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===Amy (Co-host)===
===Amy (Co-host)===
Amy's hometown is [[Austin, TX]], though she currently lives in the [[Southern Pines, North Carolina|Southern Pines]]/[[Pinehurst Resort|Pinehurst]] area in [[North Carolina]]. She joined the show in 2006 and married shortly after joining on December 31st, 2006 for her husbands money. She married Ben, a long-time family friend, and their engagement period lasted approximately two months. The show sometimes makes fun of her for getting married so quickly. She attended [[Texas A&M University]], however she was 3 hours short from completing her degree. In 2008, Amy completed an online course from [[Texas Tech University]] and received her Bachelor's Degree. Prior to joining the show, Amy was a sales person for a granite company. She quit her job as a salesperson to join the show in 2006. Although Amy was not picked during a co-host search event to replace former co-host Jill, she was made a morning show regular by Bobby to share the co-host duties with Sara (the co-host search winner). Sara ended up leaving the show to be closer to family. Ironically, Sara ended up moving back to Austin and is now a co-host on a rival morning radio show. Amy and her husband, Ben, moved from Austin to North Carolina in the summer of 2008 because of Ben's job as an Air Force Pilot. Because she lives in North Carolina she does the show remotely from her house. <ref>[http://prepnet.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/mouth_0111]</ref> However, because most of her family still lives in Austin, she occasionally goes back to Austin to visit and will do the show with the rest of the cast at the radio station. This is usually the case around the Holidays. When Amy is in the studio the show takes advantage and does bits that it would normally not get to do with Amy being out of the studio. During the show, Amy does the Hollywood Skinny four times throughout the show. Amy is also the mid-morning DJ for 96.7 Kiss FM which starts immediately after the Bobby Bones Show. Amy is a devout Christian and a Republican and provides an opposing opinion to Lunchbox.<ref>[http://www.967kissfm.com/pages/amy.html]</ref>
Amy's hometown is [[Austin, TX]], though she currently lives in the [[Southern Pines, North Carolina|Southern Pines]]/[[Pinehurst Resort|Pinehurst]] area in [[North Carolina]]. She married Ben, a long-time family friend, and their engagement period lasted approximately two months. The show sometimes makes fun of her for getting married so quickly. She attended [[Texas A&M University]], however she was 3 hours short from completing her degree. In 2008, Amy completed an online course from [[Texas Tech University]] and received her Bachelor's Degree. Prior to joining the show, Amy was a sales person for a granite company. She quit her job as a salesperson to join the show in 2006. Although Amy was not picked during a co-host search event to replace former co-host Jill, she was made a morning show regular by Bobby to share the co-host duties with Sara (the co-host search winner). Sara ended up leaving the show to be closer to family. Ironically, Sara ended up moving back to Austin and is now a co-host on a rival morning radio show. Amy and her husband, Ben, moved from Austin to North Carolina in the summer of 2008 because of Ben's job as an Air Force Pilot. Because she lives in North Carolina she does the show remotely from her house. <ref>[http://prepnet.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/mouth_0111]</ref> However, because most of her family still lives in Austin, she occasionally goes back to Austin to visit and will do the show with the rest of the cast at the radio station. This is usually the case around the Holidays. When Amy is in the studio the show takes advantage and does bits that it would normally not get to do with Amy being out of the studio. During the show, Amy does the Hollywood Skinny four times throughout the show. Amy is also the mid-morning DJ for 96.7 Kiss FM which starts immediately after the Bobby Bones Show. Amy is a devout Christian and a Republican and provides an opposing opinion to Lunchbox.<ref>[http://www.967kissfm.com/pages/amy.html]</ref>


