"The Wall Street Journal This Morning," an hour-long show, will bring the Journal's insightful, informative and imaginative way of covering the world of business to radio listeners. This will be the "Voice of the Journal," with a creative mix of coverage that further deepens the Journal's commitment to make sense of business and the business of life. The new radio program will complement the business-news updates heard throughout the day on more than 180 affiliates of The Wall Street Journal Radio Network across the United States.

" 'The Wall Street Journal This Morning' will be an exciting, compelling new way for listeners to start the business day," said Paul Bell, executive director of The Wall Street Journal Radio Network. "We aim to focus on daily issues and stories that have personal impact on listeners: Managing your money and retirement savings in a skittish market, keeping your company and career growing in a turbulent business environment, and making wise use of your precious time," Bell continued. "Each show will preview the Journal's take on what to watch for later that day in the worlds of business, money, the markets, travel and technology, marketing and media, careers, e-commerce and much more."

Bell added, "Advertisers and radio stations alike have approached us looking for new business news programming that's engaging, informative and authoritative. 'The Wall Street Journal This Morning' answers that need. We see 'The Wall Street Journal This Morning' as an immediate leader in the growing category of nationally syndicated business-news programming. We welcome the chance to compete, and we believe with Ron Kilgore as a strong, nationally known and acclaimed anchor, the show will be great success.

"Joining 'The Wall Street Journal This Morning' as host is a dream come true for me," said Ron Kilgore. "To be a part of the Journal's world-wide news gathering team, and to write, edit and broadcast for the number one business news brand is an extraordinary opportunity for me. It's a wonderful challenge, but it will also be fun to bring the Journal alive for radio listeners at home, in the car and even people arriving early at the office," Kilgore continued.
Chuck Fishman, currently editor of CNET Radio's morning show and producer of its "AnchorDesk with David Coursey" program, will join The Wall Street Journal This Morning" as producer. Since joining CNET Radio as a producer in January 2000, Fishman has been part of a team which has built and defined the nation's first all technology news radio station. Prior to his positions with CNET, Fishman was producer for 2 ½ years of "Business for Breakfast," on Clear Channel Radio's KTLK-AM, Denver. (The Denver station now uses the call letters KKZN-AM.) CNET Radio is a unit of CNET Networks, Inc., San Francisco. Clear Channel Radio is a unit of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., San Antonio.

"The Wall Street Journal This Morning" will feature content from each day's Journal, The Wall Street Journal Online, the Dow Jones Newswires, and The Wall Street Journal Sunday. Mr. Kilgore will oversee all news content broadcast on "The Wall Street Journal This Morning." He and Mr. Fishman will work closely with reporters, editors and columnists from The Wall Street Journal and its parent, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

The late September launch of the new radio program further broadens the Journal's 113-year commitment to covering the important business news of the day.

About Ron Kilgore

Ron Kilgore, host of "The Wall Street Journal This Morning," is finishing a 3 1/2-year stint as anchor/reporter for the KFWB-Los Angeles Times Noon Business Hour, and seven years at KFWB. In that time he has successfully melded his own original reporting and interviewing with business-news coverage from The Los Angeles Times. While at KFWB he has won "Golden Mike" awards from the Southern California Radio-TV News Directors Association for best live coverage, best spot news coverage, best economic news report, and best team coverage. Prior to his position at KFWB-AM, Mr. Kilgore was for five years the news director at KFYI-AM in Phoenix. He also was an anchor and reporter for NBC Radio News and Mutual Radio in Washington, D.C. Mr. Kilgore, a native of Oklahoma, got his start in radio at KKAR-AM, Pomona, California.