Tom Griswold
{{short description|American radio personality (born 1953)}}
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|birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio[http://www.bobandtom.com/pages/about ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208230251/http://www.bobandtom.com/pages/about |date=February 8, 2010 }}
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|show = The Bob & Tom Show
|station = WFBQ Indianapolis
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Thomas "Tom" Bruce Griswold (born April 22, 1953{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Thomas&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=Griswold&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1953&msbdy_x=1&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=381&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=6218656&recoff=7+8&db=OHBirthRecords&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1|title=Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964 about Thomas B Griswold|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=23 December 2013}}) co-hosts the radio show The Bob & Tom Show together with Chick McGee, Kristi Lee, and Josh Arnold. Co-host Bob Kevoian retired at the end of 2015. This comedy-based early morning program is among the highest rated in American radio[http://www.talkradionetwork.com/pg/jsp/general/americanspirit.jsp ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210030608/http://www.talkradionetwork.com/pg/jsp/general/americanspirit.jsp |date=February 10, 2008 }} and has been nationally syndicated since 1995. The show is broadcast from studios at WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Radio career
Griswold worked in radio in WETO in DeLand, Florida and WMBN and WJML in Petoskey, Michigan. While in Petoskey, Griswold met Bob Kevoian,{{cite web |url=http://www.1037thepoint.net/showdj.asp?DJID=32319 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227011437/http://www.1037thepoint.net/showdj.asp?DJID=32319 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-27 |title=1053 The Point |publisher=1037thepoint.net |accessdate=2015-11-12 }} and the duo moved to Indianapolis to launch The Bob & Tom Show at WFBQ in March 1983. After 12 years of broadcasting to central Indiana, they began syndicating their show nationally on January 6, 1995.{{cite web|url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/bob-tom-show/|title=Bob & Tom Show, Nationally syndicated radio program|date=21 June 2021 |access-date=5 October 2022}}
Griswold often hosts or participates in Bob and Tom Radio: The Comedy Tour shows.
Griswold and Kevoian were inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame on November 5, 2015.{{cite web|last1=Schoettle|first1=Anthony|title='Bob & Tom Show' duo headed for Radio Hall of Fame|url=http://www.ibj.com/articles/55586-bob-tom-show-duo-headed-for-radio-hall-of-fame|website=Indianapolis Business Journal|accessdate=6 November 2015}} The Indiana Broadcasters Association gave Griswold a Lifetime Achievement Award on October 3, 2022, during the association's annual meeting.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BeZWVKUSdo|title=Tom Griswold receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indiana Broadcasters Association|website=YouTube |access-date=5 October 2022}}
Personal life
Griswold was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Herbert Bruce and Sally Griswold. He is a 1971 graduate of University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio and a graduate of Columbia University{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/wttv-tom-griswold-117161,0,5941714.story|title=Tom Griswold|date=4 November 2008|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=23 December 2013}} with a degree in Literature. Griswold is the father of seven children, including three boys and four girls. His children are Sam, Willie, Lucy, Charlie, Sally,{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070703/COLUMNISTS04/707030412/1005/ENTERTAINMENT|title=Baby girl at WFBQ-FM: Will 1st words be into a mike?|date=3 July 2007|publisher=Indianapolis Star|accessdate=21 August 2013|location=Indianapolis, Indiana}} Finley and Hart Griswold. At age 4, Finley recovered from emergency surgery to remove a benign brain tumor.{{cite web|url=https://www.wthr.com/article/news/health/bob-tom-show-host-grateful-for-daughters-miracle-at-riley-hospital-for-children/531-ecdf4b10-288d-4956-b944-c7be7264e8db|title=Bob & Tom Show host grateful for daughter's miracle at Riley Hospital for Children|date=20 December 2017 |access-date=5 October 2022}} Charlie, 27, died suddenly on July 29, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.bobandtom.com/2022/08/02/the-bob-tom-show-remembers-charlie-griswold/|title=The BOB & TOM Show Remembers Charlie Griswold|date=2 August 2022 |access-date=5 October 2022}}
Griswold's sister is model Janet Griswold de Villeneuve; his nieces are Daisy and Poppy de Villeneuve.
