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December 29, 2005
THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW DEBUTS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2006
ON CBS RADIO STATIONS IN LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO,
SAN DIEGO, PHOENIX, PORTLAND AND LAS VEGAS
Rachel Perry And Dave Dameshek Round Out Cast Of New
Four-Hour Morning Drive Program
Comedic radio and television personality Adam Carolla
marks his return to morning drive radio beginning on Tuesday,
January 3, 2006 with the premiere of the self-entitled THE
ADAM CAROLLA SHOW on several CBS RADIO stations. Broadcast
weekdays from 6:00-10:00AM, PT, the program will originate from
97.1 FREE FM in Los Angeles (KLSX-FM) and also be heard on
KIFR-FM San Francisco, KSCF-FM San Diego, KZON-FM Phoenix,
KUFO-FM Portland and KXTE-FM Las Vegas.
Joining Carolla in the morning will be Rachel
Perry and Dave Dameshek. Angie Fitzsimmons and
Jim Brusca serve as Producer and Executive Producer,
respectively, of THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW. Jimmy Kimmel
serves as creative consultant for the program.
"Adam was a clear choice to put behind the wheel in morning
drive because he can combine compelling commentary and comedy on
more topics than mere mortals can fit into a four-hour show,"
said Rob Barnett, President of Programming, CBS RADIO.
Carolla is one of the most versatile men in Hollywood. He
recently hosted Comedy Central's "Too Late with Adam Carolla" and
starred in TLC's "The Adam Carolla Project," which chronicled the
renovation and subsequent sale of his boyhood home.
Following brief stints as a skilled carpenter and boxing
trainer, he began his career in radio after answering an ad
seeking a boxing instructor to train then radio personality Jimmy
Kimmel of KROQ's KEVIN AND BEAN SHOW in Los Angeles. He
eventually joined the show's repertoire as Mr. Birchum, a
woodshop teacher. Carolla's success on KROQ led to a hosting job
on the nationally syndicated radio program "Loveline," with Dr.
Drew Pinsky. MTV developed a television version of the show,
which was co-hosted by Carolla and Pinsky for five seasons
(1996-2000). The duo also authored The Dr. Drew and Adam
Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love.
With their partner Daniel Kellison, Carolla and Kimmel are the
heads of Jackhole Industries and have created and starred in two
hit Comedy Central shows, "The Man Show" (1999-2003) and "Crank
Yankers" (2002-present). Jackhole Industries also executive
produced "Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust," a comedy travel show
which aired on Comedy Central, and a reality-based feature film,
Windy City Heat, which won The Comedia Award for Best Film at the
2004 Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival.
Perry grew up in Brockville, a small town in Ontario,
Canada and attended Toronto's York University. She began her
television career as a VJ for the popular Canadian music channel,
MUCHMUSIC, hosting various programs, including their weekly
countdown show, "Much AXS" and "Much On Demand," and interviewing
U2, Fred Durst and Eminem, among others.
Following her three-year stint with MUCHMUSIC, Perry provided
interview segments with various hockey players for ESPN's "Cool
Shots," and later was hired by the Metro Channel in New York to
work on its live music show, "The Daily Beat." She next served
as host of VH1's morning music show "Jumpstart" and VH1 News.
Perry has also been a host for VH1's reality show "Stripsearch,"
"Top 20 Video Countdown," "Maxim Hot 100," and contributed to
various red carpet specials. Additionally, Perry hosts the
syndicated radio show, "Weekly Rewind," for VH1 and WESTWOOD
ONE.
Perry also has served as a New York correspondent for the
daily entertainment news show EXTRA, and sideline host for NBC's
Gravity Games and Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. Additionally, she
can be seen in the independent movie "Searching for Bobby D."
Dameshek joins THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW after
two-and-a-half years as a writer on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," where,
among other responsibilities, he worked on the show's nightly
monologue. He has written for various cable shows, including Fox
Sports Net's "Sports Geniuses," Comedy Central's "Battlebots,"
"Crank Yankers," "I'm With Busey" and "Trigger Happy TV."
His first big break came in 2001, when he was hired as a
writer on Comedy Central's "The Man Show," where he would work
for the show's third and fourth seasons. During that time,
Dameshek also became the co-host of a Fox Sports Radio show with
radio veteran Kent Voss. He also wrote and/or appeared in
several of Jimmy Kimmel's popular segment on Fox's NFL pre-game
show.
In 2004, Dameshek became the weekly sports correspondent on
Indy 103.1's "Mighty Morning Show" in Los Angeles. Over the past
two years, he has also made periodic appearances on regional and
national ESPN Radio programs.
THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW will be simulcast online at the
station websites for KLSX (www.971freefm.com), KIFR (www.1069freefm.com), KSCF (www.1037freefm.com) and KZON
(www.freefm1015.com).
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212/846-7638
Shavonne Harding
212/846-3906
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