Frank Murphy

 Frank Murphy is the host and head writer of Tennessee Scholars’ Bowl, a long-running televised academic tournament for area high schools. The program airs weekdays at 5:30 p.m. on East Tennessee PBS. Frank joined Scholars’ Bowl at the start of its 2017 season.

On weekends Frank can be heard on B97.5 (WJXB-FM). He also hosts the station’s weekly public affairs show, “East Tennessee Now,” which airs Sunday mornings and is available as a podcast. The radio station can be streamed online at b975.com, on smart speakers, and via their mobile app.

Frank is available to give presentations about the books and notable cases of world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass at events planned by the team at BoneZones.com. Frank served as emcee and facilitator for Dr. Bass for many years.

Frank performed short-form comedy improv for over twenty years as a member of Einstein Simplified. He occasionally returns to perform with the troupe on special occasions. Since 2019, Frank has portrayed six characters as a voice actor in the annual Nativity Pageant of Knoxville. Frank was in the cast of several Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Association productions from 2011 to 2019, including The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. From 2014 to 2018, he was in the cast of the Front Page Follies, an annual musical spoof of local news stories.

Frank has emceed many fundraisers and festivals in East Tennessee including the Rocky Hill Christmas Parade, the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame Awards Gala, the Best of Blount Awards, Marble City Opera’s Pop-Up Opera Party the GO! Contemporary Dance Works Gala, New Year’s on the Square, and the Karns Fairest of the Fair Pageant. In 2018 and 2024, he was voted “Knoxville’s Finest Emcee” by the readers of Blank Newspaper.

Prior to joining B97.5 (WJXB), Frank was heard on the air in Knoxville at WGAP, WPLA, WNOX, WWST, WTXM, and WOKI. Prior to moving to Tennessee, Frank worked at KLOS, KROQ, and KPWR in Los Angeles and WAVA in Washington, D.C.

Frank graduated from George Mason University, where he won the Senior of the Year award. He became a KCBS Certified Barbeque Judge in 2013. His hobbies include writing, swimming, and growing figs. Frank has visited all 50 states and hopes to take his wife Jere to the two states she has not yet visited. Frank and Jere have two adult children and five grandchildren.  

Award-winning News Sentinel humor columnist Sam Venable is a member of the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame and the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame. In print and in person, he has been entertaining audiences throughout Southern Appalachia for fifty years. Sam graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in Journalism, which he says "is the perfect degree for a professional smart-aleck!"

 Contact: mahv@outlook.com

     Ron has busy in his career. 

Starting with:

 Houghton College, Houghton, NY

(1965-67), 

The University of Tennessee, 

Knoxville, TN (B.S 1969)

College of Law, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (J.D. 1972)

35 years of legal service with The University of Tennessee as legal counsel employed by the University's Office of General Counsel. Ron now has two books: 1.  

Dr. Berryman, Ph.D.: D-ABFA

Professor Emeritus, MTSU

Doctoral advisor: Dr. Bill Bass

Dr. Berryman  is one of only three forensic anthropologists in the state of Tennessee and seventy-four in the nation certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology.  Dr. Berryman has received two awards offered by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS): the Ellis R. Kerley Award in 2008 (for a research paper on detection of gunshot primer residue on bone[1] ) and the T. Dale Stewart lifetime achievement award in 2012. 

Come hear Dr. Berryman lecture about  blunt force trauma such as cranial gunshot wounds, and much more.

If you need additional certified speakers Art Bohanan has worked with Dr. Bass for the past 30 years. He is in 10 of the 12 books as himself.  

Arthur M. Bohanan is an internationally award winning patented inventor, researcher, lecturer and writer, a Certified Latent Print Examiner (one of 860 in the world), a certified FEMA  Mass Fatality Course Instructor and a certified police instructor with 52 years in the study and practical application of forensics in thousands of violent crime scenes.   He earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from East Tennessee State University with further studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Art created the first ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) task force in Tennessee in 1999 and worked in an online undercover capacity until he retired in May 2001  as a Police Specialist III, former AFIS Manager and Senior Forensic Examiner with the Knoxville Police Department(26 years). Art twice received the Knoxville Police Officer of the year award and was awarded Walters State Community College’s first “Distinguished Alumnus Award” in March 2000 for his contribution as a researcher, consultant and lecturer in the field of forensics. Bohanan was inducted into the International Hall of Fame in Atlanta (sponsored by the Inventors Clubs of America) with two distinguished awards plus a doctorate in science and technology for pioneering research involving children’s fingerprints.  He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 by the East Tennessee CPIT Advocacy Counsel and the National Children’s Advocacy Center’s (Huntsville) Outstanding Service for Law Enforcement in 2011. Art  received the Citation of Excellence Award  from the Dept of Justice and the Amber Alert when he retired May lst 2012.  He has completed research at the University of Tennessee’s  “Body Farm”, with the F.B.I., and Oak Ridge National Lab.  He was a senior forensic consultant and instructor for the Fox Valley/Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention/National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the national Amber Alert Program. Co-author of  “Child Fatality Investigations”, “Investigative Strategies for Missing and Abducted Children “, “Forensic Response to Missing and Abducted Children,” that he taught nationwide. Also just retired as Communications /Environmental  Officer  with the U.S. Public Health’s  DMORT WMD (disaster response)  Team. Bohanan  is a founding father  of  the National Forensic Academy  at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and  a founding board member and past President of Safe Harbor Child Advocacy  Center. 

AL HAZARI - 2014 ​Science is for students ages two to 102—that’s the motto of Al Hazari. A lecturer and director of the undergraduate chemistry laboratories, Hazari is a champion for science. His chemistry “magic shows” have been enjoyed by countless kids and adults for over twenty-two years. It started with grant from the American Chemical Society, which allowed him to visit local schools to demonstrate hands-on activities 

Dr. Bass and Dr. Hazari get together you never know what might blow up!!

Bone Zones Team: We will  be happy to schedule your event, post on www.bonezones.com,  & Facebook. 

Just give us a call:

865-556-[BONE]2663

Dr. Bass , Dr. Hazari, Art Bohanan, with Frank Murphy as emcee. This team is what your looking for CEU credits.  

  Dedicated of the new William M. Bass Forensic Anthropology Building 9/27/2011 in a ceremony that celebrated the achievements of the world-renowned forensic anthropologist. Bass is a third generation in his family  to have an educational building name after him.

The new building, behind the  UT Medical Center, will enhance research programs and provide classroom facilities for UT students and the many law enforcement, fire, and medical professionals who train at the adjacent Anthropological Research Facility.

See more:

https://news.utk.edu/2011/09/27/bass-forensic-anthropology-building-dedication/

See:

https://fac.utk.edu/wm-bass-donated-skeletal-collection/

See:

http://fac.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Body_Donation_Packet_2017.pdf

Dr. William M. Bass III