Elvis Duran
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Elvis Duran is the host of the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show
Elvis Duran and The Morning Show is the name of an American syndicated radio program hosted by Elvis Duran. The daily morning radio show currently airs on New York Top 40 station Z100...

 
in New York
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 on Z100 and in syndication on Premiere Radio Networks
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Duran's show is now heard live in over 40 markets including New York, Philadelphia, Miami, Cleveland, Tampa, Syracuse, Atlanta, & Des Moines.

Before his current job at Z100, Duran's previous radio jobs included a stint as an on-air personality at WIOQ in Philadelphia. He served as WIOQ's program director from May 1989 until just before he was fired in February 1990. In October 1991, Duran became both the program director and morning show host of KBTS (now KGSR
KGSR
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) in Austin, Texas
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Prior to working at Z100, Duran also worked evenings at Z-93
WZGC (FM)
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 with sidekick
Sidekick
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 "Hot Henrietta" in Atlanta, and in Houston. He began his run at Z100 hosting the afternoon slot until April 1996, Tom Poleman
Tom Poleman
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, the newly appointed program director, moved Duran to the morning slot, where he has been ever since.

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