Simon Conway

Simon Conway is a London-born radio show host and public speaker who hosts a talk show on WHO-AM in Des Moines, Iowa.

Early life Conway was born in London, England, and raised in nearby Willesden. He became interested in journalism at a young age. Moving to Israel as a teenager, Conway began his professional career as a 16-year-old journalist at The Jerusalem Post in 1976. From the age of 18, back in the U.K., he was "doing shifts" on the Sunday Mirror and News of the World. He went undercover to investigate "the awful Children of God sect" and produced "stuff for Panorama on the National Front".

Career In the U.K. Conway did radio work on BBC Radio 4 or Radio 5 Live.

WHO-AM In 2011, Conway took a radio show hosting position at WHO-AM in Des Moines, Iowa. Conway has been an opponent of camera-generating traffic tickets stating in 2014: “The cameras are about money and only money. Cameras have absolutely nothing to do with safety, and the devices actually cause wrecks. If yellow-light times were increased by one second, wrecks at those intersections can be reduced by 50 percent.” Following Iowa's move to increase the gas tax by 10 cents a gallon in 2015, Conway urged his listeners to re-register as independents and "ditch the GOP".

Personal Conway is Jewish

After suffering two heart attacks during one week in 2017, Conway quit smoking and returned to the broadcast booth.