Toni Grant

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Toni Grant is an American psychologist and radio talk-show host. Born in New York City, she received her B.A. degree from Vassar College and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Syracuse University. Moving to the southern California area with her family, she engaged in the private practice of clinical psychology before pioneering her call-in radio program regarding psychological questions in 1975. The program, originating on Los Angeles radio station KGBS and later moving to station KABC, was an instant hit, and Dr. Grant found herself described as a celebrity and consulted by well-known people in entertainment and elsewhere. From 1986 to 1988 her program was heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System. In 1988 she married entrepreneur John Bell. In 1989 she took a "sabbatical" from her program, which then aired on Los Angeles radio station KFI. During the following years she engaged in travel and assisted her husband in his business ventures.

In the mid-1990s she and her husband relocated to Dallas, Texas, where they currently live, and she began another syndicated radio call-in program.