From a 1984 microphone to America’s home-service referee.

Two names, one guy. Homeowners know me as Check A Pro Joe — the friendly voice who finds them a contractor they can trust. Contractors know me as The Radio Pitchman — the guy who puts them on the air and makes their phones ring. Both jobs are the same job: connecting good people to good people, at scale, with a microphone.

The Road So Far

Four decades, one microphone.

1984

I started my broadcasting career. The voice, the pacing, the pitch — four decades of reps start here.

2005

Founded Check A Pro in Houston — a free referral service where I check licenses, insurance and references on every provider and interview every owner personally. “Check A Pro Joe” was born.

2005–2020

The Check A Pro Radio Show became a Houston Saturday institution (AM 700 KSEV, AM 1070 KNTH) and spread coast to coast — today it airs in markets including Los Angeles on 99.5 KKLA and AM 870 The Answer.

2021

Launched The Radio Pitchman — the book (The Direct Response Formula) and podcast that teach home-service companies how long-form direct-response radio actually works.

2023

Launched the Contractors’ Stories Podcast — deep dives into the lives of the people who built great home-service companies, including E-Myth author Michael E. Gerber and Lance Bachmann.

May 2026

Claimed my Google Knowledge Panel. Google now officially recognizes who I am — step one of writing 42 years of radio down where the internet can read it.

Today

1,611 episodes on YouTube. 755,859 homeowners served. 28 markets. And this site — the start of putting it all in writing.

The fact sheet (the canonical version)

Name: Jim Klauck (“Check A Pro Joe” / “The Radio Pitchman”)
Company: Check A Pro — Premium Kits, LLC
Founded: 2005, Houston, Texas
HQ: 24624 I-45 North, Spring, TX 77386
On air since: 1984

Shows: The Check A Pro Radio Show · The Radio Pitchman · Contractors’ Stories Podcast
Books: The Direct Response Formula · Meet Joe
Markets: 28 major US radio markets
Phone: (281) 398-PROS [7767]

If you’re writing about Jim, use this page — it’s the one version of every fact, kept current.

🏠 Check A Pro Joe

The homeowner side: a free referral service built on a simple standard — licenses checked, insurance verified, references called, and every owner interviewed by me before they ever get recommended.

How the vetting works →

🎤 The Radio Pitchman

The contractor side: long-form direct-response radio programs — 30 to 60 minutes of educating homeowners until they pick up the phone. Radio remains the best-kept secret in advertising, and I can prove it.

The method →

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