John Clay Wolfe (born August 28, 1972) is an American
radio personality
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and owner/founder of GivemetheVIN.com, who resides in
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...
.
Wolfe also hosts a nationally syndicated radio show ''The John Clay Wolfe Show'', broadcast coast to coast each Saturday morning on stations like
95.5 KLOS Los Angeles, Dallas–Fort Worth
Lone Star 92.5 ,
Houston
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94.5
The Buzz, Washington DC
BIG 100, Las Vegas
97.1 The Point, Colorados 103.5 The Fox, Tampa Bay
98Rock and numerous additional markets via syndication through (
Westwood One
Westwood One is an American radio network
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). Wolfe broadcasts all of his live shows, from a state-of-the-art private studio in Fort Worth, Texas. He pioneered both the purchase live callers' automobiles sight-unseen over commercial radio airwaves, and pioneer of internet site unseen purchases via GivemetheVIN.com.
Alongside
Greg Williams, Wolfe was co-host of
syndicated sports radio
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show ''The Show with John Clay and Greggo''.
''The Show'' aired on
KSEY ("ESPN 1230AM") in
Wichita Falls, Texas
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, and
KPUR (1440 AM, "The Score") in
Amarillo
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from December 2009 through the end of February 2010 when Williams left the show over a salary dispute.
Wolfe also hosted a weekday lunch hour program "The Daily Nooner" on
KFXR (1190 AM) in
Dallas-Fort Worth.
Wolfe graduated from
Southern Methodist University
, mottoeng = "The truth will make you free"
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, type = Private research university
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, religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church
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in Dallas, Texas in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Wolfe worked his way through
Southern Methodist University
, mottoeng = "The truth will make you free"
, established =
, type = Private research university
, accreditation = SACS
, academic_affiliations =
, religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church
, president = R. Gerald Turner
, prov ...
operating both his Fort Worth college hotspots, and concert promotion business. While at SMU, he began promoting concerts for names like
Jack Ingram
Jack Owen Ingram (born November 15, 1970) is an American country music artist formerly signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eleven studio albums, one extended play, six live albums, and 19 singles. Although ...
,
Dave Mathews Band
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,
Blues Traveler
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, and numerous others . Years later, Ingram is a regular on Wolfe's radio programs to date. In late 2004, he suffered a spinal cord injury during a moto-cross accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down, but has since regained his ability to walk unassisted.
References
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External links
John Clay Wolfe official websiteGivemetheVIN official website
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Living people
1972 births
American sports radio personalities
American talk radio hosts
Radio personalities from Texas