“Check A Pro Joe”
The on-air guide behind Check A Pro: a free referral service for homeowners looking for checked home-service providers.
How Check A Pro worksThe verified story
From a 1984 microphone to a trusted home-service voice.
Jim Klauck built two public-facing identities around one idea: informed people make better decisions. This is the canonical account behind both names.
Jim saw the same problem from both sides. Homeowners had trouble telling a dependable contractor from a risky one, while capable contractors struggled to explain why their work deserved trust. In 2005, he founded Check A Pro in Houston to address both.
The through line
Check the provider. Ask better questions. Give the expert enough time to teach. Let an informed listener decide.
One person, two public names
The distinction is simple.
“The Radio Pitchman”
The contractor-facing teacher behind long-form direct-response radio programs and the book The Direct Response Formula.
How Jim approaches radioThe road so far
A verified timeline, without the mythology.
Dates and descriptions are limited to the source record assembled in June 2026.
- 1984
The first microphone
Jim begins his broadcasting career, according to his official host biography—the start of decades of work behind a microphone.
- 2005
Check A Pro begins in Houston
Jim founds a free homeowner referral service whose published process reviews license, insurance, and reference information during onboarding and includes an owner interview.
- 2005–2020
The show reaches more markets
The Check A Pro Radio Show grows from its Houston base to carriage in major markets across the country.
- 2020–2021
The Radio Pitchman
Jim launches the contractor-facing brand, podcast, and book The Radio Pitchman — The Direct Response Formula.
- 2023–2024
Contractors’ Stories
Long-form interviews begin documenting how home-service leaders built their companies.
- May 2026
A recognized entity
Jim’s Google Knowledge Panel is claimed, according to the confirmation record reviewed for the authority audit.
Canonical fact sheet
The details that should stay consistent everywhere.
- Name
- Jim Klauck
- Known as
- “Check A Pro Joe” and “The Radio Pitchman”
- Role
- Founder and President, Check A Pro — Premium Kits, LLC
- Based in
- Spring, Texas
- Broadcasting since
- 1984, according to Jim’s official host biography
- Check A Pro founded
- 2005, Houston
- Shows
- The Check A Pro Radio Show, The Radio Pitchman, Contractors’ Stories
- Published work
- The Radio Pitchman — The Direct Response Formula; the Check A Pro guide/title Meet Joe