Dennis Wholey

Dennis Wholey
Dennis Wholey
	U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	B.A., Catholic University of America (1959)
Occupation(s)	Television host/producer, news anchor
Years active	1960-present

Dennis Wholey (born July 2, 1939) is an American television host and producer, and the author of a number of self-help books, one of which was a New York Times bestseller. He currently hosts This is America & The World with Dennis Wholey, an interview program shown throughout the U.S. on public television stations and distributed worldwide on Voice of America Television.

Life and career

The son of an attorney father and a librarian mother, Wholey received a

Taft Broadcasting Company sister station WTVN-TV in Columbus. In 1969 he was the emcee of a short-lived game show, The Generation Gap, on ABC

.

Wholey then became the host of the morning show AM Detroit on

WTVS-TV in Detroit from 1982 to 1985, which was widely distributed by PBS. He later hosted LateNight America with Dennis Wholey, also for PBS, beginning in 1989. He currently hosts This is America & the World with Dennis Wholey since its start in 1998,^[1]

which is distributed nationwide by NETA (on PBS and independent public stations) and the AmericanLife TV cable channel.

Radio/TV Mirror magazine named one of Wholey's talk shows an "outstanding program" in the Midwest, and he received the Golden Mike award from the

valium addictions, which reached serious proportions during the 1970s before he found help in an alcoholics' support group. The book also included interviews with other recovering alcoholics, including former Congressman Wilbur Mills, rock musician Pete Townshend, Monty Python performer Graham Chapman, and trumpeter Doc Severinsen

.

Wholey followed The Courage to Change with a book on the sometimes elusive nature of happiness, Are You Happy? Some Answers to the Most Important Question in Your Life (1986). Featuring interviews with such figures as chef Julia Child, reporter Helen Thomas, actress Ruby Dee and critic Cleveland Amory, the book advised active involvement in life and a careful avoidance of self-pity and resentment. Wholey's third book Becoming Your Own Parent: The Solution for Adult Children of Alcoholic and Other Dysfunctional Families (1988) focused on poorly functioning families and included some material on Wholey's own often difficult childhood.

Wholey continued in the self-help genre with When the Worst That Can Happen Already Has: Conquering Life's Most Difficult Times (1992) and The Miracle of Change: The Path to Self Discovery and Spiritual Growth (1997). His newest book, published in 2007, is Why Do I Keep Doing That? Why Do I Keep Doing That?: Breaking the Negative Patterns in Your Life, which discusses how to escape counterproductive behavior patterns.

Wholey is also the author of a sports fantasy, The Chance of a Lifetime: An Amazing Super Bowl Story.

Wholey is a part time professor at his alma mater Catholic University; teaching courses where he shares his experiences interviewing politicians and the media industry in general.^[2]