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Kerri Kasem

Kerri Kasem

Kerri Kasem is an American radio personality. She hosted the nationally syndicated Sixx Sense and The Side Show Countdown With Nikki Sixx from February 2010 to April 2014.[1]

Kasem is the daughter of the late radio host and Scooby Doo star, Casey Kasem.

 

Career

She was co-host with Alan Stock on KXNT 840 AM in Las Vegas for a morning radio talk show. She left KXNT in August 2007. She has worked on radio shows such as “Racing Rocks,” the “National Lampoon Comedy Countdown”, “The Solomon Free Money Hour,” and “Pet Talk”. In 2003, she was a reality show contestant on ESPN‘s Beg, Borrow & Deal. She has appeared on the E! channel, and is a host on UFC and on Sí TV‘s The Rub.[citation needed]

She attended the Academy of Radio Broadcasting in Huntington Beach, California.[2][3] She is currently a co-host, withAlan Gurvey on Gurvey’s Law on KABC Talk Radio on Saturdays from 2 PM to 3 PM.[4]

Personal life

On October 7, 2013, Kasem’s sister, Julie Kasem, and Julie’s husband, filed a conservatorship petition to place their father under their care.[5] The conservatorship petition was denied by the court.[6] On May 12, 2014, Kerri Kasem was granted temporary conservatorship of her father, over the objections of her stepmother, Jean.[7]

Kasem has worked as a volunteer for the Church of Scientology as part of its Volunteer Ministers program in Haiti during the 2010 Haiti earthquake crisis,[8][9] though her representatives have denied she is a Scientologist.[10]

References

  1. Jump up^ NIKKI SIXX Welcomes JENN MARINO As Co-Host Of ‘Sixx Sense’, ‘The Side Show Countdown’, blabbermouth.net; accessed January 5, 2015.
  2. Jump up^ Profile, espn.go.com; accessed January 5, 2015.
  3. Jump up^ [1], sixxsense.com; accessed January 5, 2015.
  4. Jump up^ KABC 790 website; accessed January 5, 2015.
  5. Jump up^ Duke, Alan (October 8, 2013). “Casey Kasem’s kids take stepmom to court”. CNN. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  6. Jump up^ “Judge Rejects Children’s Request For Conservatorship of Casey Kasem”. KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV. November 19, 2013. Archived from the original on November 28, 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  7. Jump up^ Hetherman, Bill (May 12, 2014). “Casey Kasem’s daughter named temporary conservator for father”Los Angeles Daily NewsCity News ServiceArchived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  8. Jump up^ Volunteer Ministers podcast
  9. Jump up^ Casey Kasem’s Wife Fights Back in Court Papers
  10. Jump up^ Judge orders Casey Kasem’s water, food, medications restored