Jimmy Baron (born November 13, 1961) is an American

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on commercial radio. He has also

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in several TV shows and movies from 1980 to 1985. Films include ''

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'', '' The Sure Thing'', and ''

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''. Television work includes '' Facts Of Life'', ''

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'', '' Hart to Hart'', and ''

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''. He also appeared as a contestant on Scrabble in 1989. Baron was born in

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. He began his radio career in Oxnard, California in 1990 at KZTR FM as half of the ''Mac and Jimmy Morning Show'', along with Jeff McMurray. In August of that year he moved to

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to produce the ''Stevens & Grdnic Morning Show'' on Y95. In March 1991 he went cross-town to produce the ''Dawn Patrol'' with Dave Rickards, Shelly Dunn, and Cookie "Chainsaw" Randolph on KGB-FM. He left in August 1992 to move back to

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, producing the legendary '' Jonathon Brandmeier Showgram'' on WLUP-FM. He joined 99X in

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in 1993 as part of the

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with

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and 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 morning shows on American alternative radio. Baron exited 99X in early April 2006 when he and new owners

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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

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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

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called Backstage Blast. From August 17, 2009 to November 10, 2011, Baron co-hosted mornings with Yvonne Monet on Dave FM (

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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. Baron began "reconnecting" with his Jewish heritage around 1998. He observes

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and keeps

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. 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.

External links

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The Baron Blog
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American Jewish Life Magazine

Jimmy's MySpace page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baron, Jimmy 1961 births Living people Radio personalities from Atlanta American male television actors American male film actors Male actors from Illinois Male actors from Oxnard, California