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| Other names | The Jungle |
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| Genre | Talk, sports |
| Running time | Noon–3PM (Eastern), 9AM–Noon (Pacific) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Syndicates | CBS Sports Radio |
| TV adaptations |
Jim Rome is Burning Rome |
| Starring | Jim Rome |
| Announcer | Alvin Delloro |
| Produced by | Austin Huff |
| Executive producer(s) | Adam Hawk |
| Recording studio | Southern California |
| Original release | 1996 – present |
| Opening theme | "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop |
| Ending theme | "Up All Night" by The Boomtown Rats |
| Website | JimRome.com |
The Jim Rome Show (alternate name: The Jungle) is a sports radio talk show hosted by Jim Rome. It airs live for three hours each weekday from 9 a.m. to noon Pacific Standard Time. The show is produced in Los Angeles, syndicated by CBS Sports Radio, and can be heard on affiliate radio stations in the U.S. and Canada.
The Jim Rome Show began on XTRA Sports 690 in San Diego. In 1996, Premiere Radio Networks picked up the program for national syndication. Sometime after, the show was shortened by one hour and the broadcast location was shifted from XTRA Sports 690 to the Premiere Radio Networks studio complex in Sherman Oaks, California. As part of the broadcast deal bringing Rome's TV show to CBS Sports Network, The Jim Rome Show became a charter program of CBS Sports Radio upon its full launch on January 2, 2013.
The three-hour program is a mixture of interviews, calls, emails, Tweets and Rome's own thoughts and analysis. The opening and closing theme is "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop. The program usually begins with headlines, when Rome highlights the main sports news of the day with his thoughts and opinions.
One of the main parts of the program is Rome reading emails and Tweets on air. He usually comments positively or negatively depending on the message. Ones he does not like are followed by a loud crumpling noise, as if the message is being crumpled and thrown in the garbage. Many emails and Tweets are "smack talk", where the messenger is putting down someone in sports, pop culture, or even other listeners.
Rome takes calls and ask callers to call in, though many times he does not take any of the calls at all. Rome's rules for calls is "have a take, don't suck." Calls that are good in his opinion will be racked, which means they will be saved for future use. Bad calls get buzzed and cut off, followed usually by humiliation from Rome. Some calls get neither and usually will be followed by brief analysis or thoughts by Rome.
The final segments of the show usually include e-mail and Twitter contests. Sometimes these contests include $50 gift cards from one of Rome's sponsors, O'Reilly AutoParts.
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