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Jim Rome (born James Phillip Rome October 14, 1964), is an American sports radio talk show host syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications.

Broadcasting from a studio near Los Angeles, California, he hosts The Jim Rome Show and hosts the TV show Jim Rome Is Burning (formerly Rome Is Burning) which airs on ESPN. His past hosting jobs included sports discussion shows Talk2 (ESPN2), The FX Sports Show (FX), and The Last Word (Fox Sports Net). The Jim Rome show is tied for the #21 most listened to talk radio show in the United States [1] and Rome is the #29 most influential talk radio personality[2] according to Talkers Magazine.

Rome graduated from Calabasas (Calif.) High School in 1982 and the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in Communications in 1987.[3][4] He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Janet and their two children.[3]