| Stephanie Miller | |
|---|---|
 Stephanie Miller | |
| Born | September 29, 1961 USA |
| Medium | Stand-up comedian - Television - Radio |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Political satire - Observational comedy - Wit - Word play |
| Website | The Stephanie Miller Show |
Stephanie Katherine Miller (born September 29, 1961) is an American comedian and host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a progressive talk radio program produced in Los Angeles and syndicated nationally by Jones Radio Networks. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience with the absence of the theatrical " Fourth wall " Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Comedy may be divided into multiple Genres based on the source of humour the method of delivery and the context in which it is delivered Political satire is a significant part of Satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politicsusing political cartoons politicians and public affairs Observational comedy is a style of Humor based on making remarks about various facets of Everyday life. Wit is a form of intellectual Humour. A wit (person is someone skilled in making witty remarks Word play is a Literary technique in which the nature of the words that are used become the main subject of the work Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh The Stephanie Miller Show is a syndicated Liberal talk radio program that discusses politics current events and pop culture using a fast-paced impromptu Progressive talk (or liberal talk) is a Talk radio format in the United States devoted to expressing progressive / liberal viewpoints Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Jones Radio Networks & Jones Media Group were branches of Jones International before being sold to Triton Media Group. Talkers magazine ranked her as the 36th most important radio talk show host in America for 2007. Talkers Magazine is a trade industry publication related to Talk radio in the United States. [1] She is the daughter of former U.S. Representative William E. Miller, who was Barry Goldwater's running mate in the 1964 presidential election. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. William Edward "Bill" Miller ( March 22, 1914 &ndash June 24, 1983) was a New York politician Please DO NOT flip the colors -->The United States presidential election of 1964 was one of the most lopsided presidential elections in the history of the United States
Miller's radio show was briefly televised live from 6 a. m. to 9 a. m. Eastern Time on MSNBC from April 30, 2007 to May 2, 2007. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. During this period, the show originated from MSNBC's studio in Secaucus, New Jersey, the studios and time slot formerly used by the now-cancelled Imus in the Morning. Secaucus is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 15931 Imus in the Morning is an American radio show hosted by Don Imus on ABC Radio Networks and Simulcast on RFD-TV [2] After the stint, she said that she was not interested in the position full-time. [3]
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Early life
Miller grew up on Willow Street in Lockport, New York. Lockport is a Town in Niagara County, New York, United States. After completing her secondary education in private Catholic schools, she attended the University of Southern California, earning a degree in theater. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly [4]
After graduation, Miller performed stand-up comedy at the Laugh Factory, the legendary Hollywood comedy club. The Laugh Factory is a Comedy club in Hollywood on the Sunset Strip A comedy club is a venue typically a Nightclub, where people watch or listen to performances including Stand-up comedians improvisational Comedians, Later in her career, she performed at many comedy clubs around New York and Los Angeles. The City of New York [5]
Acting roles
Early in her career, Miller had several small acting jobs, such as appearing as a nun in the 1984 TV movie Shattered Vows. After gaining prominence as a radio and TV host, she had roles where she essentially played herself, as in the movie View from the Top and an episode of the TV show Diagnosis Murder. View from the Top is a 2003 Romantic comedy film about a young woman from a small town who sets out to fulfill her dream of becoming a Flight Diagnosis Murder is a mystery / medical / Crime drama Television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr Her most significant acting role was in the 1997 comedy film Just Write. Just Write is a 1997 romantic comedy directed by Andrew Gallerani starring Jeremy Piven and Sherilyn Fenn. [6]
Radio and television career
Miller returned to Lockport for an on-air job at radio station WLVL. [7] In 1985 she went to WCMF in Rochester, New York to work as "Sister Sleaze" on the Brother Wease Show. WCMF is a radio station located in the Rochester New York area and broadcasts at 96 Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Brother Wease is the stage name of Alan Levin (born November 1, 1946 in Rochester NY) a [8] She progressed to larger markets as morning co-host at hit music radio stations WCKG in Chicago and WQHT in New York. A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the Population WCFS-FM (1059 FM) also known as "Fresh 1059" is an AC -formatted Radio station serving the Chicago Illinois, market Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. WQHT, more commonly known as "Hot 97", is a high-profile Rhythmic Radio station in New York City under the corporate ownership of In 1993, Miller was hired by talk station KFI in Los Angeles, where she achieved high ratings with her own weeknight radio show. For other stations which used the KFI callsign please see KFI (disambiguation. Radio cable and broadcast television programming measure their performance via ratings. [9]
In the fall of 1995, Miller became one of the few women to host her own late night television talk show, The Stephanie Miller Show syndicated by Buena Vista Television. Late night television is the block of Television programming usually airing sometime between 1130 pm to 300 am. A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Disney-ABC Domestic Television is the domestic Television syndication firm of the Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company [10] The show was cancelled after just 13 weeks.
