Griswold Biography
Tom Griswold is a producer and actor from the United States who co-hosts The Bob & Tom Show radio program with Josh Arnold, Chick McGee, and Kristi Lee. Bob Kevoian, a co-host, retired at the end of 2015. Since 1995, this comedy-based early morning show has been globally syndicated and is consistently ranked among the most rated radio shows in America. The program is aired live from the WFBQ studios in Indianapolis, Indiana.
How old is Griswold? What is Griswold’s real name?
The radio show The Bob & Tom Show co host is 71 years old as of 22 April 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. His real name is Thomas Bruce Griswold.
Griswold Family – Education
Griswold is the son of Herbert Bruce and Sally Griswold. He holds a degree in literature from Columbia University and graduated from University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio in 1971. Griswold is a father of seven children, four girls and three boys. Sam, Willie, Lucy, Charlie, Sally, Finley, and Hart Griswold are his children.
Griswold Wife – Children
He has been married to Betsy Griswold. The couple has five children; Willie Griswold, Charlie Griswold, Lucy Griswold, Sally Janet Griswold, and Sam Griswold.
Griswold Net Worth
Tom has made a good fortune of $4 million in his entertaining career.
Griswold Illness
Finley made a full recovery from an emergency brain tumor removal at the age of four. On July 29, 2022, Charlie, 27, passed away unexpectedly. Model Janet Griswold de Villeneuve is the sister of Griswold; Daisy and Poppy de Villeneuve are his nieces.
After crashing from a motorcycle in July 2009, Griswold shattered his right arm (humerus bone) and injured his shoulder, necessitating almost a week in the hospital. Surgery was necessary to treat the injuries, and his arm now has a plate and many screws. He took to the skies once more on July 30, 2009. Griswold spent three days in the hospital in August 2021 undergoing heart valve replacement surgery. Medical professionals had originally intended to replace the valve because they believed it “would provide a better long term outcome.” The show Griswold returned to television on September 13, 2021.
Griswold Radio
Griswold was employed in radio at WMBN and WJML in Petoskey, Michigan, as well as WETO in DeLand, Florida. Griswold met Bob Kevoian in Petoskey, and the two went to Indianapolis in March 1983 to start The Bob & Tom Show at WFBQ. On January 6, 1995, they started syndicating their show nationally after 12 years of airing in central Indiana.
Griswold frequently serves as the show host or performs in Bob and Tom Radio: The Comedy Tour events. On November 5, 2015, Griswold and Kevoian were admitted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. Griswold received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indiana Broadcasters Association on October 3, 2022, at the organization’s annual convention.
Griswold The Bob and Tom Show
The Bob and Tom Show started on WGN America in November 2008 and ran weeknights until it was cancelled in September 2010. It was a one-hour video version of the four-hour radio show that featured excerpts from that morning’s broadcast.
A more recent 30-minute Bob and Tom television program ran on MyIndy-TV 23 (WNDY-TV, Indianapolis) weeknights and late Saturday evenings from October 5, 2020, to January 8, 2022. Bob and Tom Tonight is still available on YouTube and Facebook every weekday at 8 p.m. (Eastern Time) in a 20-minute format.
From time to time, Griswold and other cast members of Bob and Tom Show urge listeners to donate to charity. Griswold has contributed to Riley Hospital for Children’s philanthropic arm, the Riley Children’s Foundation, as well as the Miracle Ride.