Ellen K

Ellen K. (born September 17, 1968) is an American radio personality in the Los Angeles, California market. She is the host of the Ellen K Radio Show on KOST 103.5 FM. From 1990 to 2015 she worked at KOST's Sister Station 102.7 KIIS-FM, co-hosting the Rick Dees morning show and later the On Air with Ryan Seacrest show. On October 19, 2015, Ellen took over the morning show at KOST after longtime morning host Mark Wallengren moved to afternoons.^[1][2]

Ellen is a regular guest on the show The Talk and has participated in various productions such as The Grammys,^[3] the iHeartRadio Music Festival, the People’s Choice Awards, and was most recently selected as the voice of the 88th Academy Awards.^[4] Ellen also narrated “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding” on TLC. Ellen was honored with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012 for her work in radio.^[5][6]

Ellen K appeared as herself on the Wayne Brady Show as his sidekick for two seasons in 2003 / 04 and EXTRA TV a few years earlier. Ellen hosted the nightly TV news segments on KTLA Ch 5 titled, "Inside Hollywood" in 2012.

Ellen is a native to California, having been born in Palo Alto, while her father Dale Thoe PhD Stanford was teaching at the University. She began her career in radio while in college. Originally planning a career in Veterinary Science, she took an internship at a radio station, and after one fill-in shift behind the microphone she was hooked. She switched her major and graduated with honors in Radio/TV/Film from Purdue University. Over the years, larger market positions in radio convinced Ellen to move to various California radio stations, first in San Diego, then San Francisco, and finally in Los Angeles at KIIS-FM.^[7]

Ellen resides in Southern California with her husband Roy Laughlin and her son Calvin.

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