J. T. the Brick: Difference between revisions

|show_name = TheBrick at Night With JT theThe Brick Show

|runtime = 8–1111 PM-3 AM (Eastern), 5–88 PM-12 AM (Pacific)

|home_station = [[KLACMad Dog Sports Radio]]

|syndicates = [[Fox Sports Radio]]

|starring = JT the Brick<br/>Tomm Looney

|producer = Raider Ryan Payne (Technical Producer)

|exec_producer = Aaron Larsuel

'''John Tournour''' (born November 23, 1965 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]), better known as '''J. T.JT the Brick,''' is a [[sport]]s [[talk radio]] host based in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. HisHe showcurrently airedhosts weekdays"Brick fromat 5pmNight toWith 8pmJT Pacificthe timeBrick" (8pmon to[[Sirius 11pmXM Eastern)Satellite onRadio]]'s [[FoxMad Dog Sports Radio]], a show on [[KRLV (AM)|KRLV]] in Las Vegas, and various programs for the [[Las Vegas Raiders]] including the team's radio pregame show. Tournour graduated from [[SUNY Geneseo]]<ref>{{citeCitation|title=John web"JT the Brick" Tournour '87 Supports the Geneseo RAA|url=httphttps://www.foxsportsradioyoutube.com/pages/about_jtthebrick.html|titlewatch?v=AboutZz2O1_zGyFA JT The Brick|author=|date=|work=|publisher=|access-date=21 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archiveghostarchive.org/webvarchive/20140209144814youtube/http://www.foxsportsradio.com20211221/pages/about_jtthebrick.htmlZz2O1_zGyFA |archive-date=9 February2021-12-21 2014|dfurl-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-10-16}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Tournourin is1987 with a graduatedegree ofin [[SUNYSpeech Geneseo]]Communication. Fox SportsHe announcedwas onalso Sept.president 11of 2018[[Delta thatKappa|Delta TournourKappa andTau]] Stevefraternity Gormanand werea letmember go byof the network[[rugby football|rugby]] team.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kaplan|first1=Sean|title=Grad Commands National Airways|url=https://radioinsightwww.thelamron.com/headlinesposts/1704742007/steve11/01/grad-gormancommands-jtnational-the-brick-out-at-fox-sports-radio/airwaves|newspaper=The JTLamron|location=Geneseo, TheNew BrickYork|date=November Out11, at2007|access-date=October Fox14, Sports2020|archive-date=October Radio19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019153540/https://www.thelamron.com/posts/2007/11/01/grad-commands-national-airwaves|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Tournour, a former stockbroker, got his start in sports radio after becoming a frequent caller to ''[[The Jim Rome Show]]''. After winning the inauguralinitial "[[Smack-Off]]" in 1995, Tournour was offered a job hosting a late-night Sunday show at [[KSSE|KMAX]]-Los Angeles.

From there, Tournour moved his show to [[KFMBKGB (AM)|KFMB]]- in [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], where he only spent a few weeks before being offered a show on the now-defunct Las Vegas-based [[Sports Fan Radio Network]]. Tournour's late-night show lasted five years, until the network's demise in 2001. While working in Las Vegas, he called the very first game of the original [[XFL game(2001)|XFL]] featuring the [[Las Vegas Outlaws (XFL)|Las Vegas Outlaws]] over local radio. During this time, he also hosted an afternoon show on [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]-based radio station [[KNBR. (AM)|KNBR]]. At one time, KNBR had Tournour for his local show, his four-hour national show, and an overnight replay of at least a portion of that national show before the next broadcast day began.

In June 2001, Tournour landed at the upstart [[Fox Sports Radio]], hosting an afternoon show. He was later moved to the evening, hostingdoing a late-night syndicated sports show on SportsFan Radio Network. The show was shifted to 3 pm Pacific, 6 pm Eastern, in 2012.

Tournour also hosted, until the end of the 2005 season, a Sunday night show, ''Fox Sunday Game Time React'', where he discussed the [[American football|football]] games of the day with [[Bryan Cox]]. This It was eventually replaced by a similar show hosted by John Fricke and Chris Landry.

He previously hosted a show that aired weekdays from 5&nbsp;pm to 8&nbsp;pm Pacific time (8&nbsp;pm to 11&nbsp;pm Eastern) on [[Fox Sports Radio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportsradio.com/pages/about_jtthebrick.html|title=About JT The Brick|access-date=21 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209144814/http://www.foxsportsradio.com/pages/about_jtthebrick.html|archive-date=9 February 2014}}</ref> The primary focus of his Fox Sports Radio program iswas the [[NFL]], and, on Friday nights during the season and playoffs, he callsasked for at least one caller from every NFL team (during the playoffs, those in the playoffs) to answer his "NFL Roll Call". Fox Sports announced on Sept. 11, 2018 that Tournour and producer Steve Gorman were let go by the network.<ref>https://radioinsight.com/headlines/170474/steve-gorman-jt-the-brick-out-at-fox-sports-radio/ JT The Brick Out at Fox Sports Radio</ref>

Tournour made a guest appearance on [[CNBC]]'s ''[[The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch]]'' on June 26, 2006, to discuss the feud between ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' columnist [[Jay Mariotti]], and [[Chicago White Sox]] skipper [[Ozzie Guillén]].

In addition to his hosting duties, Tournour isfor a time did a regular sports columnistcolumn for [[MSNBC|MSNBC.com]].

Tournour made himself available for an extensive interview in Alan Eisenstock's [[2001 in literature|2001]] book, ''Sports Talk'' (Rome declined numerous requests for an interview for the same book). In the interview, Tournour details his decision to leave a six-figure income as a stockbroker to chase his dream of talking sports for a living. He also weighs in onabout his relationship with Rome:

Tournour purchased a residence in [[Summerlin, Nevada]] with his wife Julie and histheir two sons on January 7, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lasvegas.blockshopper.com/news/story/400054481-Fox_Radio_host_buys_in_Summerlin |title=Fox Radio host buys in Summerlin |author= Kathy Noyes|date= 2010-01-21|work= |publisher= |accessdateaccess-date=27 January 2010}}</ref>

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