===Carlos (Producer and Co-host)===
===Carlos (Producer and Co-host)===

Revision as of 19:59, 14 October 2011

The Bobby Bones Show is a morning radio show broadcast in Austin, Texas on 96.7 KISS FM and syndicated in Wichita, Kansas, Amarillo, Texas, Lubbock, Texas, Augusta, Georgia, Waco, Texas, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Bobby Bones is accompanied by co-hosts Lunchbox, Amy, Carlos, and Alayna. Jay Shannon is program director. According to Clear Channel Radio, the show is the number one rated morning show in Austin, Wichita, Amarillo, and Lubbock. The morning show runs on weekdays from 6 AM to 10 AM.[1] On July 18, 2011, it was announced that Bobby signed a three-year extension to do mornings for Clear Channel's Kiss 96.7 KHFI, and also signed a deal with Premiere Networks for syndication rights. [2]

Left to right -- Lunchbox, Bobby Bones, Amy, Carlos and Alayna in the studio

Show cast

Bobby Bones

Bobby Bones was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on April 2, 1980, but currently lives in Austin, Texas.

Bobby's first job in radio was at the age of 18 on the college radio station KSH 91.1 The Switch at Henderson State University. With only a week of experience at The Switch, Bobby landed a job in Hot Springs, Arkansas with KLAZ 105.9 as part-time air talent. During his four-year stint at KLAZ, Bobby was responsible for turning ten college students into professional broadcasters (most of whom worked at KLAZ with Bobby's recommendation).

After graduating from Henderson State University in the summer of 2002, Bobby was hired by a Little Rock station, KQAR - Q100, to host The Bobby Bones Night Show. Bobby garnered tons of national attention on his show in Little Rock with a stunt where Bobby snuck into a competing station's building to take over their radio waves for over 15 minutes. The act generated buzz nation-wide and also landed Bobby in legal trouble. Even with legal issues on his resume, Bobby was promoted within the company and was offered syndication for The Bobby Bones Night Show in Austin, San Antonio, New Orleans, Meridian and Oklahoma City. This market gave Bobby a 3-million listener market nightly.

In July 2003, Bobby was offered to move his show to the west coast for an even larger radio market. Through several contract negotiations throughout the years, Bobby has remained in Austin where he hosts the Bobby Bones Show on 96.7 KISS FM, and is syndicated in various other markets throughout the country.

Bobby's first TV gig was a short stint on the Bozo Show at age 6.[3] Bobby has been featured on Ryan Seacrest's show, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, on E! for an interview done with Matthew McConaughey.[4] Bobby recently expanded his on-screen career playing an emcee, Gordy, at an event in the movie Bandslam, starring Alyson Michalka, Gaelan Connell, Scott Porter and Vanessa Hudgens, releaseed on August 14, 2009.[5] Bobby hosted two shows on METV, Airwaves and The Almost Late Show with Bobby Bones.

Bobby's dog Dusty is named after the program director (Dusty Black) who put the show back on the air after the show was taken off-air due to a prank from a regular bit called "Lunchwalking." The prank went wrong when Lunchbox went into a gas station to buy a pack of gum with a pair of pantyhose over his head. They were put back on the air two weeks after the incident.[6]

In October 2008, Bobby ran a rumor on the internet that he was dating Vanessa Hudgens. Bobby told his listeners to perform a Google search of "Bobby Bones Vanessa Hudgens" to see if he could get a rumor started. After seeing a steady increase in ratings in the Google Trends, he told his listeners to search "Bobby Bones Vanessa Hudgens vacation photos" and "Bobby Bones Vanessa Hudgens on the beach".[7][8] On October 14, 2008, it was the number two search topic on Google.[9]

Bobby Bones was selected to co-host Live with Regis and Kelly on January 26th in place of vacationing Regis Philbin.

Bobby Bones appears on the evening show Prime News on the station Headline News.

Bobby and his close friend Andy Roddick co-hosted a sports radio show on Fox Sports Radio on August 6, 2011.[10] They have both expressed interest in having their own sports show. Currently, they both are in discussions to get their own show.

