Gil Gross is an American

United States

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 radio personality. In addition to hosting a show on KGO

KGO (AM)

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 AM in San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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 on weekday afternoons since 2007, he is a news correspondent for the ABC Radio Networks.

Career

Gross' first on air radio job was at WDZ while he was a student at Millikin University

Millikin University

Millikin University is an American co-educational, comprehensive, private, four-year university with traditional undergraduate programs in arts and sciences, business, fine arts, and professional studies, as well as non-traditional, adult degree-completion programs and graduate programs in...

 in Decatur, Illinois

Decatur, Illinois

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At age 23, he became the youngest anchorman ever on ABC Radio, while at the same time doing WLS

WLS (AM)

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 morning news in Chicago

Chicago

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. He won awards for investigative reporting, mainly about children. Other awards were given for the attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II

1981 Pope John Paul II assassination attempt

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 and the intifada in Jerusalem.

Gross anchored ABC coverage of the September 11 attacks, the execution

Capital punishment

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 of Timothy McVeigh

Timothy McVeigh

Timothy James McVeigh was a United States Army veteran and security guard who detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995...

, and the Iraq War.

Gross has worked for WABC (AM)

WABC (AM)

WABC , known as "NewsTalkRadio 77 WABC" is a radio station in New York City. Owned by the broadcasting division of Cumulus Media, the station broadcasts on a clear channel and is the flagship station of Cumulus Media Networks...

, WCBS (AM)

WCBS (AM)

WCBS , often referred to as "WCBS Newsradio 880" , is a radio station in New York City. Owned by CBS Radio, the station broadcasts on a clear channel and is the flagship station of the CBS Radio Network...

, WOR (AM)

WOR (AM)

WOR is a class A , AM radio station located in New York, New York, U.S., operating on 710 kHz. The station has a talk format and has been owned by Buckley Broadcasting since 1987, after the station was sold by RKO. The station has conservative, or right-of-center hosts.Its call letters have no...

 in New York City

New York City

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; KLAC in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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; WMAL in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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; KHOW

KHOW

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 in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

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; and WWDB

WRDW-FM

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 in Philadelphia. Gross was also the host of The Gil Gross Show, a call-in show that aired on the CBS Radio Network

CBS Radio Network

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 and had guests who included Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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 and Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

 from the political world and entertainers Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

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 and Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson

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. While at CBS, he substituted for Charles Osgood

Charles Osgood

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On Memorial Day 2007, Gross was on the WLS BIG 89 Rewind via ISDN from the KGO studios. He and old friend, John "Records" Landecker were reunited in the 6-9PM CT slot. On the 2008 Rewind, Gross flew into Chicago to be live in the WLS studios. Videos can be seen of the WLS Rewind on YouTube with the 2008 video show Gross and Landecker cutting up on the air.

Gross has written comedy material for Don Imus

Don Imus

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 and Ted Brown

Ted Brown (radio)

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. Listeners have commented that his voice often sounds like the Dudley Do-right Cartoon Character.

Gross was the main substitute host for Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

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 on the radio show Paul Harvey's News & Comment. In March 2009, Gross was chosen as a possible successor to Harvey. New owners Citadel Broadcasting, who bought ABC Radio from Disney in 2008, chose Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee

Michael "Mike" Dale Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won . He won...

 instead but the show lasted only one week before it was taken off the air.

Family

Gross is married to actress-singer Rhoda Bodzin. They have one son and three cats. Gross has a collection of 10,000 LPs

LP album

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 and CDs

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