Gil Gross
Gil Gross | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Radio host |
Gil Gross is an American radio personality. He currently hosts a weekday radio talkshow on KKSF 910 in Oakland/San Francisco from 4 to 7pm. He is a news correspondent for the ABC Radio Networks. From 2007 to late-2011 he hosted a show on KGO AM in San Francisco, California, on weekday afternoons.[1]
Career
Gross' first on air radio job was at WDZ while he was a student at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. At age 23, he became the youngest anchorman ever on ABC Radio, while at the same time doing WLS morning news in Chicago. He won awards for investigative reporting, mainly about children. Other awards were given for the attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II and the intifada in Jerusalem.
Gross anchored ABC coverage of the September 11 attacks, the execution of Timothy McVeigh, and the Iraq War.
Gross has worked for WABC (AM), WCBS (AM), WOR (AM) in New York City;[1] KLAC in Los Angeles; WMAL in Washington, D.C.; and WWDB in Philadelphia.[2] Gross was also the host of The Gil Gross Show, a call-in show that aired on the CBS Radio Network and had guests who included Bill Clinton and Margaret Thatcher from the political world and entertainers Brian Wilson and Marilyn Manson. While at CBS, he substituted for Charles Osgood. On Memorial Day 2007, Gross was on the WLS BIG 89 Rewind via ISDN from the KGO studios. He and old friend, John "Records" Landecker were reunited in the 6-9PM CT slot. On the 2008 Rewind, Gross flew into Chicago to be live in the WLS studios. Videos can be seen of the WLS Rewind on YouTube with the 2008 video show Gross and Landecker cutting up on the air.
Gross has written comedy material for Don Imus and Ted Brown.
Gross was the main substitute host for Paul Harvey on the radio show Paul Harvey's News & Comment.[3]
Family
Gross is married to actress-singer Rhoda Bodzin. They have one son and three cats. Gross has a collection of 10,000 LPs and CDs.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "An Interview with Gil Gross". Philly Talk Radio Online. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ "Gil Gross archive page". Philly Talk Radio Online. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- American radio news anchors
- American radio personalities
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- Radio personalities from Chicago, Illinois
- Radio personalities from Denver, Colorado
- Radio personalities from New York City
- People from Decatur, Illinois
- Radio personalities from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Radio personalities from San Francisco, California
- Radio personalities from Washington, D.C.
- Living people