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Gil Gross, award-winning radio journalist, is heard daily on KGO AM 810, weekdays from 2-4pm. "His broad knowledge of local, national and international issues makes Gil a perfect addition to our all star talk line-up."

Gil Gross has been a journalist for more than 30 years. He became the youngest anchorman in ABC News history when at the age of 23 he anchored network newscasts from the ABC Chicago Bureau, while he was also the morning news anchor at WLS Radio. While at ABC he began gathering a string of awards for investigative reporting, especially on the plight of children.

Gross has also won major journalism awards for reporting on International stories including the attempted assassination of the Pope and the Intifada in Jerusalem. Recently he has anchored ABC Radio News coverage of 9-11, the execution of Timothy McVeigh and The War With Iraq. He has had shows on stations including WABC, WCBS, WOR and most recently has been filling in on KGO. Gross also served for several years as host of the CBS Radio Network program, THE GIL GROSS SHOW, which had guests ranging from world leaders such as President Clinton and Margaret Thatcher to hard to get celebrities such as Brian Wilson and Marilyn Manson.

As a newsman and humorist he has combined his talents as Paul Harvey’s chief substitute at ABC and the main sub for Charles Osgood at CBS. He has also anonymously written topical comedy material for DJs such as Don Imus and Ted Brown. Gil Gross lives with his wife, actress-singer Rhoda Bodzin, and their son, Spencer Darrow Gross, three cats and two litter boxes and a collection of 10,000 LPs and CDs that has gotten somewhat out of hand.