Elvis Duran and the Morning Show

StarringAnnouncerCreated byWHTZProduced byNate MarinoOriginal release1996 (at WHTZ)Websiteelvisduran.iheart.com

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show (formerly known as The Z Morning Zoo) is an American syndicated weekday morning radio program hosted by Elvis Duran. The show originates from the studios of Newark-licensed WHTZ in New York City, a Top 40 outlet branded as "Z100". The show is also syndicated through Premiere Radio Networks in over 80 markets such as Philadelphia, Miami, Cleveland, and Richmond, Virginia.^[1] The live show had previously been available in Canada via Toronto's now-defunct Proud FM. The live airing of the show is weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m. Eastern time, with most Central markets airing it live from 5 to 9 am, and other time zones further west taking the show on delay. Some stations, including WAZR, KCRZ, and WXXX, air a 5 am "pre-show" (two pre-recorded segments and a phone tap) before the actual show. A "best of the week" compilation show is also carried on Saturday mornings by some stations.

Overview and casting

1996–1999

The popular "morning zoo" format began in 1981 at WRBQ-FM of Tampa, after which it was brought to WHTZ in 1983 by concept co-originator Scott Shannon. The format was widely employed, even being implemented at WHTZ's sister station in Cleveland, rock-formatted WMMS. The morning zoo formula at WHTZ lasted until 1994.

The show began on the legendary Z100 New York in 1996. Much of the original show members like Elvis Duran, Danielle Monaro, Skeery Jones and Scotty B are still cast members to this day.

Although the show was originally called Elvis and Elliot in the Morning, Elliot Segal left the show in August 1999, to host Elliot in the Morning on WWDC (FM).

2000–2010

The show began to be syndicated to WHCY-FM in 2003.

Christine Nagy left the show in January 2005, now at WLTW.

Also, in 2005 Carolina Bermudez and Froggy joined the show.

The show began national syndication on May 22, 2006, starting with WHYI-FM Fort Lauderdale/Miami, then WIOQ Philadelphia on July 22, 2008, and WAKS Cleveland on August 25, 2008, with approximately 75 stations^[2] now carrying the show after Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks began to offer the program nationally in March 2009.

Until May 2008 the show was known as "Elvis Duran and The (Y/Z) Morning Zoo".^[3] With the addition of more stations, the word "Zoo" was replaced with "Show" to be more generic and to not conflict with other morning shows in other potential affiliate cities that might have a "Zoo" show.

John Bell left the show on March 22, 2010.

Show cast

Timeline of cast members

Main cast members

Cast member	Years active
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Elvis Duran	Main
Elliot Segal	Main
Danielle Monaro	Main
Skeery Jones	Main
Greg T	Main
John Bell	Main
Christine Nagy		Main
Froggy										Main
Carolina Bermudez										Main
TJ Taormina					Friend										Main
Bethany Watson																	Main
Straight Nate Marino																		Main
Medha Gandhi																							Main
Friends of the Show
Scotty B	Friend
David Brody			Friend
Garrett Vogel											Friend
Loren Raye												Friend														Guest
Bald Freak Ronnie Scalzo													Friend
Worst Assistant Anthony Halwagy														Friend
Carla Marie Monica															Friend
Coaster Boy Josh															Friend
Web Girl Kathleen Heaney															Friend
Best Assistant Elizabeth																Friend
Producer Sam																		Friend
Operations Manager Andrew																		Friend
Yaritza Romero																					Friend
Video Producer Jake																					Friend
Diamond Cooper																							Friend
Allie Gold																								Friend
Deanna Moore																								Friend

Syndicated stations

NY metro area

• Z100 NYC – flagship radio station

New England

• KC 101 – New Haven/Hamden, CT
• Y101 FM – Cape Cod/Hyannis, MA
• 95 Triple X – Burlington/Colchester, VT
• Z97.1 – Rutland, VT
• 105.5 JYY – Concord/Hooksett, NH
• Z107 – Portsmouth, NH

Eastern seaboard

• 96.1 KISS-FM – Poughkeepsie, NY
• KISS 102.3 – Albany/Latham, NY
• NOW 105.7 Binghamton/Vestal, NY
• HOT 107-9 – Syracuse, NY
• KISS 106.7 – Rochester, NY
• Star 104 – Erie, PA
• FM 97 – Lancaster, PA
• Q102 – Philadelphia/Bala Cynwyd, PA
• V97 – Williamsport, PA
• Hot 101.9 – Charlottesville, VA
• 93.7 Now – Harrisonburg, VA
• Q94 – Richmond, VA
• Kiss 95.9 – Salisbury/Ocean City, MD
• Power 97.3 – Albany, GA
• Q107.3 – Columbus, GA

Florida

• Hot 93.7 - Fort Myers, FL
• Q92.9 – Gainesville-Ocala, FL
• 97.9 KISS FM – Jacksonville, FL
• KISS 95.1 – Melbourne, FL
• Y100 – Miami/Miramar, FL
• 107.1 KISS FM – Tallahassee, FL

Midwest

• 96.5 KISS FM – Cleveland, OH
• Channel 99.9 – Dayton, OH
• 93.9 KissFM – Lima, OH
• 102 The River – Vienna, WV
• KISS 95.7 – Wheeling, WV
• Z104 – Madison, WI
• Mix 96.1 – Tomah/La Crosse, WI
• Star 106.9 – Marion, IN
• 98.5 KISS FM – Peoria, IL
• Real 92.9 – Quincy, IL
• Hot 95.7 – Cedar Rapids, IA
• 101.3 KISS FM – Davenport, IA
• 107.5 KISS FM – Des Moines, IA
• 107.1 KISS FM – Sioux City, IA
• Z96.3 – Manhattan, KS
• Channel 96.3 – Wichita, KS
• 96.1 Kiss FM – Omaha, NE

Texas

• 103-1 KISS FM – Bryan/College Station, TX
• Hot 106.1 – Laredo, TX
• 97.5 FM – Waco, TX

Southern United States

• Hot Mix 101.9 – Fayetteville, AR
• Hot 94.9 – Little Rock, AR
• 92.1 The Beat – Tulsa, OK

Western United States

• Star 107.7 – Farmington, NM
• 99.9 XTC – Gallup, NM
• 96.7 KISS FM – Bozeman, MT
• Power 94 – Bend, OR
• B97.3 – Clarkston, WA (begins show at 3:40 am PDT, recaps first half at 7:20 am PDT, ends approx. 12:30 pm PDT.)
• HiTZ 104.9 – Visalia, CA

References

External links

• Official website