America in The Morning
American syndicated radio news program
America in The Morning was a news program airing on numerous talk radio stations, syndicated by Westwood One, a subsidiary of Cumulus Media. During its run, the one-hour live program aired weekdays at 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time and was hosted by John Trout.
The show featured 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.
America in The Morning originally debuted on the Mutual Broadcasting System on September 17, 1984. 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.
Despite stepping down as host, Bohannon contributed occasional feature stories and interviews to America in the Morning until at least late 2021.
A weekend version, America This Week, another former Mutual news program, is available from Westwood One.
An alternate one-hour Westwood One news program known as First Light, hosted by news anchor Michael Toscano, also aired at 5 a.m.
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