Jim Wilkerson, Author

Jim Wilkerson

About the Author

Jim Wilkerson was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1935 and, while on a football scholarship at USC, majored in broadcasting. In 1958, his radio and TV career started on the Armed Forces Network in Korea. After the service, Jim was a disc jockey and sports columnist in Phoenix. 

In 1968, he moved to Los Angeles and worked in news and sports for KRLA, KFI, KFWB, and the ABC radio network. He got his 1st TV job as a sports anchor in Denver, Colorado and in 1975 switched to TV news anchor in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

From there to WSB in Atlanta. Then on to anchor for three years at CNN during its startup in 1980. Jim was also a freelance columnist for papers in Atlanta, Phoenix, Detroit, Albuquerque, Denver, and other major cities. 

Jim’s TV career ended with retirement in San Diego in 1996. But his writing career did not stop. Joey and The Threeep is Jim’s second book.

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