Email Jim:          Jim.Franklin@cumulus.com

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About Jim Franklin:

Jim Franklin has been a familiar voice in the valley area for over a decade during drive time.  After beginning his radio career in Eau Claire, WI, Jim did  mornings or afternoons on stations in Missouri, Kentucky, Nashville, TN, Macon, Georgia, Iowa, and South Florida before returning to the familiar surroundings of his home state.  "Since half my family is from here and I spent most summers here growing up, this was one place that required no road map," Jim says.  Jim originally did mornings on another Cumulus station for several years before moving to afternoons on WVBO in early 2004.  Jim is the Program Director of 103.9 WVBO and previously managed several stations around the country. His commercial voicework is also heard on many other radio and TV stations around the USA and the Valley area.  He and his wife Adrianne  have a small "petting zoo" of parrots, cats and "critters" in their house.  Jim is frequently asked to speak to various schools or community groups and is a mainstay in raising money for many others including: MAKE-A-WISH of the Fox Cities, the M.A.C.C. Fund, and the Salvation Army.  

Also a dedicated free lance musician, Jim occasionally does recording session work and can frequently be heard playing the trumpet with various groups around the Fox Cities area.  He has been a featured trumpet/flugelhorn soloist locally with the NORTH COAST JAZZ PROJECT, and has shared the stage with WISCONSIN'S ORIGINAL WHISKEY RIVER BAND,  THE ZIPPERS,  MARK SHURILLA, and many others.  He previously played for several years alongside former members of the ALLMAN BROTHERS,  SAM AND DAVE, OTIS REDDING, B.B. KING, and the AIR FORCE BIG BAND while in Georgia.  One of his highest musical honors came in 2008 and again in August of this year when he was asked to perform "Taps" at the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall ceremonies.  As Jim puts it, "there is NO way to prepare for the emotion you feel and share when it comes to paying tribute to those who gave ALL for our country."