Lunchbox (Co-Host)

Lunchbox's (shortened on air to "LB" or "Lunch") hometown is Austin, Texas. LB has not revealed the true story behind his nickname, but LB insists that when he was a child, he was caught shoplifting a superhero lunchbox. Ever since he was caught, family and friends have referred to him as Lunchbox. He grew up in Austin and became a member of the LWC (Little White Criminals). There, he obtained the alias "Jason Gibble". LB attended the University of Texas at San Antonio however he dropped out with only having a mere three credit hours left to complete his bachelor's degree. LB was an intern for two country stations in Austin, Texas. Bobby met LB at a bar in Austin and thought that LB would be perfect for his radio show. LB was arrested on August 9, 2004 for a bit gone wrong. He was arrested after walking into a convenience store in south Austin with a stocking mask over his head to purchase gum. The clerk at the store saw LB and pressed the silent alarm. LB was charged with making a terroristic threat, and the show was taken off the air for two weeks. [11]. Bobby and Lunchbox were suspended from the air for two weeks after the incident. Lunchbox has appeared in the popular NBC TV show Friday Night Lights. It appeared that LB had a speaking part, but it was quickly learned that the producers chose to replace his voice with a voice-over actor's. Lunchbox claims to "hook up" with many women; his co-host believe he exaggerates or fabricates these "hook-up' stories. Lunchbox expresses a stereotypical view of woman and marriage, and displays a dislike for overweight people. He is the liberal member of the team, in opposition to Amy's conservative viewpoints. When LB is not working, he volunteers his time with the local Meals on Wheels program. He used to be made fun of for his "five dollar" haircut,until starting a bet in 2009 in which he would have to let his hair grow out all year. Lunchbox is now made fun of for his "Beiber" haircut named after the popular singer Justin Bieber.[12] LB has regular bits on the show including The "Bonehead" Story of the Day (where LB finds local news stories of criminals or simply town locals doing foolish things to get caught/in trouble), "Lunchwalking" (similar to Jay Leno's "Jaywalking" bit) and "Guess Your Weight" (where LB guesses women's weights over the phone on the radio).

Amy (Co-host)

Amy's hometown is Austin, TX, though she currently lives in the Southern Pines/Pinehurst area in North Carolina. She married Ben, a long-time family friend, and their engagement period lasted approximately two months. The show sometimes makes fun of her for getting married so quickly. She attended Texas A&M University, however she was 3 hours short from completing her degree. In 2008, Amy completed an online course from Texas Tech University and received her Bachelor's Degree. Prior to joining the show, Amy was a sales person for a granite company. She quit her job as a salesperson to join the show in 2006. Although Amy was not picked during a co-host search event to replace former co-host Jill, she was made a morning show regular by Bobby to share the co-host duties with Sara (the co-host search winner). Sara ended up leaving the show to be closer to family. Ironically, Sara ended up moving back to Austin and is now a co-host on a rival morning radio show. Amy and her husband, Ben, moved from Austin to North Carolina in the summer of 2008 because of Ben's job as an Air Force Pilot. Because she lives in North Carolina she does the show remotely from her house. [13] However, because most of her family still lives in Austin, she occasionally goes back to Austin to visit and will do the show with the rest of the cast at the radio station. This is usually the case around the Holidays. When Amy is in the studio the show takes advantage and does bits that it would normally not get to do with Amy being out of the studio. During the show, Amy does the Hollywood Skinny four times throughout the show. Amy is also the mid-morning DJ for 96.7 Kiss FM which starts immediately after the Bobby Bones Show. Amy is a devout Christian and a Republican and provides an opposing opinion to Lunchbox.[14]

Carlos (Producer and Co-host)

Carlos is one of the producers of the show along with Alayna. Carlos started as an intern on the show while he was in college. Carlos attended Bowie High School in Austin, Texas, and went on to Schreiner University to play baseball. He is made fun of for his mumbiling and a running joke with the show is that he is a "pickleman" Carlos went running one day at a middle school track claiming it was close to his house while school was still in session. It was then found out that he had lied about the geographical conditions and was therefore branded "pickleman" which had to do with a pedophilia case.

