Jay Marvin is an American

United States

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 liberal radio

Radio

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 talk show

Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....

 host and writer.

Marvin began his radio career in 1971 as a country music DJ at KWMC in Del Rio, Texas. After that he worked at various stations including WWOD Lynchburg, Virginia, K102 FM El Paso, Texas, WJEZ and WJJD Chicago, Illinois, and KKAT Salt Lake City, Utah, and Top 40 station KIXZ

KIXZ (AM)

KIXZ is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Amarillo, Texas, USA, the station serves the Amarillo area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media and is licensed to Gap Broadcasting Amarillo License, LLC. The station features programing from ABC Radio...

 in Amarillo, Texas. He switched to talk radio in the late 1980s starting at WTKN St. Petersburg, Florida and then moved to WFLA

WFLA (AM)

WFLA is an AM radio station in Tampa, Florida, serving the Arbitron Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater market with additional listenership to the east in the adjacent Lakeland-Winter Haven market and to the south in the adjacent Sarasota-Bradenton market...

 in Tampa. From there, he moved to WTMJ

WTMJ (AM)

WTMJ is a radio station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin broadcasting at 620 AM. It is a 50,000-watt station airing a format of news, talk and sports. WTMJ is owned by Journal Broadcast Group, which also owns the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and sister station WLWK-FM....

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, WLS

WLS (AM)

WLS is a Chicago clear-channel AM station on 890 kHz. It uses C-QUAM AM stereo and transmits with 50,000 watts from transmitter and towers on the south edge of Tinley Park, Illinois....

 Chicago (twice), and KHOW

KHOW

KHOW is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format to the Denver-Boulder, USA area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications and features programing from Westwood One, Premiere Radio Networks and ABC Radio....

 and KKZN

KKZN

KKZN is a progressive talk radio station licensed to Thornton, Colorado that serves the Denver-Boulder, Colorado market. Known as "Colorado's Progressive Talk", the station carries a number of shows from Dial Global, Premiere Radio Networks, and CBS Radio Networks. These hosts include Thom...

 in Denver, Colorado. He has also guest hosted nationally for Ed Schultz

Ed Schultz

Edward Andrew "Ed" Schultz Is an American television and radio host and a liberal political commentator . He is the host of The Ed Show, a daily news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global, promising "straight talk."-Early...

, Jerry Springer

Jerry Springer

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, and Alan Colmes

Alan Colmes

Alan Samuel Colmes is an American radio/television host, liberal political commentator for the Fox News Channel, and blogger. He is the host of The Alan Colmes Show, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show distributed by Fox News Radio that also airs throughout the United States on Fox News Talk...

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Marvin has interviewed many famous guests on his show, including Howard Dean

Howard Dean

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, John Kerry

John Kerry

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, Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...

, and Mike Gravel

Mike Gravel

Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel is a former Democratic United States Senator from Alaska, who served two terms from 1969 to 1981, and a former candidate in the 2008 presidential election....

, as well as other guests and local Colorado politicians including Mark Udall

Mark Udall

Mark Emery Udall is the senior United States Senator from Colorado and a member of the Democratic Party. From 1999 to 2009, Udall served in the United States House of Representatives, representing . He also served a term in the Colorado House of Representatives.Born in Tucson, Arizona, he is the...

, Bill Ritter

Bill Ritter (politician)

August William "Bill" Ritter is an American politician of the Democratic Party, and was the 41st Governor of the state of Colorado, from 2007 to 2011. Before his election in 2006, he served as the district attorney for Denver...

, Ed Perlmutter

Ed Perlmutter

Edwin George "Ed" Perlmutter is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.- Early life, education and career:...

, and Diana DeGette

Diana DeGette

Diana Louise DeGette is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997, and a Chief Deputy Whip. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Denver.-Early life, education and career:...

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External links

• Jay Marvin's page on Denver's Progressive Talk Channel (760 AM)