Matt "Money" Smith

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Matt "Money" Smith (born August 28, 1973 in East Chicago, Indiana) is a Southern California sports radio personality. Smith co-hosts the "Petros and Money Show" (PMS) with partner Petros Papadakis on KLAC-AM, ("AM 570") in Los Angeles, the station's afternoon drive-time program.[1] As of the 2006 season, Smith also hosts the station's pre- and post-game shows (The "Lakers Zone") for the Los Angeles Lakers. [2] He is married with two daughters, Parker and Payton. On June 21, 2007, Money's wife gave birth to the couple's third daughter, Preston. [3]

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[edit] Radio career

Smith attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, where he double majored in Political Science and Speech Communications. In 1994, his junior year of college, Smith took a job as the "sports guy" for Los Angeles modern rock radio station KROQ. At the station, Smith earned the name "Money" from his co-workers, including personalities such as Kevin and Bean and Jimmy Kimmel.

[edit] Music Business

After he graduated college, Smith left KROQ to work at Polygram Records and later Dreamworks Records. Between 1998 and 2003, in an effort to pay back his student loans, Smith again took up radio work with KROQ in tandem with his employment with Dreamworks.

[edit] Return to Radio

He returned to radio full-time in 2004 when KROQ Program Director Kevin Weatherly offered him a more prominent role in the station's morning show and the title of Music Director for the station.[4] In 2006, KLAC AM-570 in Los Angeles lured Smith away from KROQ to host "The Lakers Zone" prior to and following every Laker game. Soon after beginning his duties hosting the Lakers pre- and post-game shows on their local flagship station, Smith also lent his voice to a new KLAC programming venture. On January 8, 2007 Smith began co-hosting the Petros & Money Show, which currently runs Monday-Friday from 4pm-to-7pm. [5]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ AM 570 KLAC K-Los Angeles California/Orange County
  2. ^ AM 570 KLAC K-Los Angeles California/Orange County
  3. ^ Petros and Money Show. Aired 6/21/07
  4. ^ AM 570 KLAC K-Los Angeles California/Orange County
  5. ^ AM 570 KLAC K-Los Angeles California/Orange County

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