Paul Finebaum is an American

United States

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 sports author

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, television

Television

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 and radio

Radio

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 personality and former columnist

Columnist

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 based in Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

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. His primary focus is sports, particularly those in the Southeast. Finebaum was born in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

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 and attended the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

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, where he received a liberal arts

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 degree in Political Science. He currently serves as host of the Paul Finebaum Radio Network, whose flagship station is on WJOX

WJOX

WJOX WJOX WJOX (690 AM, "Jox 94.5" (simulcasting WJOX-FM) is an all-sports radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, with daytime licensed power of 50,000 Watts and 500 Watts at night. WJOX is the Birmingham affiliate of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide Sports Network (football only),...

 from 2:05-6pm CST. The show is syndicated in Alabama (27 stations), Mississippi (2 stations), Tennessee (3) and on single stations in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.