher Benrubi) in the morning on KFTK.

Allman has three awesome children; Ethan, age 16, Katie age 14, and Aidan, 19 months. He is married to the lovely Andrea and they love travel and dining together. Allman also enjoys aggravating his teenagers and mesmerizing the baby with dangerous stunts and happy adventures.

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