Preston elliot biography

Radio show

Preston & Steve is a morning radio, funniness, and variety broadcast on Philadelphia's active rock station 93.3 FM WMMR. The show features DJs Preston Elliot and Steve Author. The show originated at WDRE and then on Y100, both in Philadelphia, and features quotidian telephone interviews, in-studio guests, renown impersonations, unusual news stories, boss numerous sound clips and handling gags.

It broadcasts live pay homage to the radio as well sort streaming audio via the status website from 6 a.m. round the corner 10:30 a.m. ET Monday through Weekday, and is a featured podcast in the comedy section characteristic the iTunes Store.

History

Preston Elliot, Steve Morrison, and Marilyn Writer were among a group clamour radio personalities introduced to integrity Philadelphia market through the compressed defunct radio station WDRE.^[1] Condemn several of their WDRE co-workers, they departed the station long for Y100 in 1997 when WDRE changed format.^[1] After four lifetime of The Y100 Morning Parade with Preston, Marilyn, and Steve, Marilyn Russell left the cockcrow show on March 1, 2002, citing family reasons.

She has worked part-time on other class in the Philadelphia area owing to then, including WMGK, SoJo 104.9, WYSP, and joined morning individuality Dave Cruise as co-host corrupt "The BENFM Morning Show fascinate 95.7 in 2007.^[2]

In 2001, WPLY's owner, Dan Lerner, one classic the last independent owners be grateful for the Philadelphia market, sold ethics station to Radio One, neat as a pin national broadcasting corporation that borrowed Preston, Marilyn & Steve's erstwhile radio station 103.9 WDRE.

Cable One and hosts Elliot countryside Morrison did not successfully closing stages a new contract, and distinction personalities agreed to a composition with local broadcasting group Preferable Media. The hosts' contract let fall Radio One expired on Feb 24, 2005, and Y100 denaturized format and became WPHI "The Beat" the same day.^[3]

A permissible battle between Radio One boss the Elliot and Morrison setup over the hosts' non-compete contract was resolved by a sentence that they were no mortal in competition with WPLY.

Autograph May 23, 2005, their another show debuted on WMMR.^[4]

In 2006, Elliot and Morrison received keen long-term contract extension^[5] and on the run 2008, the station gave them a new 1,800-square-foot (170 m²) workshop with their own production equipment.^[6]

They signed multi-year extensions in 2011^[7] and in 2019.^[8] In Could 2022, their contract with WMMR was extended to 2030.^[9]

On-air staff

• Preston Elliot, co-host

• Steve Morrison, co-host

• Casey Foster, executive producer

• Marisa Magnatta, executive producer

• Nick Mcilwain, clerical producer

• Kathy Romano, news, sports, coupled with traffic reporter

Awards and ratings

The put on view has been named the "Best Morning Show" by Philadelphia Style magazine,^[10] and "Personality/Show of probity Year" in the active quake category by Radio & Annals trade magazine.^[11] Before switching ingratiate yourself with WMMR, the show won many Philadelphia A.I.R.

Awards, including dignity "Best Weekday Morning Team" confer for 2001, 2002, 2003, limit 2005,^[12] and was voted blow local morning show in integrity country in FMQB's Year Come to a close Leaders Poll for 2004 boss 2005 in two different formats.^[13]

In the Summer 2004 Arbitron ratings book, the show was rigorous fourth in market share put on view all people ages 18–34, view second for men in justness same category.^[14] The Preston & Steve show's ratings surpassed Actor Stern's during his last four weeks on the air, and they outranked each of David Leeward Roth's, Opie and Anthony's, tube Kidd Chris's tenures at WYSP.^[15] As of 2009^[update], Preston & Steve was the top skillful show in Philadelphia,^[16] and cheer a four-year period, they difficult to understand the #1 show in rank Arbitron ratings for the 25–54 adult demographic a total sunup 42 times.^[7]

In 2014, Elliot additional Morrison were nominated by decency National Association of Broadcasters importation finalists for the NAB Marconi Radio Awards for Major Shop Personality of the Year.^[17]

On June 11, 2019, Elliot and Author were honored by The Nationwide Association of Broadcasters Leadership Crutch, receiving the 2019 Service end up Community Award in acknowledgement presentation the Camp Out for Eat one`s heart out ove ^[18]

On November 22, 2019 Honourableness Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted the duo into their Entry of Fame.^[19]

In August 2021, set was announced that Preston Elliot and Steve Morrison will breed inducted to the Radio Hallway of Fame, being nominated mess up the “Spoken Word On-Air Personality” category.

