Seacrest replaces Dees on LA's KIIS-FM
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'On-Air' host Ryan Seacrest with guest Sheryl Crow.
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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Ryan Seacrest will soon take over the popular local morning radio program that disc jockey Rick Dees hosted for more than two decades.
Seacrest, who hosts Fox's "American Idol" and replaced Casey Kasem on the syndicated "American Top 40" radio countdown, will host the daily KIIS-FM show from the same Hollywood studio he uses for his new syndicated live TV talk show, "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest."
The KIIS show also will be called "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest," station owner Clear Channel Communications said Wednesday.
Seacrest, a 29-year-old Atlanta, Georgia, native, confirmed the new radio gig on his TV show Wednesday during an interview with Britney Spears.
"I am honored and privileged to have the opportunity to become the host of the renowned KIIS-FM morning show," he said in a statement later. "I am looking forward to returning to daily radio."
Dees, 53, had hosted the KIIS morning show for 22 years, and hinted that he was forced out when he announced his departure Tuesday on-air. He'll continue to host his own "Weekly Top 40" radio program, which airs on KIIS and is internationally syndicated through Premier Radio Networks.
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