# Jimmy Baron > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Baron > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Baron.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Baron > Source revision: 1264616490 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American disc jockey on commercial radio|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{For|the basketball player of the same name|Jimmy Baron (basketball)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jimmy Baron | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|11|13|mf=y}} | birth_place = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = | othername = | occupation = Disc jockey | website = {{URL|http://www.jimmybaron.com}} }} '''Jimmy Baron''' (born November 13, 1961) is an American [disc jockey](/source/disc_jockey) on [commercial radio](/source/commercial_radio). He has also [acted](/source/actor) in several [TV show](/source/TV_show)s and [movie](/source/movie)s from 1980 to 1985. Films include ''[Risky Business](/source/Risky_Business)'', ''[The Sure Thing](/source/The_Sure_Thing)'', and ''[Heart Like a Wheel](/source/Heart_Like_a_Wheel)''. Television work includes ''[Facts Of Life](/source/The_Facts_of_Life_(TV_series))'', ''[Quincy, M.E.](/source/Quincy%2C_M.E.)'', ''[Hart to Hart](/source/Hart_to_Hart)'', and ''[M*A*S*H](/source/M*A*S*H_(TV_series))''. He also appeared as a contestant on [Scrabble](/source/Scrabble_(game_show)) in 1989. Baron was born in [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois). He began his radio career in [Oxnard, California](/source/Oxnard%2C_California) in 1990 at [KZTR](/source/KOCP_(FM)) FM as half of the ''Mac and Jimmy Morning Show'', along with [Jeff McMurray](/source/Jeff_McMurray). In August of that year he moved to [San Diego](/source/San_Diego) to produce the ''Stevens & Grdnic Morning Show'' on [Y95](/source/Y95). In March 1991 he went cross-town to produce the ''Dawn Patrol'' with [Dave Rickards](/source/Dave_Rickards), [Shelly Dunn](/source/Shelly_Dunn), and [Cookie "Chainsaw" Randolph](/source/Cookie_%22Chainsaw%22_Randolph) on [KGB-FM](/source/KGB-FM). He left in August 1992 to move back to [Chicago](/source/Chicago), producing the legendary ''[Jonathon Brandmeier Showgram](/source/Jonathon_Brandmeier_Showgram)'' on [WLUP-FM](/source/WCKL_(FM)). He joined [99X](/source/WNNX_(99X)) in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia) in 1993 as part of the [morning show](/source/morning_show) with [Leslie Fram](/source/Leslie_Fram) and [Sean Demery](/source/Sean_Demery), eventually named ''The Morning X''. Baron stayed with the morning show through its various changes: ''The Morning X with Barnes, Leslie and Jimmy''; ''The Don Miller Morning Show''; ''The Toucher, Jimmy, and Leslie Morning Show''; and ''Mornings with Axel, Jimmy, and Leslie''. While with ''The Morning X'' from 1993 to 2003, the show won numerous national and local awards from industry and media. At one point ''The Morning X'' was one of the highest-[rated](/source/listenership) morning shows on American alternative radio. Baron exited 99X in early April 2006 when he and new owners [Cumulus Broadcasting](/source/Cumulus_Broadcasting) could not agree on terms to a new deal. He officially announced his departure from 99X on Friday April 28. Baron also did some work with [World Championship Wrestling](/source/World_Championship_Wrestling) during its heyday in the late 1990s, serving as a "road reporter," providing recorded "scoop" info, and co-hosting a monthly pay-per-view broadcast with Chad Damiani on [DirecTV](/source/DirecTV) called Backstage Blast. From August 17, 2009 to November 10, 2011, Baron co-hosted mornings with Yvonne Monet on Dave FM ([WZGC](/source/WZGC) Atlanta, GA). He has found minor successes in Hollywood selling two TV projects that are currently in development, one to CBS and one to [Endemol USA](/source/Endemol). Baron began "reconnecting" with his [Jew](/source/Jew)ish heritage around 1998. He observes [Shabbat](/source/Shabbat) and keeps [kosher](/source/kashrut). In 2011, Baron left radio and launched a career in residential real estate. In 2013 he joined Keller Williams Realty First Atlanta where he is consistently one of the top performers.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0056256|name=Jimmy Baron}} * [http://www.AJLMagazine.com/baronblog/ The Baron Blog] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20061208001355/http://www.ajlmagazine.com/ American Jewish Life Magazine] * [http://www.MySpace.com/jimmybaron Jimmy's MySpace page] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baron, Jimmy}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Radio personalities from Atlanta Category:American male television actors Category:American male film actors Category:Male actors from Illinois Category:Male actors from Oxnard, California --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jimmy Baron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Baron) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Baron?action=history)). 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