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Jim Sumpter

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Jim , at the age of 5, and his family moved to Southern California where Jim heartily embraced the SoCal lifestyle. He began surfing long before the craze hit in the early 60s and has extensively traveled the Southern California coastline in search of the perfect wave. In 1965, Jim graduated from Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington, California. He later attended Brigham Young University, majoring in journalism, with plans to become an attorney. December 2nd, 1966 found Jim standing in a Marine Corps recruiting office in Torrance, California. The classic Marine Corps come-on, "The Marine Corps Builds Men!", was spotted on a placard outside the recruiting office and captured Jim's attention as he drove his 1948 Ford woody along Pacific Coast Highway on his way home from the beach that day. Before midnight that night, Jim would be at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego and a few months later, became one of the few...one of the proud...one of the Marines in Viet Nam. After spending more than 20 months in Viet Nam (having extended his 13 month tour of duty in order to qualify for an early release from the Marine Corps), Jim returned home with all body parts intact. After some downtime readjusting to civilization while living in Hermosa Beach, California, Jim made the decision to pursue a career in radio. He quickly rose through the ranks as a disc jockey, then program director, general manager, executive vice-president of a group of broadcast stations, and even becoming part-owner of a radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah. Along the way, Jim also worked at radio stations from Florida to California and Texas to Ohio. A powerful mentor, Jim has been instrumental in the development of some of radio's most successful personalities, program directors, and managers. Jim is a businessman and has owned several companies - focusing on commercial and industry-specific software systems and programs, radio station consulting, and Internet marketing. In August of 2003, Jim began a new career as a Talk Show Host, starting at K-TALK Radio in Salt Lake City, Utah where he has lived, except for a brief professional interruption, since 1988.

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