John Batchelor Bio | Wiki
John Batchelor is an American author and host. He currently serves as the host of Eye on the World on the CBS Audio Network where his flagship station in New York’s 710 WOR. Based at AM 770 WABC radio in New York for five years from early 2001 to September 2006, John’s radio program The John Batchelor Show was syndicated nationally on the ABC radio network. On October 7, 2007, he returned to radio on WABC, and later to other large market stations on a weekly basis.
John Batchelor Age
John was born on April 29, 1948, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. He is 73 years old.
John Batchelor Family
He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania to an Assyrian mother from Iran and a Midwestern American father. John grew up primarily in Lower Merion Township of Montgomery County, in Pennsylvania’s 13th congressional district. His both parents served in the United States Army during World War II; his father also served in the Korean War. He has four younger brothers.
John Batchelor Wife
John is married to his beautiful wife Bonnie Ann Rosborough. The couple celebrated their wedding in 1987. There is not much information on John’s wife in the media.
John Batchelor Education
After his high school education, John attended Princeton University and graduated in 1970. Later, he graduated from Union Theological Seminary in New York.
John Batchelor Show | Podcast
The John Batchelor Show started its national syndication in April 2003. The program airs 20 hours a week on roughly 200 stations. Its focus is geopolitics, economics, war, history, hard sciences, literature, private space, whimsy, etc. Historically, it carried nightly. On March 5, 2021, he hosted his last episode of the show on WABC and Westwood One, as WABC shuffled its format and the show ended its affiliation with Westwood One in favor of syndication by CBS News.
John continued to produce show segments during March, styled as “The New John Batchelor Show”. In April 2021, the show returned to stations across the country. In May 2021, he started identifying the show as CBS Eye on the World. On Monday, November 1, 2021, the program debuted on WOR in New York, airing from 9 PM to midnight, Monday through Friday.
John Batchelor Hospitalized | Illness
John was diagnosed in October 2018 with oropharyngeal cancer, a malignant tumor at the base of his tongue that threatened his ability to speak on air. On November 2, he entered Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for surgery and woke to find the surgery a success. John then gave himself two weeks to learn to speak again. Surviving cancer changed him in other small ways.
John Batchelor WABC
Based at AM 770 WABC radio in New York for five years from early 2001 to September 2006, John’s radio program was syndicated nationally on the ABC radio network. On October 7, 2007, he returned to radio on WABC, and later to other large market stations on a weekly basis. As of November 30, 2009, John was once again hosting a nightly show on WABC, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern Time, and heard in many major markets across the country through what eventually became the Westwood One network.
The program has also aired Monday through Friday on WABC and many Westwood One network affiliates. John describes the show as a “news magazine” since he does not take phone calls from listeners but does a series of interviews with guests and reporters. The show’s run on Westwood One ended in March 2021 as part of a reorganization at WABC, after which he almost immediately began his current show with CBS.
John Batchelor Salary
He serves as the host of Eye on the World on the CBS Audio Network, therefore, he earns a decent income. John’s average salary is $81,464 per year.
John Batchelor Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. John’s estimated net worth is $890,574.
Is John Batchelor Still On The Radio
Yes. John serves as the host of Eye on the World on the CBS Audio Network where his flagship station in New York’s 710 WOR.