Radio Deejays To Help Host 'Live'

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Viewers of Disney-ABC's Live with Regis and Kelly voted, and here are the four lucky women of radio who will be guest-hosting the show next week while Kelly Ripa takes a vacation.

  • Jayde Donovan of Orlando's XL 106.7
  • Jenn Hobby of Atlanta's Q100
  • Kristin Cruz of Los Angeles' KOST 103.5 and
  • Shannon Murphy of Detroit's Channel 955

Each woman, who was nominated by fans and then selected after a careful winnowing-down process and fan vote, will get one day on the air to co-host the show with Regis Philbin, who Live Executive Producer Michael Gelman calls "the master of live TV."

The guest hosts will sit in Tuesday, Aug. 17 through Friday, Aug. 20.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.