The Tim Conway Jr. Show

The Tim Conway Jr. Show
Genre News Talk
Running time 3 hours (including commercials)
Country United States United States
Home station KFI
Starring Tim Conway Jr.
Website http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/TimConwayJr.html

The Tim Conway Jr. Show is a weeknight talk radio program, web streaming and broadcasting throughout the Los Angeles and Orange County, California metropolitan areas at KFI AM 640. The show runs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Pacific Time hosted by Tim Conway Jr. Conway was famously a longtime host on former FM talk station KLSX teamed with Doug Steckler, then Brian Whitman. After the 2008 departure of Whitman, Conway hosted solo rather than adopting a new co-host. On February 19, 2009, both Whitman and Steckler were special guests on Conway's last show before KLSX flipped the format to Top-40.

Personal life

Tim Conway, Jr. is the son of American television and film comedian Tim Conway. He resides in Burbank, California with his wife and child.

KFI

Conway's weeknight show at KFI began on Monday, January 18, 2010, after Bryan Suits, who previously hosted the show at that time slot, decided to move back to Seattle. In line with the majority of KFI's programming, Conway discusses political topics, leaning more toward the right. On Friday nights, Conway is joined by comedian/writer Doug Steckler, his former co-host on KLSX, for the entirety of the show. On Tuesday nights Conway is joined by Mark Thompson, Mark Thompson hosts a daily talk show in Los Angeles from 1p-3p on the most listened to talk radio station in the country, KFIAM 640 (available on the iheartradio app and at KFIAM640.com). Before that , Mark Thompson spent 30 years in the TV news business. Thompson started as a science and environmental reporter and did investigative series and a full range of reporting through the years. Quickly, Mark became one of the most popular television personalities as a nightly weather forecaster in both San Francisco and Los Angeles . His work gave him a national profile. When Mark Thompson moved to L.A. he built out his resume as a producer and writer (winning an Emmy for a comedy Christmas show he co-wrote). Then as a show host Thompson regularly hosted television shows of high drama and even life and death. He hosted high profile “event” shows like Celebrity Daredevils Live (FOX), all the Robbie Knievel jumps since 1990 (building to building in Las Vegas, over a portion of the Grand Canyon, and over an oncoming train. New Year’s Eve viewers may remember Mark as a regular New Year’s Eve host for FOX Television as well. In those shows he has presided over everything from building implosions to musical acts. Then with a different kind of drama and a bit of glamor, Mark Thompson hosted the “red carpet” arrival show for the most recent Emmy Awards on Fox Television (Sept. 2011). It was his second time hosting an Emmy red carpet show. Mark also hosted Hole in the Wall along with Brooke Burns for Fremantle Television. The show aired on Fox. For three successful seasons Mark hosted Guinness World Records Primetime on the Fox network and those familiar with the genre will remember him as the host of When Good Pets Go Bad and the voice of many of the edgier primetime reality shows at the time. Thompson was the host of the weekly entertainment program That’s So Hollywood and was one of the primary fill-in hosts on Good Day L.A., Fox’s highest rated Los Angeles morning show. Mark Thompson was formerly a creative partner in NEXT entertainment with Mike Fleiss. Together they were responsible for a number of successful specials for Fox and Mark was the first person to pitch The Bachelor to ABC, though he credits Fleiss with the idea itself. He was the on-air nightly weather anchor and reporter for KTTV FOX 11 in Los Angeles. Since he started appearing on Channel 13 (the Fox owned sister station of Channel 11 in L.A.) . Known for dancing onThompson was known for dancing during the weather reports on the 11 PM newscasts. Thompson said he did it on a whim but when email reaction was so enormously positive he kept it going. It quickly gained not only a local following but nationwide attention as well. He was featured Jimmy Kimmel Live! on October 5, 2006 and on Brit Hume‘s program on Fox News Channel among others. He left both stations as of June 3, 2011 when his contract was not renewed. He made no on-air announcements of his future plans as a weather anchor. Prior to working in Los Angeles, Thompson worked as a weather anchor for KRON-TV, then an NBC affiliate in San Francisco. He previously served as an on-air weather anchor and science/environmental reporter at KMGH-TV, the ABC affiliate in Denver, Colorado, and worked at WKBW-TV, the ABC affiliate in Buffalo, New York. Mr. Thompson ended his roughly twenty years on FOX 11 in KTTV Los Angeles on June 3rd, 2011. Thompson has been seen as a reporter, an anchorman and even a moderator of presidential debates in feature films like Set It Off, The Day After Tomorrow and The American President to television shows like 24 and Ghost Whisperer. Thompson has been one of the leading voices in reality television as his voice-overs were heard in the earliest days of reality TV and are still heard on shows like American Idol, Paradise Hotel and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? to The Simple Life, and Don’t Forget the Lyrics. He was also the announcer on former Fox game shows Greed and It’s Your Chance of a Lifetime. Thompson is also heard on So You Think You Can Dance .. he is also the announcer for the US version of the show. Mark was the narrator of Conspiracy Theory on TruTV as well as Top 20 and Most Daring on TruTV as well. He is a native of Washington, D.C., graduated from Colgate University. He also studied at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

Thompson is a regular on the charity and fundraising circuit. He is an active supporter of many philanthropic enterprises with a concentration in the areas of advocacy for animals, education and environmental charities.

has a usually libertarian-conservative but independent take on current events, and frequently mocks political figures of both parties. Conway often jokes about his costly love of gambling, especially his (usually) losing bets on the horses. Thursday nights from 8-9pm are reserved for Conway's game show, What the Hell Did Jesse Jackson Say?, in which the host plays mostly unintelligible sound bites of Jesse Jackson and listeners call in to guess what Jackson is saying.

Other Programs

Conway also co-hosts a weekly computer and technology show, Make It Work, with Jeremy Anticouni which airs every Saturday at 3PM on KSFO Hot Talk AM 560 in San Francisco with Make It Work co-founder Jeremy Anticouni. Prior to accepting his current gig on KFI, Conway also co-hosted Tech News, powered by Make It Work which airs every Saturday at 1PM on KNX 1070. In addition, Conway hosts Mortgage Matters (with Dave Hardin of Covenant Mortgage) about real estate finance on KFWB and KFMB.

Conway and Whitman

Conway and Whitman
Genre Comedy, Talk
Running time 3 hours (including commercials)
Country United States United States
Home station KLSX
Starring Tim Conway Jr.
Brian Whitman
Writer(s) Randy Wang
Producer(s) Gina Grad, Randy Wang, Gerry Wachovsky (left the show in 2008)
Air dates 2005 to 2008
Website TimConwayJr

Conway and Whitman was a CBS Radio evening talk radio program, web streaming and broadcasting throughout the Los Angeles and Orange County, California metropolitan areas at 97.1 Free FM (KLSX). The show ran from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday, hosted by Tim Conway Jr. and Brian Whitman. After the March 2008 departure of Whitman, the show reverted to The Tim Conway Jr. Show rather than adopting a new co-host and remained that way until 2009 when KLSX flipped formats.

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