Jim Colony

Jim Colony is a drive-time sports news announcer for ESPN Radio 1250 in Pittsburgh. He frequently draws the ire of 1250 talk show host Mark Madden. He was born in Boston, raised in New Hampshire, and graduated from the University of New Hampshire. Colony currently resides in the plush Richland suburb of Pittsburgh,

He was hired by WTAE-AM Pittsburgh in 1991. He co-hosts Pittsburgh Game Night with a variety of Pittsburgh sports media personalities weeknights from 7-9 PM. He also appears on Steel City Game Day on Sundays during the Pittsburgh Steelers season.

He is the focus of a "benchmark segment" which airs around 5:40pm Monday through Friday on the Mark Madden show, entitled "Mr. Colony, Super Jackass," a take off of the original segment "Mr. Madden, Super Genius." For several months at a time this segment takes on the form of the game show "Who Wants to Win 15 Bucks" where callers have to answer 3 questions from a variety of categories in order to win the money. During this game show phase, in which he was referred to as "Colonelberg", "Wink" and most recently "Dutch", Colony was responsible for coming up with the majority (read "all") of the categories and questions for each show. The segment currently features Madden and Colony discussing sports and entertainment related topics, with Colony acting curt, a departure from his normal demeanor. But "Who Wants to Win 15 Bucks" is now on hiatus.

Jim also has a wife (Linda) and two sons (Chris and Pat), whom Mark Madden mistakenly refers to as Petey and Jim Jr.

External links

MondesisHouse.com - " [http://mondesishouse.blogspot.com/2007/07/15-questions-with-jim-colony-of-espn.html 15 Questions with Jim Colony of ESPN Radio] ", July 24, 2007