Kim Komando
| Kim Komando | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 1, 1967 Watchung, New Jersey |
| Residence | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Nationality | USA |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University (B.S., Computer Information Systems, 1985) |
| Occupation | radio host, author, columnist |
| Known for | computer radio show |
| Spouse(s) | Barry Young |
| Children | Ian |
| Website | komando |
Kim Komando (born July 1, 1967) is the host of a popular American talk radio program about consumer technology. On the weekly call-in show, Kim Komando provides advice about technology gadgets, websites, smartphone apps, and Internet security.
The Kim Komando Show is broadcast and syndicated on 435 radio stations in the United States and two stations in Ontario, Canada to an estimated 1.5+ million listeners. (See Popular US Radio Shows) Her Digital Minute airs on more than 390 stations five days a week. Her shows are also heard internationally on the Armed Forces Radio Network covering 177 different countries. In 2016, she ranked 29th in Talkers Magazine's "Heavy Hundred", their ranking of the 100 most important radio hosts.
Kim Komando refers to herself as "America's Digital Goddess." Her website, Komando.com, reaches 2.5 million unique readers each month and her tech-focused newsletters are distributed to more than 42 million subscribers each month.
Kim Komando and her husband, Barry Young, own Phoenix, Arizona-based WestStar TalkRadio Network, which distributes the Komando radio program. Also, through the publishing arm of WestStar, Komando publishes daily and weekly email newsletters/advertisements addressing issues topical to her radio program. Over 42 million newsletters are sent each month.
Kim Komando has appeared on CNN, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, BBC and Fox News, and her syndicated columns appear in USA Today and other newspapers. She has been a columnist for USA Today since February 2002. She won the Gracie Award for Outstanding Program Host in 2007 and in April 2016 was the keynote speaker at the NAB Show Radio Luncheon to an audience of industry leaders. In 2016, she was nominated to the National Radio Hall of Fame. In January 2017, she was appointed to Forbes Magazine Tech Council.
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