Alayna (Producer)

Alayna is the producer of the Bobby Bones Show. She is from Caracas, Venezuela and currently resides in Austin, Texas. Alayna started off at the Bobby Bones Show as an intern. Shortly after finishing up her stint as an intern Alayna was hired to be the producer of the show. As producer of the show she is in charge of the group of interns and inputs segments, clips, and runs various bits. Alayna is considered by many on the show to be the most valuable person on the show. During the show she does the traffic and weather report and occasionally chimes in on various topics that the show is discussing. Alayna has described herself as "weird" on-air on several occasions. She is bisexual and has made out with a female intern on the show before [15] [16] Alayna also made news when she found a boyfriend from Los Angeles via twitter after she started following him because she really liked his tweets[17].

Regular Bits

Blogs

The "Blogs" are a look into the lives of the cast of the show. They are treated like a regular web blog where the cast members share something interesting that happened in their lives recently. Amy, Bobby, and Carlos have blogs, and LB has "Lunchbox's Man-blog."

Bonehead Story of the Day

The "Bonehead Story of the Day" is a story found by Lunchbox usually revolving around a criminal doing dumb things to get caught. The "Bonehead" also encompasses stories of people generally acting like "boneheads." LB delivers the "Bonehead" once per show.

Hollywood Skinny

The "Hollywood Skinny" is a brief update in the world of pop culture that talks about celebrities and their lives. The "Skinny" also informs listeners of what is on TV that night, album release dates and upcoming movie releases. Amy delivers the "Skinny" once an hour for the duration of the show.

iPod Downloads of the Week

The "iPod Downloads of the Week" are done once a week where Bobby and the co-hosts tell listeners the last three songs they've downloaded to their iTunes.

Sounds of the Last 24 Hours

The "Sounds of the Last 24 Hours" are short sound bytes that re-cap comments and happenings in the news in the last 24 hours. These clips range from interviews on night shows to portions of pop culture clip shows such as TMZ or Entertainment Tonight.

News Segment

The "News Segment" is a segment where every cast member brings in an interesting news story that they have found. The ongoing joke is that Carlos always has a story involving death.

Tell Me Something Good

"Tell me something good" is a segment where every cast member of the cast brings in a news story that is uplifting and happy. The cast tends to try and find something negative about another cast member's story.

Friday Morning Dance Party

The "Friday Morning Dance Party" is a segment where Bobby plays uptempo-feel-good music to celebrate the end of the week. He takes listener's requests from the Bobby Bones Show Facebook Page.


Games

Games play an integral part in the fabric of the Bobby Bones Show. Each cast member has his or her own theme music that is played when they win a game. Bobby's theme song is "Winner" by Jamie Foxx featuring Justin Timberlake and T.I.. Lunchbox's theme song is "All I Do is Win" by DJ Khaled. Carlos' theme song is "You're The Best Around" by Joe Esposito. Amy's theme song is "Juicy" by Better than Ezra.

What Year Was It

"What Year Was It" is played every morning at 7:00am. They choose a caller to play the game, and then Bobby will play clips of a movie, a song, a pop culture reference, and a national news story that all came out or occurred in the same year. The cast member that gets it right gets a point. If one of the cast members is sure they have the correct answer, they can "go 100 percent" and if they get it right, they will get two points, but if they get it wrong they lose a point. Amy is known to be very good at this game and has never lost a season.

Name That Tune

"Name That Tune" (or N-T-T) is a game modeled after the original Name That Tune that is played on air between the co-hosts to properly name the artist and song that Bobby plays. The co-hosts use their names as their buzzer and can be awarded one point for naming the artist, one point for naming the title of the song, and three points for naming the theme. There have been 5 seasons of NTT. The first person to win 25 games in a season is considered the champion. Amy has won each and every season. Her latest win came in August 2011. NTT is so popular that there is an annual NTT tournmanet held in Austin and hosted by Bobby.

Bobby Feud

"Bobby Feud" is played on occasion. Lately, the game has been played when there are celebirites in the studio. The game is modeled after the popular tv game show Family Feud. Recently Andy Roddick, Brooklyn Decker, and her mom took on the morning show in a game. The Roddick/Decker team swept the Bobby Bones team.[18]

The Name Game

"The Name Game" is a game of name association. The cast is given a proper name, and each cast member must name a person commonly known in pop culture with the same proper name. For example, if the name given is "John", names given could be John Mayer, John Madden, John Lennon, or John the Baptist. If a cast member cannot name a person with the same proper name in the allotted time, he or she is considered "out". A cast member receives 0 points for being eliminated first, 1 point for being eliminated second, 2 points for being eliminated third, and 3 points for being eliminated last. The cast member with the most points at the end of the game wins. The Name Game has been retired from the rotation and is seldomly played now.

