Kidd Kraddick in the Morning

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Kidd Kraddick in the Morning


Genre Comedy, Talk
Running time 5 hours (approximately)
Country Flag of United States United States
Home station KHKS
Starring Kidd Kraddick
Kellie Rasberry
Big Al Mack
Creator(s) Kidd Kraddick
Executive producer(s) Psycho Shannon
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 51 affiliates, including flagship station KHKS in Dallas, Texas.

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[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 character-based reality show. Whether he’s talking about how he spent the day with his wife Carol and daughter Caroline, or beating Kevin Federline in a Dance Dance Revolution contest, Kidd is one of a kind. A much admired and successful radio personality, 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, and Drunk News. 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 dispenses advice about how to work a marriage work. This is a running joke on the show because Big Al is divorced but the marriage didn't last when he took a date to his own wedding.

[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.

[edit] JC

Jose Chavez joined the show (July 10, 2006). He joins Kidd and the gang from Channel 93.3 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 frequently speaks about his girlfriend, Kinsey, who Big Al is known to have a crush on and will use any excuse to flirt with her just to torment JC.

[edit] Taylor

Taylor Glover officially joined the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning cast August 28th, 2006, after winning a two week "Reality Radio" contest. The contest, "Radio Dream Job", involved 6 girls living together in a camera equipped loft from August 12th through August 25th. They competed for a 6 month contract with the show with individual stunts and by hosting their own internet based show. Taylor dated C.B. Hudson, who plays lead guitar and sings in the band Blue October. The pair met when he and his band members were studio guests. She ended the relationship just before Christmas 2006, saying that they were looking for different things out of the relationship. She felt she was not ready to "put that kind of effort" in, and that he "deserved someone who would."

[edit] Former cast members

  • Maria Todd

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

[edit] Affiliates

[edit] Recurring Bits

Some recurring bits on the show include Love Letters to Kellie, the Hizzywood Hizzle, Kidd 2.0, the Happy Couple, the Mommy Test, Does That Make Me Crazy?, Al's Weekend Rap Up, JC's job interviews, and Kellie's Diary.

[edit] External links

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