Tom Griswold
Born
Thomas Bryce Griswold

(1953-04-22) April 22, 1953 (age 71)
Cleveland, Ohio[1]
Career
ShowThe Bob & Tom Show
StationWFBQ Indianapolis
Time slot6 am-10 am Weekdays
CountryUnited States
Websitewww.bobandtom.com

Thomas "Tom" Bruce Griswold (born April 22, 1953[2]) 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[3] 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,[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] The Indiana Broadcasters Association gave Griswold a Lifetime Achievement Award on October 3, 2022, during the association's annual meeting.[7]

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[8] 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,[9] Finley and Hart Griswold. At age 4, Finley recovered from emergency surgery to remove a benign brain tumor.[10] Charlie, 27, died suddenly on July 29, 2022.[11]

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.[12][13] Doctors had initially planned to perform a valve repair operation but determined that a valve replacement "would provide a better long term outcome."[14][15] Griswold resumed broadcasting on September 13, 2021.[16]

Griswold and fellow Bob and Tom Show cast members occasionally encourage listeners to make charitable contributions. Griswold has supported the Miracle Ride[17] and Riley Children's Foundation, the charitable arm of Riley Hospital for Children.[18]

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[19] and ran weeknights until its cancellation in September 2010.[20]

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).[21][22] A 20-minute version of Bob and Tom Tonight continues to be posted at 8 p.m. (Eastern Time) weekdays on YouTube and Facebook.[23]

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived February 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964 about Thomas B Griswold". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. ^ [2] Archived February 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "1053 The Point". 1037thepoint.net. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  5. ^ "Bob & Tom Show, Nationally syndicated radio program". 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ Schoettle, Anthony. "'Bob & Tom Show' duo headed for Radio Hall of Fame". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Tom Griswold receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indiana Broadcasters Association". YouTube. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Tom Griswold". Chicago Tribune. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Baby girl at WFBQ-FM: Will 1st words be into a mike?". Indianapolis, Indiana: Indianapolis Star. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Bob & Tom Show host grateful for daughter's miracle at Riley Hospital for Children". 20 December 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  11. ^ "The BOB & TOM Show Remembers Charlie Griswold". 2 August 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  12. ^ @bobandtom (August 16, 2021). "Tom underwent a scheduled procedure for his heart and the fix ended up being more extensive than planned, but he is…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Tom is out". 12 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Radio host Tom Griswold recuperating from heart surgery". 16 August 2021.
  15. ^ "'Bob & Tom Show' Host Tom Griswold Recovering From Heart Surgery".
  16. ^ @bobandtom (September 13, 2021). "Tom is back in studio! Watch live now -" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Bob & Tom Show's Tom Griswold Supports 25th Miracle Ride". 4 June 2018.
  18. ^ "'Bob & Tom Show' plans 12-hour fundraiser for Riley Hospital for Children". 21 March 2019.
  19. ^ "WGN America to Add Bob & Tom to Lineup". 21 August 2008.
  20. ^ "Radio's Bob & Tom are off their nightly TV show". Radio-Info.com. September 21, 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010.
  21. ^ "MyINDY-TV 23 adds 'The Bob & Tom Show' to weeknight lineup". 23 September 2020.
  22. ^ "'Bob & Tom Show' will return to late night television".
  23. ^ "'Bob & Tom Tonight'". YouTube.

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