Indy Radio: Bob Kevoian Discloses Cancer Battle

Bob Kevoian, former co-host of “The Bob & Tom Show,” announced he is battling gastric cancer in his guest appearance on his former show Wednesday morning.

Kevoian explained his diagnosis came on Good Friday in April. He also said treatment via chemotherapy and radiation began immediately.

Kevoian retired from the show in 2015, but plans to document his cancer treatment journey in a new podcast called "The Bob & Cancer Show".

Bob Kevoian

Bob Kevoian, co-founder of radio’s “The Bob & Tom Show,” is talking about his recent diagnosis of stomach cancer on a new podcast.

Retired since 2015, Kevoian made a rare appearance Wednesday morning on the syndicated “Bob & Tom” show based in Indianapolis to publicly reveal that he was diagnosed with cancer in April, reports The Indy Business Journal.

Kevoian, 72, talked about a new podcast, titled “The Bob & Cancer Show,” he’s making with his wife, Becky Kevoian, and songwriting partner Whit Grayson.

The first six episodes of the show, which recap Kevoian’s experiences with radiation and chemotherapy treatment, are available to listeners.

“We’re doing this podcast to explain what happens to us every week as we go along,” Kevoian said on the first episode. “We have kept this very private until now. We’re going to hopefully walk you through what actually happens, in case something like this happens to you or a loved one.”

Kevoian described cancer as an unexpected new partner that he hates and needs to eradicate.

On the podcast’s first episode, Becky Kevoian quoted her husband’s doctor as saying, “This is a rough road that Bob’s going down, but it’s curable.”

Kevoian and Tom Griswold launched “The Bob & Tom Show,” which continues to include Kevoian’s name in its title, on radio station WFBQ-FM 94.7 on March 7, 1983.

The duo’s work on the comedy-themed morning show led to induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2015.

Today, Griswold and a cast that includes veteran sidekicks Chick McGee and Kristi Lee are heard on dozens of radio stations nationwide, including “Bob & Tom’s” 6 to 10 a.m. slot on Q95.