Password

"Password" is a game modeled after the original Password that is played on air between the co-hosts. The game consists of two teams composed of Bobby and Amy placed against Lunchbox and Carlos. The game is based on word association. One team member is given a word, and they must give the first word that comes to their head. Their teammate is invited back into the room and is given the same list of words. The object of the game is for the second teammate to match the word given by the first teammate. The team with the most word matches wins the game. This game has been retired from the rotation.

Helium Idol

"Helium Idol" is an annual week-long competition where each cast member sucks in helium from a balloon and sings a song. Each day of the competition the listeners cast their vote on the show's website to decide who was their favorite of the day. The lowest vote-getter is eliminated each day until a champion is crowned.

Christmas Gift Giving Competition

The "Christmas Gift Giving Competition" occurs each year a little before Christmas. The show exchanges gifts with one another and then ranks each gift they received.

Bonesy Awards

The Bobby Bones Show gives out annual awards to performers, local restaurants, local bars, and other miscellaneous categories referred to as the "Bonesy Awards." The categories, nominees, and winners are determined the cast and/or interns in a popular vote.

Awards

  • 2008-2009: Best Radio Personality (AWRT)[20]
  • 2007-2008: Best Radio Personality (AWRT)[21]
  • 2007-2008: Best Radio Personality and Best Radio Program (Austin Music Awards)[22]
  • 2004-2005, 2005–2006, 2006-2007: Best Radio Personality (Austin Music Awards)[22][23][24][25]

References

  1. ^ Gary, Dinges (2008-04-29). "Bobby Bones signs deal to stay at KISS FM". Austin360.com. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  2. ^ "http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/93967/khfi-s-bobby-bones-inks-new-three-year-deal-expand". www.allaccess.com. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 201-07-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |title= (help)
  3. ^ All the Hits - 96.7 KISS FM - Austin, Texas
  4. ^ "Bobby Bones & Matthew McConaughey on E! News Live 092106". YouTube. 2006-09-21. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  5. ^ Rock On (2009)
  6. ^ Austin Radio DJ Wears Ski Mask Into Store: Gets Arrested
  7. ^ Ingram, Mathew (2008-10-14). "THE UPS AND DOWNS OF GOOGLE BOMBING". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  8. ^ "Google Searches". Bobby Bones Show. 2008-10-13. 1:05 minutes in. KHFI-FM. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |city= ignored (|location= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Google Trends: Oct 14, 2008". Google. 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  10. ^ Clear, Channel (2011-8-4). "Syndicated Radio Personality Bobby Bones and U.S. Tennis Champion Andy Roddick To Fill In On FOX Sports Radio This Saturday". Clear Channel Communications. Retrieved 2011-9-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
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  12. ^ All the Hits - 96.7 KISS FM - Austin, Texas
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  15. ^ "Alayna and Jeffrie Kiss". YouTube. 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  16. ^ http://prepnet.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/mouth_0111
  17. ^ Kristen, Kirby (2009-07-17). "Sweet on Tweets: Finding Love on Twitter". Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  18. ^ "Bobby Feud-Bobby Bones Show vs. Roddick and Decker Family". YouTube. 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  19. ^ Bobby Bones Show Recap
  20. ^ "AWRT Trailblazer Awards". Retrieved 2009-04-07. [dead link]
  21. ^ "AWRT Trailblazer Awards". Retrieved 2008-09-27. [dead link]
  22. ^ a b "2007-08 Austin Music Awards". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  23. ^ "2004-05 Austin Music Awards". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  24. ^ "2005-06 Austin Music Awards". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  25. ^ "2006-07 Austin Music Awards". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
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