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San Francisco Bay Area Talk Show Host
Ronn Owens hosts the most compelling and thought-provoking morning talk show in Northern California. A graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, he moved to the Bay Area in 1975 to host
The Ronn Owens Program
on KGO Radio, San Francisco. Just celebrating his 32nd anniversary, he has become a Bay Area icon.
In a format that explores everything - from local politics and popular culture to current events, personal issues, or just plain gossip -
Ronn's highly rated program is the ultimate electronic town meeting, and Owens himself the versatile ringmaster. On any given day, he can switch instantly from a tough, relentless interviewer to a compassionate, and always well-informed, discussion leader. His wide-ranging knowledge encompasses local, national, and international issues, and has broadcast his show live from hot spots around the world, including Johannesburg, Madrid, Mexico City, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, London, Jerusalem, along with a number of local Bay Area communities.
Talkers Magazine named Owens one of the Top 25 Greatest Radio Talk
Show Hosts of All Time. He was ranked 13th...the
top local personality in the country.
In 2003, Ronn won the prestigious Marconi Award for Major
Market Personality of the Year by the National Association of
Broadcasters .
In 2005 and 2007, Ronn was nominated to the
Radio Hall of Fame.
In 2006, he was named Talk Show Personality of the Year by Radio and
Records.
Ronn was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in December, 2007.
He is credited with introducing the concept of bumper music in radio talk shows. He also created "Rock Trivia" in 1974, before the format of Oldies was invented.
His first book,
Voice of Reason: Why The Left and Right Are
Wrong,
was published in 2004.
Ronn is married to former KCBS anchor Jan Black. They have two daughters, Sarah and Laura .
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