Z100鈥檚 鈥淓lvis Duran And The Morning Show鈥 Welcomes New Co-Host
Z100鈥檚 鈥淓lvis Duran And The Morning Show鈥 Welcomes New Co-Host
Bethany Watson Joins Nationally Syndicated Top-Rated Morning Show
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NEW YORK 鈥 August 10, 2012 鈥 Z100, New York鈥檚 Hit Music Station, today announced that Bethany Watson will join the 鈥淓lvis Duran and The Morning Show鈥 as its new cohost weekday mornings from 6 鈥 10 a.m.听 Beginning Monday, August 13, listeners can tune in to hear Watson make her debut alongside Elvis Duran, star of the wildly successful 鈥淓lvis Duran and The Morning Show,鈥 on New York鈥檚 Z100 and more than 40 other radio stations across the country.
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鈥淓lvis Duran and The Morning Show鈥 is the most listened-to Top 40 morning show in the U.S. and is syndicated nationally by Premiere Networks.听 Broadcasting live from New York's Z100, Watson will join Duran and his on-air crew, while they entertain listeners with up-to-the-minute entertainment and pop culture news, celebrity guests, hit songs, and regular features such as 鈥淭he Sleaze鈥 gossip segment and the ever-popular prank 鈥淧hone Taps.鈥
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Watson was born in Wisconsin and began her entertainment career at the University of Minnesota, where she studied theater and improvisational comedy.听 After finding herself at a desk job post-graduation, she decided to reach out to her favorite local radio show, 鈥淭he Dave Ryan in the Morning Show鈥 on 101.3 KDWB in Minneapolis, to apply for a vacant co-host position.听 Watson landed the job and co-hosted alongside Dave Ryan for more than four years.
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鈥淎fter an exhausting worldwide search, we found her!听 Bethany brings lots of baggage, but the kind of baggage that makes for a fun, playful and thoughtful co-host,鈥 said Duran.听 鈥淲e can't wait to introduce her to our listeners Monday morning.鈥
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鈥淏ethany has great chemistry with Elvis and the entire Morning Show, which will definitely entertain and engage listeners every morning,鈥 said Sharon Dastur, Program Director, Z100.听 鈥淎fter meeting her for the first time, we could tell within the first five minutes that she'd be a perfect fit for the show.听 We are thrilled to have Bethany join the team.鈥
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Listeners can tune in to Z100 Monday morning beginning at 6 a.m. to catch Watson鈥檚 鈥淓lvis Duran and The Morning Show鈥 debut.听 Fans can also listen on the station鈥檚 website , as well as on iHeartRadio.com and the iHeartRadio mobile app, Clear Channel鈥檚 best-in-class customizable digital listening service that delivers everything listeners want in one free, fully-integrated service: instant access to more than 1,000 of the nation鈥檚 most popular live broadcast and digital-only radio stations from 150 cities, plus user-created Custom Stations inspired by favorite artists and songs.
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