Personal: Rome graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1987. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Janet and their two children.
Radio: "The Jim Rome Show" (also known as "The Jungle") airs on over 200 radio stations each weekday.
Rome began his radio career at KTMS/Santa Barbara as a traffic reporter.
From there he went to XTRA Sports 690/San Diego where he developed his "smack" style ("sports talk in a gloating, uninhibited or unbridled manner" according to his website).
Syndication: Began in 1996 through Premiere Radio Networks.
Claim to Fame: "the King of Smack"
Online: Visit Jim Rome at www.jimrome.com.
