- Jim Eason
Jim Eason is a
talk radio pioneer who hosted broadcasts from 1966 to 2000 in theSan Francisco Bay Area . Jim always ended his talk shows with the catchphrase "Do what you can, but behave yourself". His early 1970s theme was Herbie Mann's "Hold On, I'm Coming".Biography
Eason was an Air Force weatherman at
Sidi Slimane andNouasseur Air Base from 1955 to 1956, and inGreenland in 1960.After nine years (1954-1963) in the USAF as a
meteorologist , Jim came to theSan Francisco Bay Area and attended college atSan Francisco State , majoring in Radio and Television.Radio career
From 1966 to 1967, Eason hosted "Testing 1-2-3" a call-in game show on KCBS. In 1969, he joined KGO as a weekend talk show host after KCBS went to an all news format.
In 1970, Eason became a week night talk show host at KGO. He moved to weekday afternoons in 1973, frequently interviewing visiting celebrities.
In 1983, Eason portrayed poet
Omar Khayam in theCapuchino Community Theatre production of "Kismet ", which was directed by Jack Brooks (1935-1984), director, actor, singer, arts critic, and host of a Saturday morning KGO program.In 1996, Eason moved to
KSFO .Eason quit radio and retired in 2000. [http://pages.sbcglobal.net/swelf/KGOHistory.htm]
A longtime resident of South San Francisco, Eason now resides in
Grass Valley, California .External links
* [http://www.kgoam810.com/ KGO 810 AM] - offers live internet streaming feeds
* [http://www.ksfo560.com/ KSFO 560 AM] - offers live internet streaming feeds
* [http://home.att.net/~qwoodard/KGOHistory.htm KGO History - Some Events of the Past Decade] (Unauthorized)
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