In July 2009, Griswold was hospitalized for nearly a week due to a broken right arm (humerus bone) and a shoulder injury he suffered after falling from a motorcycle. The injury required surgery that included numerous screws and a plate in his arm. He returned to the air on July 30, 2009.
Griswold was hospitalized for heart valve replacement surgery for several days during August 2021.{{cite tweet|number=1427230638751502340|user=bobandtom|title=Tom underwent a scheduled procedure for his heart and the fix ended up being more extensive than planned, but he is… |date=16 August 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bobandtom.com/2021/08/12/tom-is-out-and-hahn-is-in-bt-tonight/|title=Tom is out|date=12 August 2021}} Doctors had initially planned to perform a valve repair operation but determined that a valve replacement "would provide a better long term outcome."{{cite web|url=https://www.wthr.com/article/news/entertainment-news/radio-host-tom-griswold-recuperating-from-heart-surgery-bob-and-tom/531-1e45ebbe-8e9c-4aca-8a12-59f0644fe14a|title=Radio host Tom Griswold recuperating from heart surgery|date=16 August 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/210315/bob-tom-show-host-tom-griswold-recovering-from-hea|title='Bob & Tom Show' Host Tom Griswold Recovering From Heart Surgery}} Griswold resumed broadcasting on September 13, 2021.{{cite tweet|number=1437381605736263681|user=bobandtom|title=Tom is back in studio! Watch live now - |date=13 September 2021}}
Griswold and fellow Bob and Tom Show cast members occasionally encourage listeners to make charitable contributions. Griswold has supported the Miracle Ride{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/177208/bob-tom-show-s-tom-griswold-supports-25th-miracle-|title=Bob & Tom Show's Tom Griswold Supports 25th Miracle Ride|date=4 June 2018}} and Riley Children's Foundation, the charitable arm of Riley Hospital for Children.{{cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2019/03/21/bob-tom-show-plans-12-hour-fundraiser-hospital/3237519002/|title='Bob & Tom Show' plans 12-hour fundraiser for Riley Hospital for Children|date=21 March 2019}}
Television
The Bob and Tom Show, a one-hour video version of the four-hour radio show featuring clips from that morning's broadcast, debuted on WGN America in November 2008{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/wgn-america-add-bob-tom-lineup-109482/|title = WGN America to Add Bob & Tom to Lineup|date = 21 August 2008}} and ran weeknights until its cancellation in September 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.radio-info.com/news/radios-bob-tom-are-off-their-nightly-tv-show|title=Radio's Bob & Tom are off their nightly TV show|date=September 21, 2010|work=Radio-Info.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924080302/http://www.radio-info.com/news/radios-bob-tom-are-off-their-nightly-tv-show|archivedate=September 24, 2010}}
A newer, 30-minute Bob and Tom television show aired weeknights and late Saturday evenings from October 5, 2020, through January 8, 2022, on MyIndy-TV 23 (WNDY-TV, Indianapolis).{{Cite web|url=https://www.wishtv.com/myindy-tv/myindy-tv-23-adds-the-bob-tom-show-to-weekend-lineup/|title = MyINDY-TV 23 adds 'The Bob & Tom Show' to weeknight lineup|date = 23 September 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2020/09/24/bob-tom-show-return-late-night-television/3514305001/|title='Bob & Tom Show' will return to late night television}} A 20-minute version of Bob and Tom Tonight continues to be posted at 8 p.m. (Eastern Time) weekdays on YouTube and Facebook.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzeCIR5RYCYaw_kEZ6jHjverX8efOkB8R|title='Bob & Tom Tonight'|website=YouTube }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.bobandtom.com Bob and Tom Official Website]
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{{The Bob & Tom Show}}
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Category:American radio personalities
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:Radio personalities from Cleveland
Category:Radio personalities from Indianapolis