Kidd Kraddick in the Morning

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Kidd Kraddick in the Morning
Genre	Comedy, Talk
Running time	4 hours (approximately)
Country	United States
Home station	KHKS
Starring	Kidd Kraddick Kellie Rasberry Big Al Mack
Creators	Kidd Kraddick
Producers	Shanon Murphy
Air dates	to Present
Website www.kiddlive.com

Kidd Kraddick in the Morning is a syndicated radio morning show, airing 5am-10am CST, and primarily serving CHR/Top 40 formatted stations. Based in Irving, Texas, the show has 62 affiliates, including flagship station KHKS in Dallas, Texas.

1 Show Format
- 1.1 Summary
- 1.2 Recurring Bits
2 Hosts
3 Affiliates
- 3.1 Awards
- 3.2 References
4 External links

[edit] Show Format

[edit] Summary

The Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show is an entertaining, family friendly comedy talk show. The show airs at a time when most people are getting ready for work or on their morning drive. Most people tune in for Kidd's high energy and enthusiasm which sets the pace of the show. While high in energy and entertainment, it is as a consequence shallow when it comes to subject matter. You will seldom hear heavy political talk, or rarely will the show venture too deeply into dark controversial topics. Instead, the show will usually consists of comedy bits and light hearted talk of current events, celebrity news, pop-culture, pop music and family life. As such, the show serves as a light-hearted and entertaining morning "pick me up".

[edit] Recurring Bits

Some recurring bits on the show include "Love Letters to Kellie," the "Hizzywood Hizzle", the "Happy Couple," the "Mommy Test," "Does That Make Me Crazy?," "Al's Weekend Rap Up, JC's "Take this job and shove it!" , "Somebody's Hot for Wally," "Kellie's Diary," and "Kinsey and JC"

[edit] Hosts

[edit] Kidd Kraddick

Host Kidd Kraddick has built a devoted fan base in cities nationwide with his syndicated show Kidd Kraddick in the Morning. His infectious enthusiasm drives the show’s entertaining comedy and pop-culture format. Show topics range from how he spent the day with his wife Carol and daughter Caroline, to taking on and beating Kevin Federline in a Dance Dance Revolution contest. Kraddick’s list of accolades includes Billboard Magazine "Air Personality of the Year" a coveted Marconi Award for "Radio Personality of the Year" and winner of the first annual WB Radio Music Awards as the "Best On-Air Personality in the Country." Beyond his professional achievements, Kidd has been lauded for his commitment to community causes with his annual charity, Kidd’s Kids that raises money to send terminally and chronically ill children and their families to Walt Disney World. To date, Kraddick has accompanied more than 1,500 children and their families on the trip.

[edit] Kellie Rasberry

Starting her radio career at the age of 19, Rasberry quickly assumed the duties of news director and eventually hosted her own morning radio show in her hometown of Florence, South Carolina. In addition to her on-air duties and her commitment to Kidd's Kids, Rasberry enjoys auditioning for occasional acting and voice-over work. Her biggest role to date was playing the part of Teresa in LeAnn Rimes' made-for-television movie, "Holiday in your Heart." Rasberry also had the honor of co-hosting, along with Kidd Kraddick, the webcast of the "2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards," and she co-hosted an episode of "Live with Regis!" during "Women of Radio" week. Kellie gave birth to her first child, Emma Kelly, via c-section, on October 19th, 2006. However, she recently finalized her divorce from her husband of 2 and a half years, Freddie Pooladsanj, due to irreconcilable differences.

[edit] Big Al Mack

Born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Al joined Kidd Kraddick in the Morning after being a client. He is known for his womanizing, though he is constantly searching for a girlfriend. Some of his more popular bits include: Tin Can Turkey Man, Cymbal Man, Air Horn Man, Little John Deere, Drunk News, and Wordy Birdy, affiliated with the "Word of the Day". He has two well-known titles on the show: he is dubbed "Random Man" for always bringing up random topics during the show. Second, he is "Part-Time Dad" as he jokingly tells about the little time he spends with a child he has but sees on weekends and holidays. A favorite bit of listeners is "Big Al's Marriage Tip of the Day" where he ironically dispenses marriage advice despite his own relationship issues.

[edit] Psycho Shanon

"Psycho" Shanon Murphy originally joined the show at 17 as an intern, and now acts as the show's producer. Shanon was given the nickname "Psycho" because of a series of letters and poems she wrote as an intern. Shanon is often harassed by the cast about her orientation.

[edit] JC

Jose Chavez joined the show July 10, 2006. He joined Kidd and the gang from Channel 933 in San Diego, CA, where he was known as "50 peso". He confessed to urinating in bottles as a bad habit, was caught eating off of another hotel guest's room service tray while in New York for the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, and admitted to buying a used mattress from a hotel. JC has a girlfriend, Kinsey. Big Al sometimes torments JC by flirting with her. Recently JC has moved to Dallas and joined the crew in the studio. He is often sent out for bits like going to job interviews and seeing how long it takes to aggravate the interviewer, often getting him kicked out. He goes by J Si.

[edit] Former cast members

Taylor Glover

Taylor Glover joined the cast August 28th, 2006, after winning a two week "Reality Radio" contest "Radio Dream Job".

Tom Gribble aka Flake Boy

Scott Robb

Rich Shertenlieb

Maria Todd

Maria Todd left the show November 17, 2006 after filling in while Kellie took maternity leave. Maria joined the crew after working with Sam Malone, and then Atom Smasher on 104 KRBE in Houston, Texas.

Bert Weiss

Jocelyn White

[edit] Affiliates

[edit] Awards

Kraddick has been recognized several times during his career for excellence in broadcasting. He was awarded radio's prestigious Marconi Award as radio personality of the year. Additionally, Kraddick was also named Best Radio Personality in the Country on national television via the first-ever Radio Music Awards.

In 2007, the show was nominated for the Syndicated Personality/Show of the Year award by Radio & Records magazine. Other finalists included Delilah, Blair Garner, Steve Harvey, The Lia Show, and John Tesh. ^[1]