Dennis Wholey
| Dennis Wholey | |
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| Born | July 2, 1939 |
Dennis Wholey (born July 2, 1939) is an American television host and producer, and the author of a number of self-help books, one of which was a New York Times bestseller. He currently hosts This is America & The World with Dennis Wholey, an interview program shown throughout the U.S. on public television stations and distributed worldwide on Voice of America Television.
The son of an attorney father and a librarian mother, Wholey received a B.A. degree from the Catholic University of America in 1959. He started his media career as a tour guide for NBC in New York City and then became the host of a radio talk show, The Age of Involvement, on WBAI-FM. He also produced and hosted a television talk show on WNDT-TV in New York. In 1969 Wholey moved to WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, where he hosted The Dennis Wholey Show which was syndicated to stations throughout the midwest including Taft Broadcasting Company sister station WTVN-TV in Columbus. In 1969 he was the emcee of a short-lived game show, The Generation Gap, on ABC.
Wholey then became the host of the morning show AM Detroit on WXYZ-TV in Detroit from 1973 to 1977 and a similar show Morning Break on WDVM-TV in Washington, D.C. in 1977 and 1978. He moved to late night programming with PBS Latenight with Dennis Wholey, an interview show on WTVS-TV in Detroit from 1982 to 1985, which was widely distributed by PBS. He also hosted LateNight America with Dennis Wholey for PBS beginning in 1989. He currently hosts This is America with Dennis Wholey, distributed nationwide by NETA (on PBS and independent public stations) and the AmericanLife TV cable channel.
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