<P> Kevoian is a 1973 graduate of California State University, Long Beach . Kevoian started a masters program in 1974, but gave it up when he started working as an intern for a local radio station in Los Angeles . Kevoian was awarded an honorary doctorate in Communications from Central Michigan University where he gave the commencement speech in 2003 . </P> <P> Toured the U.S. for three years as sound engineer of The Young Americans Kevoian began his radio career at WMBN in Petoskey, Michigan, in 1979 . That lasted until 1982, when Kevoian joined cross-town WJML . That's where Bob & Tom teamed up as a regular morning show. "We were there for 12 - 18 months," Kevoian recalls. The pairing of one of syndicated radio's most successful morning shows came when radio personality - by - day Kevoian moonlighted as a bartender at Harbor Springs, MI's Bar Harbor . "In small town radio, you needed to supplement your income by doing anything," the Long Beach State University alum states . "Tom came in after a J. Geils concert at Castle Farms in (nearby) Charlevoix and ordered a drink . At the end of the bar was another guy who worked in Country radio ." The two radio talents were talking about the inferior nature of their respective stations' cart machines . "Tom overheard us and asked if we worked in radio and I told him I was doing middays," Kevoian remembers . "Tom said he did a year of radio in Florida, but was out of work and wanted to visit the station and look at the trades . Two days later, he was hired as my PD; it was pretty wild ." They achieved a 44 share in the ratings and in order to get rid of them the competition made a compilation tape of their best bits and mailed it to the Superstars Convention, a gathering of program directors from 300 stations, where it was played . They started getting offers from all over the country . He came to WFBQ Radio in Indianapolis in early 1978 . He is the producer, director, writer and composed credits for The Bob and Tom Show Home Movie, 2004 . Bob participated in the Bob and Tom Radio: The Comedy Tour shows recorded in Anderson, Indiana . Bob has personally produced over 15,000 "bits" used in his show, some of which are actually his original ideas . </P> <P> On November 5, 2015, after being inducted along with Tom Griswold into the National Radio Hall of Fame, Bob announced his retirement effective at the end of 2015 . His last live show as co-host aired on December 17, 2015 . On November 17, 2016 Bob and Tom were reunited when they were inducted into the Indiana Broadcasters Hall of Fame . Bob made his first appearance on the show, as a guest host, since his retirement on April 3, 2017 when the show is in Cincinnati for the Cincinnati Reds home opener . </P> <P> The Bob and Tom Show aired nightly on WGN America and occasionally weekend best of airings until its cancellation in September 2010 . </P>

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