Wendy Williams signs agreement with Westwood One for Feb. 4th debut

(January 17, 2008) The Wendy Williams Experience, hosted by the “Queen of Urban Radio”, Wendy Williams will make it’s Westwood One debut February 4th, announced today Thomas Beusse, President & CEO of Westwood One. The daily four-hour syndicated program will feature exclusive entertainment news, celebrity gossip, advice, listener phone calls, and candid interviews with special guests. The Westwood One debut of The Wendy Williams Experience marks the first time the program will be heard in Los Angeles, airing on KDAY-FM.

“It’s with great enthusiasm that I make this, my first announcement as CEO of this great company,” said Beusse. “It is our mission to attract the best talent, create extraordinary content and deliver it at the highest standards. Wendy Williams is a household name in New York as she will undoubtedly be in Los Angeles and beyond.”

“Finally being on the air in Los Angeles is part of a dream come true,” said Williams. “The other part of my dream is to be the most captivating, thought-provoking radio personality in town. Call the stars! Wendy’s comin' to Hollywood and taking no prisoners!”

“A programming partnership with Inner City Broadcasting which brings to Westwood One affiliates like WBLS and the remarkable talents of Wendy Williams is a major event for us. We look forward to building this important relationship,” added Norman Pattiz, Founder and Chairman of Westwood One.

“Wendy Williams is a tremendous talent. She is consistently the number one Air Personality in her time slot in the number one market in the country and I am sure she will do exceptionally well in Los Angeles,” said WBLS General Manager Deon Levingston. In 1989, Williams began her on-air radio career as a fill-in DJ for WRKS "98.7 Kiss FM" in New York City. The station soon hired her full-time for its morning show and year later moved Williams to her own 6-10 p.m. shift.

In 1993, she won the Billboard Award for “Best On-Air Radio Personality” and the following year, Emmis Broadcasting, which bought out Kiss FM, moved Williams to the Company's New York urban station WQHT-FM “Hot 97”. In 2001, Williams moved to WBLS-FM hosting from 2-6 p.m. (7 p.m. in the New York metropolitan area).

Since 2003, Williams has hosted the highest rated (per time slot) weekday syndicated radio program, The Wendy Williams Experience originating from WBLS-FM in New York City. She has hosted several installments of the cable TV special Wendy Williams is on Fire for VH1, and on October 20, 2006, The Wendy Williams Experience premiered as a late-night series on the USA cable network.

Williams has published several books including the paperback novel Drama is Her Middle Name: The Ritz Harper Chronicles Vol. 1 (2006), co-authored by Karen Hunter. The details of William’s life will hit the big screen with the 2008 release of the film Queen of Media.

Westwood One provides over 150 news, sports, music, talk, entertainment programs, features and live events. Through its subsidiaries, Metro Networks/Shadow Broadcast Services, Westwood One provides local content to the radio and TV industries including news, sports, weather, traffic, video news services and other information. SmartRoute Systems manages traffic information centers for state and local departments of transportation, and markets traffic and travel content to wireless, Internet, in-vehicle navigation systems and voice portal customers. Westwood One serves more than 5,000 radio stations. Westwood One is managed by CBS Radio.



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