{{short description|American syndicated radio news program}} {{Italic title}} {{Primary sources|date=December 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox radio show | name = America in The Morning | image = America_in_the_Morning_logo_2025.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = | other_names = America This Week (weekend version) | format = News magazine | runtime = 1 hour | start_time = 5 a.m. | end_time = 6 a.m. | runtime_note = | country = United States | language = English | home_station = | syndicates = Mutual Broadcasting System<br>Westwood One<br>Dial Global/Westwood One | television = | presenter = | starring = John Trout | announcer = | creator = | writer = | director = | senior_editor = | editor = | producer = | exec_producer = Kevin Delaney | narrated = | rec_location = | rem_location = | oth_location = | first_aired = {{Start date and age|1984|9|17}} | last_aired = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | num_series = | num_episodes = | audio_format = | opentheme = | othertheme = | endtheme = | sponsor = Salonpas | website = {{URL|http://www.westwoodone.com/PROGRAMMING/Talk-Radio/Daily-Talk/America-in-the-Morning|www.westwoodone.com}} | podcast = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }}
'''''America in The Morning''''' is a news program airing on numerous talk radio stations, syndicated by Westwood One, a subsidiary of Cumulus Media. The one-hour live program airs weekdays at 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time and is hosted by John Trout.
The show features reports from AP Radio News, as well as a national forecast from AccuWeather, a look ahead to the day on Wall Street from CNBC, and the short-form feature ''Offbeat''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westwoodone.com/PROGRAMMING/Talk-Radio/Daily-Talk/America-in-the-Morning |title=America in the Morning |website=Westwoodone.com |access-date=2015-12-18}}</ref>
''America in The Morning'' originally debuted on the Mutual Broadcasting System on September 17, 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.radio-online.com/articles/n37462/WWO-News-America-In-The-Morning-Celebrates-35th-Year|title=WWO News ''America In The Morning'' Celebrates 35th Year|website=news.radio-online.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-03}}</ref> Jim Bohannon hosted the broadcast from its inception until December 2015. At that point, Trout took over the hosting chores after Bohannon decided to cut back his schedule, concentrating on his nightly Westwood One talk program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/bohannon-leaves-america-in-the-morning/article_49eee3ea-a440-11e5-b6cc-bfc4d9e1cfb1.html |title=Bohannon Leaves "America in the Morning." - Insideradio.com: Story |website=Insideradio.com |access-date=2015-12-18}}</ref>
Before his death in November 2022, Bohannon continued to contribute feature stories and interviews to ''America in the Morning''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/216648/nab-to-induct-jim-bohannon-into-hall-of-fame/|title=NAB to Induct Jim Bohannon into Hall of Fame}}</ref>
A weekend version, ''America This Week'', another former Mutual news program, is available from Westwood One.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://westwoodone.com/PROGRAMMING/Talk-Radio/Weekend-Talk/The-Week-in-Review |title=The Week in Review |website=Westwoodone.com |access-date=2015-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054008/http://westwoodone.com/PROGRAMMING/Talk-Radio/Weekend-Talk/The-Week-in-Review |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
An alternate one-hour Westwood One news program known as ''First Light'', hosted by news anchor Michael Toscano, also aired at 5 a.m. Eastern Time<ref>{{cite web |url=http://westwoodone.com/PROGRAMMING/Talk-Radio/Daily-Talk/First-Light |title=First Light |website=Westwoodone.com |access-date=2015-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203223116/http://www.westwoodone.com/PROGRAMMING/Talk-Radio/Daily-Talk/First-Light |archive-date=2015-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> until its cancellation on July 29, 2022. The two broadcasts had similar formats and some reporters were heard on both programs.
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Category:American news radio programs Category:American talk radio programs Category:1984 radio programme debuts