Miller returned to Los Angeles radio in 1997,[11] first at KTZN and then at KABC. KABC 790 AM is a Los Angeles radio station and a West Coast flagship station for the Citadel Broadcasting company Later that year, she also began co-hosting the CNBC television show Equal Time, as the liberal counterpoint to conservative Bay Buchanan. CNBC (an abbreviation for the " C onsumer N ews and B usiness C hannel" its official name until 1991 is a cable and Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Angela Marie "Bay" Buchanan (born December 23, 1948) served as Treasurer of the United States under President Ronald Reagan.
In 2000, the game show I've Got a Secret was revived on the Oxygen cable TV network with Miller as host. For IGAS qua graphology organization see International Graphoanalysis Society I've Got a Secret is a weekly panel Game show produced History The privately held company Oxygen Media was founded in 1998 by Geraldine Laybourne, talk show host Oprah Winfrey and producers Marcy The following year, she began co-hosting Oxygen's weekday TV magazine show, Pure Oxygen. History The privately held company Oxygen Media was founded in 1998 by Geraldine Laybourne, talk show host Oprah Winfrey and producers Marcy She also served as a frequent panelist on the PAX TV game show Balderdash, which was hosted by Miller's personal friend, Elayne Boosler. Ion Television is a broadcast television network first broadcast on August 31 1998 Balderdash was a short-lived game show based on the board game Balderdash, that aired on PAX TV during the 2004 - 2005 season Elayne Boosler (born August 18, 1952 in New York City) is an American Comedian, and hosted the short-lived game show Balderdash
Current show
In September 2004, The Stephanie Miller Show was launched by Democracy Radio and WYD Media Management. The Stephanie Miller Show is a syndicated Liberal talk radio program that discusses politics current events and pop culture using a fast-paced impromptu September 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August The Stephanie Miller Show is a syndicated Liberal talk radio program that discusses politics current events and pop culture using a fast-paced impromptu Democracy Radio was an organization founded to create produce and promote Liberal talk radio programming [12] The live show is broadcast weekdays from 9 a. m. to noon Eastern Time in dozens of U. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America S. cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.
Miller is often referred to on the show as 'Mama' (or 'Jiggles') by both listeners and her co-hosts. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D These numerous references can be heard in free bits on her website or by purchasing a "Stephcast" subscription, whereby users can download all of her shows for a monthly or yearly fee. She, and listeners, call her two co-hosts 'the Mooks'. Her cohosts, impressionist Jim Ward (voice actor) and producer Chris Lavoie, often share their own opinions and arguments. James (Jim Kevin Ward (born May 19, 1959 in New York, New York) is a voice actor who has contributed to a large number of Video games Chris Lavoie born January 13, 1969, in Pomona, California) is the Executive Producer of the Stephanie Miller show. Miller's program is widely popular (for example, she is ranked #2 in Los Angeles [13] She also stated that she beat the "Armstrong & Ghetty" radio program in San Francisco in her first ratings book. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city She often shares personal details about her life, from something as simple to a household appliance not working to much more intimate details, about sweat, insomnia, and even what she calls "shy pee syndrome", which is actually paruresis. Paruresis (pærjəˈriːsɪs also known as pee shyness, shy kidney, bashful bladder, stage fright, urophobia or shy bladder She also covers a great deal of celebrity news/gossip and off-the-wall stories.
