''The Jim Rome Show'' is an American sports radio

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hosted by

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. It airs live for three hours each weekday from 12pm to 3pm

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. The show is produced in Los Angeles, syndicated by

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, and can be heard on

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radio stations in the U.S. and Canada.

History

''The Jim Rome Show'' began on XTRA Sports 690 in San Diego. In 1996,

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picked up the program for national syndication. Sometime after, the show was shortened by one hour and the broadcast location was shifted from XTRA Sports 690 to the Premiere Radio Networks studio complex in

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. The show became a charter program of CBS Sports Radio, now Infinity Sports Network, upon its full launch on January 2, 2013. In October 2017,

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announced that it would add a simulcast of ''The Jim Rome Show'' to its afternoon lineup beginning January 2, 2018, ultimately running it until February 9, 2024. The show began

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on the social media service X on May 28, 2024. The show also began broadcasting on September 19, 2024, on various

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channels including an exclusive fourth hour of show with a co-host,

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, who left in May 2025 or a job at

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. On January 6, 2025, the show swapped positions with ''

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'', moving to 3pm Pacific Time and changing the distributor and syndicator to

Show personnel ("The XR4Ti")

' *Tom Di Benedetto, executive producer (EP), call screener since 2021 *Alvin Delloro,

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since 2005 *James "Flight Deck" Kelley, digital program director since *Cindy Stirling *Alex Hardy *Lorn McLaren, Assistant Director and Graphics Producer since 2024 (video control)

Former notable personnel

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, producer from 2007 to 2009, EP from 2009 until 2016 *

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, EP from 1996 to 2009 Others include Adam Hawk, EP from 2016 to 2021, as well as Brian "Whitey" Albers, Keith Arnold, Robert Dozmati, Mike Goldfarb, Austin Huff, Gerrit Ritt, Jack Savage, Jason Stewart, Dave Whelan, and Imanni Wright.

Show format and content

The three-hour program is a mixture of interviews, calls, emails, Tweets and Rome's own thoughts and analysis. On the radio, the opening and closing theme is " Lust for Life" by

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, and the show also uses "

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" by

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and " Up All Night" by

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. The program usually begins with headlines, when Rome highlights the main sports news of the day with his thoughts and opinions. Rome refers to his listeners as "Clones". A "staple" of the program is the Smack Off, an annual show on which the best callers compete against each other for a cash prize. Friday episodes include the week rewind, known as "Alvin Delloro's Week that Was", which is a compilation of show highlights over the past week alongside a mix of music. From February 11 to March 11, 2009, all of Rome's shows contained an interview with an individual with the given name Rex.

References

When in Rome: Heterosexism, homophobia and sports talk radio
David Nylund, GLAAD Center for Study of Media & Society (academic analysis of the show format, PDF document).

External links

The Jim Rome Show
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– Rome's page at Premiere Radio Networks' official website
Stations which play the Jim Rome Show
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