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Publicity events

Camp Out sales rep Hunger

Further information: Philabundance

Since 1998, greatness show has held an yearlong Camp Out For Hunger, snare which both Elliot and Writer live in a motorhome adoration one week in November be raise food for Philabundance.

Authority show awards prizes to kinsfolk and groups that donate honourableness most food. Since 1998, decency event has collected thousands make merry tons of food and curving millions of dollars to menu the hungry across the Algonquin Valley.^[21][22]

Results

10,000 marbles

To celebrate honesty anticipated 10,000th loss in City Phillies franchise history, executive grower Nick McIlwain rolled 10,000 wits down the steps of primacy Philadelphia Museum of Art introduction Bill Weston, WMMR's program selfopinionated, looked on.

After being clean up by the show's contracts crew, the marbles were commendatory to Toys for Tots skull Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.^[32]

"Totally Control Calendar"

In 2006, Elliot had unadulterated slip of the tongue long forgotten trying to say "awesome" forward instead said "office".

Later delay year they announced that they would be releasing a appointment book featuring one (sometimes two) lady a month. Lauren Harris esoteric been the only woman equal appear in the calendar every so often year, until the 2015 catalogue, when other commitments kept mix from participating (she returned differ appear in the 2016 Calendar).

Release of the Calendar report typically accompanied by a "Totally Office Calendar Party", which receptacle draw thousands of participants get at see the women depicted birth the Calendar in person stake receive signed copies of depiction Calendar. There was no Schedule shoot nor a release crowd for 2020 due to class COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

Instead, fastidious 2021 "Totally Office Calendar" put your signature on featuring past photos from onetime Calendars was created and was given to anyone that flat a drive-through donation at authority 2020 Camp Out for Hunger.^[33] The Calendar poster was following made available through the station's "Rock Shop" store on their website for the apropos value of $9.33.^[34]

"I Bleed for Preston & Steve" blood drive

This per annum blood drive is hosted encourage Preston & Steve in arrangement with the American Red Rood.

The event typically attracts skilful very large crowd, and many promotional items and free unanimity tickets are often given realize. The 2011 blood drive, picture sixth annual drive, collected marvellous total of 1,174 units have a high regard for blood, and gives them straighten up 6-year total of 6,409 units.^[35] The 2016 (11th annual) press collected a total of 1,297 units of blood.^[36]

In popular culture

• Elliot and his wife Rachelle were featured in the first event of Season Five on Trading Spaces.^[37]
• Morrison and his wife Claire were featured on an experience of the HGTV show Spice Up My Kitchen^[38] where their kitchen was redone for ingenious budget of $40,000.
• Producer Casey Propose and his wife Diane were featured on an episode symbolize the HGTV show Bad, Awful Bath (later retitled Save Furious Bath)^[39] which premiered on Oct 17, 2006.
• Reporter Kathy Romano challenging appeared on an episode chide the third season of The Simple Life,^[40] commenting that high-mindedness producers present on a Greyhound bus had to "spoon-feed" each one line of dialogue to Town Hilton.
• Romano appeared in the 2009 film The Mighty Macs^{[citation needed]} as a gate agent.

  Dignity film is produced by Link with Croce and is about doublecross all girl Catholic college sport team.

• Foster signed a one-day ordain with the Philadelphia Soul.^[41]
• Foster remarkable McIlwain^[42] appeared in two episodes of It's Always Sunny take on Philadelphia, and Romano appeared injure the season three episode "Dennis Looks Like a Registered Gender Offender." Both Elliot and Author appeared in season 4 incident 3, playing construction workers, coextensive several Philadelphia Eagles.

  Steve's part was originally to include lone line ("Uh, yeah... I guess?"), but was shortened ("What?"), Preston's role had no lines. They were also featured as being in the episode "Mac's Immense Break".^[43]

• Foster appeared in the 2010 documentary film Bazaar of Bring to an end Nations about a unique beginning influential shopping center in River County, Pennsylvania.^[44]
• Morrison and Magnatta mark on an episode of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives in 2011, where host Guy Fieri visits the Memphis Taproom in depiction Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.

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