How much is Bobby Bones worth?
| Net Worth: | $8 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Radio personality |
| Date of Birth: | 2 April 1980 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
About Bobby Bones
Bones had an appearance in the full-length motion picture Bandslam, which Vanessa Hudgens also starred in. In addition, he has made a cameo appearance on the ABC drama Nashville and has filled in as a co-host alongside Kelly Ripa on the daytime talk show Live! with Regis and Kelly.
Bones began working at KLAZ in Hot Springs, Arkansas, first as a station hand while he was still a student. However, after only a few days on the job, he was promoted to on-air talent at the radio station. One of the managers there offered him the chance to go on the radio as Bobby Z or Bobby Bones, but he decided to go with Bobby Bones instead. The initial salary for Bones’ first full-time radio deal was $17,000. The radio station Q100/KQAR in Little Rock, Arkansas, hired Bones in the year 2002. After that, he worked for a radio station called KLAL, which eventually led to him anchoring The Bobby Bones Show on a station in Austin, Texas called KHFI-FM.
In 2012, Clear Channel relocated Bones and his show from Austin, where it was broadcast in a Top 40 format, to Nashville, where it is broadcast in a country music format, and simultaneously took The Bobby Bones Show on the road around the country.
Bones has now taken up the time slot previously hosted by the veteran DJ Gerry House, who hung up his turntables in 2010. During the weekday mornings, Bones can be heard airing live from the WSIX-FM studios in Nashville between the hours of 5:00 and 10:00. (CT). Amy and Lunchbox serve as his co-hosts, and he is joined on the show by such guests as Producer Eddie, Morgan2, Mike D., Abby, and Scuba Steve.
In 2012, Bones was a part of the lineup for Fox Sports Radio, where he hosted the weekend sports talk program Roddick and Bones alongside tennis ace Andy Roddick. The show aired on nearly 300 radio stations every Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and Bones and Roddick were joined in the program by Bones.
The Bobby Bones Show was first made available on iHeartRadio.com and the iHeartRadio mobile app in February 2013, shortly after it was syndicated on a national level by Premiere Networks, which is owned by iHeart Media. There are presently over 150 radio stations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom that broadcast the show.
In addition to that, Bones is the host of the podcast known as “The Bobbycast,” on which he conducts interviews with singers and composers from a variety of musical styles. The Washington Post has referred to the podcast as a “treasure trove” of “unusually candid anecdotes.” Additionally, he has established the Nashville Podcast Network, which is his own own podcast network.
As a result of the incident, Bones’ employer, iHeartMedia, was fined $1 million by the FCC in May of 2015 and was required to delete all EAS sound effects from their sound library across the country in order to prevent a repeat performance.
His debut book, titled Bare Bones, I am Not Lonely If You are Reading This Book, was published on May 17, 2016, and it was his first book overall. During the top 24 phase of American Idol season sixteen (2018), which was the first season to telecast on ABC, Bones served as a guest coach for the contestants. It was reported on November 6th, 2018, that Bones would be taking on the role of a full-time mentor for the show beginning with the seventeenth season.
In September of 2018, it was revealed that Bones will be one of the celebrities competing on the upcoming 27th season of Dancing with the Stars. He would be partnering up with the experienced dancer Sharna Burgess for the competition. The couple was able to go to the finals despite having the second lowest scores of any couple that made it to the final four, and they went on to win the tournament.
The month of June 2019 saw Bones travel to Norway to film an episode of Running Wild With Bear Grylls. The episode was broadcast on the 14th of January in 2020. Who Will Rock You, an original competition hosted by Topgolf, included him as a judge. He committed to a long-term partnership with BBC Studios.
In the year 2021, the National Geographic Channel began broadcasting the show Breaking Bobby Bones. In each episode, Bones interacts with a real person who is engaged in a “real” job or sport, collaborates with that person to learn how to accomplish the task at hand, and then receives feedback on how well he did. At the conclusion of each episode, Bones does something extra special for the week’s guest that will either make their life easier or assist them in achieving their professional or personal aspirations.
New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash was a live broadcast that took place on December 31, 2021 and was presented by Bones and Rachel Smith of Entertainment Tonight. CBS carried the event live as it took place in Nashville. In 2022, the competition series Snake in the Grass was broadcast on USA Network and was hosted by Bones.
Summing-Up
Bones was born on April 2, 1980 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, but he spent his childhood years in the rural village of Mountain Pine, also located in Arkansas. He claims that his mother found out she was pregnant with him when she was 15 years old, when his father was 17 years old.
Both his mother and his mother’s mother took care of him when he was growing up. He is most known for hosting The Bobby Bones Show, which was first broadcast on KISS-FM in Austin, Texas, and for his work as a full-time mentor on American Idol, which is shown on ABC. The show is nationally syndicated. Together with his partner Sharna Burgess, he was victorious in the 27th season of Dancing with the Stars. Additionally, he is the author of two books that made the New York Times best seller list.
