America’s Digital Goddess®, Kim Komando is one of America’s most successful radio hosts and web entrepreneurs.
The Kim Komando Show, her three-hour call-in talk-radio show, airs weekly to 420-plus stations and an estimated 6.5 million listeners. Kim’s Daily Tech Update reports air globally, and her website, Komando.com, newsletters, e-books and syndicated USA Today column reach millions.
It’s not about techies and computer troubleshooting anymore. It’s now about a lifestyle — the lifestyle of a digital age.
— Kim Komando
Komando started her journey by selling Unisys mainframes to corporate clients. In 1992, she realized consumers needed help with the looming digital world, so she pivoted. Kim began her radio career with a late-night call-in show about computers on Phoenix’s 550 KFYI-AM, “The Valley’s Talk Station.”
Today, The Kim Komando Show is the largest weekend radio show in the country. Komando is also a star in the talk-radio community. She received the Gracie Award for Outstanding Program Host in 2007. In 2009, she was named Talker‘s “Woman of the Year” and spoke at Fortune‘s Most Powerful Woman Summit. Kim was even the answer to a question in Trivial Pursuit!
Komando and her husband, Barry Young, built their first studio in 1994. Today, they operate WestStar MultiMedia Entertainment, Inc., from a 24,000-square-foot multimedia broadcast production and soundstage facility in central Phoenix.
