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Steve Harvey
Full name Broderick Stephen Harvey
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- City / market
- National / United States
- Key radio markets
- Chicago, Illinois · Los Angeles, California · New York City
- Early career
- Steve Harvey entered radio in 1996 as a morning host at WGCI in Chicago. His morning program was known as "Club ThrowDown." In 2000, Harvey moved his morning radio program to KKBT in Los Angeles. His growing success in radio eventually led to national syndication and the creation of the program now known as The Steve Harvey Morning Show.
- Radio program
- The Steve Harvey Morning Show
- Radio station(s)
- WGCI — Chicago · KKBT — Los Angeles · WBLS — New York City
- Years active / era
- 1996–Present
- Awards / recognition
- NAB Marconi Radio Award — Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year — 2013 · NAB Marconi Radio Award — Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year — 2015 · NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame — 2014 · Radio Hall of Fame — 2016
About
Steve Harvey is a nationally syndicated radio personality, comedian, television host, author, entrepreneur and philanthropist. His radio career developed alongside his success in comedy and television. The Steve Harvey Morning Show combines comedy, music, celebrity interviews, inspirational advice, news and community-focused conversations. The program has become one of the country's prominent nationally syndicated Hip-Hop and R&B morning programs.
Career highlights
Began his radio career as a morning host at WGCI in Chicago in 1996. · Hosted a Chicago morning show known as Club ThrowDown. · Moved his morning program to KKBT in Los Angeles in 2000. · Created The Steve Harvey Morning Show in 2000. · Moved The Steve Harvey Morning Show to WBLS in New York in 2005. · Joined Premiere Networks' national syndication lineup in 2005. · Built The Steve Harvey Morning Show into a nationally syndicated morning program carried across the United States. · Co-created and hosted the Neighborhood Awards. · Expanded his career across radio, comedy, television, books, business and philanthropy.
Notable shows / programs
The Steve Harvey Morning Show · Club ThrowDown — WGCI Chicago · Strawberry Letter · Neighborhood Awards
Impact on radio
Steve Harvey helped bring a combination of comedy, inspirational conversation, entertainment, music and community engagement to nationally syndicated morning radio. The Steve Harvey Morning Show has connected audiences across numerous U.S. radio markets while maintaining a strong connection with Black audiences and Hip-Hop/R&B radio. His radio career also demonstrates the crossover between stand-up comedy, radio, television, publishing and multimedia entertainment.
The Steve Harvey Morning Show
- The Steve Harvey Morning Show was created in 2000.
- In 2005, the program moved to WBLS in New York and joined Premiere Networks' national syndication lineup.
- The show continues to air nationally through Premiere Networks.
- The program combines comedy, Hip-Hop and R&B music, celebrity interviews, inspirational advice, entertainment, news, community conversations and relationship discussions.
Strawberry Letter
Strawberry Letter is an important recurring feature of The Steve Harvey Morning Show. The segment features listener questions about relationships and personal situations, followed by discussion and advice from the show's personalities.
Career beyond radio
Steve Harvey's entertainment career extends beyond radio into stand-up comedy, television, Family Feud, Celebrity Family Feud, Showtime at the Apollo, The Steve Harvey Show, books and publishing, business and philanthropy. This is a Radio Legends profile, so the main emphasis remains on Steve Harvey's radio career.
Social / official links
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