In 2006, Miller had numerous appearances on several cable news shows, such as Larry King Live, to represent the progressive political point of view. News broadcasting (also known as newscast or newsbreak) is the Broadcasting of various news events and other Information via Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN. In US history the term Progressivism refers to a broadly based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th century After an October 13, 2006 appearance on the Fox News program Hannity & Colmes, where Miller defended peace activist Cindy Sheehan, a viewer mailed an ominous letter to Fox News, which was interpreted as a death threat and forwarded to Miller's agent. Hannity & Colmes is an American television program on the Fox News Channel featuring host Sean Hannity, who presents a Conservative A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, against a person to kill him or her The incident was notable because the letter's author included his phone number, and Miller took the unusual step of calling him live on her October 30, 2006 show. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [14]
On April 30, 2007 through May 2, 2007, Miller filled in for the recently fired Don Imus on MSNBC's 6AM - 9AM EDST time slot. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. John Donald Imus Jr (born July 23 1940) known simply as Don Imus, is an American radio host, Shock jock, Humorist MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. Miller and her on-air staff received generally favorable reviews for their appearance. A fan petition was started to make the show the permanent replacement for the Imus MSNBC show. Joe Scarborough's show Morning Joe has now taken over this time slot. Charles Joseph "Joe" Scarborough (born April 9 1963) is an American cable news host and former Politician. Morning Joe is a Weekday Morning Talk show on MSNBC, hosted by Joe Scarborough with co-hosts Mika Brzezinski [15]
Sirius Satellite Radio, which had been running Miller during prime time hours (afternoon commute time) on their liberal "LEFT" channel canceled her show in November 2007. November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday However, on November 30, 2007, Miller announced that Sirius Left will air one hour of the show at 8 PM Eastern beginning on December 3, 2007 [16]. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
In late January of 2008 her show on "Green 960," San Francisco's Air America outlet, was cut from three hours to one. She had been on from 6am to 9am PST but was replaced in the 7am to 9am "prime drive-time" slot with local talent. This decision has provoked controversy, however, as many listeners were upset by the decision. After only two weeks off the air in that time slot, Miller's show was reinstated the full three hours due to the large volume of correspondence sent to Green 960 from its listeners. [17]
Personal life
Miller has never been married, though she has compiled a long list of "future husbands". She often mentions her dogs on her radio show; she currently lives with two Great Pyrenees (Puff and Max). The Pyrenean Mountain Dog, known as the Great Pyrenees in the United States, is a large breed of Dog, used as a Livestock guardian Her best friend wrote a children's book inspired by Miller's St. Bernard Chester; [18] Chester died a few months before the book's release in mid-2006. Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12 Her Newfoundland, Poo Bear, lived for two years with bone cancer before dying on March 30, 2007; she devoted a portion of her April 2 show to discussing his life and how sad her life would be now that he was gone. The Newfoundland is a large usually black breed of Dog originally used as a Working dog in Bone tumor is an inexact term which can be used for both Benign and Malignant abnormal growths found in bone but is most commonly used for primary Tumors Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Miller has done promotional events for animal welfare organizations. Animal welfare refers to the viewpoint that it is morally acceptable for humans to use nonhuman animals for food in animal research, as clothing and in entertainment She recently shared with the audience that she has been ill with mercury poisoning and is down to a size zero as of October 15, 2007. Mercury poisoning (also known as mercurialism, hydrargyria, Hunter-Russell syndrome, or acrodynia when affecting children is a Disease Size 0 is a women's clothing size in the US catalog sizes system believed to be equivalent to a UK size 4 or a Europe size 30 Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
References
- ^ TALKERS magazine - Heavy Hundred 2007
- ^ MSNBC Selects the Stephanie Miller Show to Fill the Former Imus Early Morning Program Slot for Three Days Next Week
- ^ Entertainment: Radio: Elder calls MSNBC stint a 'blast' - OCRegister.com
- ^ Stephanie Miller - News & Opinion - Rochester City Newspaper
- ^ Wyd Media Managemnt
- ^ Stephanie Miller (I)
- ^ Niagara Frontier Media Monitor
- ^ Stephanie Miller - News & Opinion - Rochester City Newspaper
- ^ http://www.radioguide.com/magazine/vol3no1/stephy/steph.htm
- ^ Joining The Boys' Club - Time
- ^ Miller signs on for Zone radio show - Entertainment News, VPage, Media - Variety
- ^ Wyd Media Managemnt
- ^ Wyd Media - Press
- ^ The BRAD BLOG : EXCLUSIVE: Unredacted Death Threat Letter to Stephanie Miller
- ^ Keep Stephanie Miller on MSNBC
- ^ Stephanie Miller
- ^ GREEN 960AM, KKGN
- ^ Chester, The Water-loving, Pool-hopping, Salad-eating, St. Bernard Dog
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