Suzy Tavarez (born February 4, 1975) is an on-air radio personality for the Boston, Massachusetts-based radio station WJMN-FM, "JAM'N 94.5". Her other claims to fame include being a Miami Dolphinscheerleader (from 1998 to 2000), acting, and modeling.
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Dolphins compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The Dolphins play their home games at Hard Rock Stadium in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens, Florida, and are headquartered in Davie, Florida. The Dolphins are Florida's oldest professional sports team. Of the four AFC East teams, they are the only team in the division that was not a charter member of the American Football League (AFL).
Tavarez, from South Florida, started working for Power 96 in Miami. She became an on-air radio personality for another Miami station, Y-100, before undertaking roles such as cheerleading with the Dolphins and serving as a co-host on Latin MTV, based in Miami.
South Florida is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises Florida's southernmost counties, including Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. It is the fourth most populous urban agglomeration in the United States. It is one of Florida's three most common "directional" regions, the others being Central Florida and North Florida. It includes the populous Miami metropolitan area, the Everglades, and the Florida Keys. South Florida is the only part of the continental United States with a tropical climate.
In January 2001, Tavarez moved to Atlanta where she was the nighttime on-air radio personality at Q100. She also appeared in several Atlanta media outlets including two magazines (Jezebel and the Atlanta Journal) and on two television stations (UPN and The WB).
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. With an estimated 2018 population of 498,044, it is also the 37th most-populous city in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5.9 million people and the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Atlanta is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia. Portions of the city extend eastward into neighboring DeKalb County.
WNNX is an Atlanta radio station airing a Mainstream Rock format. It is owned and operated by Cumulus Media. The station broadcasts from the same building as its other Cumulus Atlanta sister stations WWWQ ("Q99.7"), W255CJ 98.9 "99X", W250BC 97.9 "OG 97-9", WKHX 101.5 "Kicks 101-5", and Dickey Broadcasting's WCNN "680 The Fan" and W229AG 93.7 in Sandy Springs near the Georgia Highway 400 and Interstate 285 interchange. WNNX's main transmitter is located in downtown Atlanta atop the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel.
The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995. The network was originally owned by Chris-Craft Industries and United Television; Viacom turned the network into a joint venture in 1996 after acquiring a 50% stake in the network, and subsequently purchased Chris-Craft's remaining stake in 2000. In December 2005, UPN was spun off to CBS Corporation when Viacom split into two separate companies.
In late February 2004, Tavarez moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting, although she eventually found a job with KIIS-FM. On June 29, 2007, Tavarez finished her on-air work for KIIS-FM in order to return to Miami, to be with her family.
KIIS-FM is a commercial FM radio station which is licensed to Los Angeles, California and broadcasts to the Greater Los Angeles area. The station airs a contemporary hit radio (CHR) or "top 40" format. Owned by iHeartMedia, KIIS-FM is the origin of the KISS-FM brand and serves as the flagship station for the radio program On Air with Ryan Seacrest. The KIIS-FM studios are located in Burbank, while the station transmitter resides on Mount Wilson north of Los Angeles.
In 2009, Tavarez once again joined South Florida's Y-100 (WHYI) as an on-air personality.
KIIS 1011 is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on a frequency of 101.1 MHz, and is part of the Australian Radio Network's KIIS Network. The station was formerly known as 3DB and 3TT, broadcasting on 1026 kHz AM, before converting to FM in 1990.
WKHX-FM, known as "Kicks 101-5", is an Atlanta FM radio station that plays country music. Its city of license is Marietta, Georgia. It is owned by Cumulus Media. Its studios are located in Sandy Springs near the Georgia Highway 400 and Interstate 285 interchange, and transmits from a site in unincorporated DeKalb County, just west of Emory University.
WSTR FM 94.1 MHz is a CHR-leaning Top 40 Atlanta FM radio station licensed to Smyrna, Georgia and owned by Entercom.
WWWQ FM 99.7, known as "Q99-7", is an Atlanta radio station airing a top-40/CHR format. It is owned and operated by Cumulus Media. The station broadcasts from studios in Sandy Springs alongside its sister stations WNNX "Rock 100.5", W255CJ 98.9 "99X", W250BC 97.9 "OG 97.9", and WKHX-FM 101.5 "Kicks 101-5". WWWQ's main competition is WWPW/96.1, "Power 96-1" and WSTR/94.1, "Star 94." It broadcasts from a transmitter site in unincorporated DeKalb County west of Emory University.
KEIB is a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serving Greater Los Angeles. Owned by iHeartMedia and licensed to its Citicasters Licenses, the station brands itself as The Patriot, and currently broadcasts a conservative talk format. The station's studios are located in Burbank and its transmitter is located in the City of Industry.
KHTS-FM is a top 40 (CHR) station that is licensed to El Cajon, California and serves the San Diego market. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee Citicasters, and brands as "Channel 93-3", sounded out as "Channel 9-3-3". The station's studios are located in San Diego's Serra Mesa area, while the transmitter is located in Chollas View, which is east of Balboa Park and west of Emerald Hills, sharing facilities with KLSD. The station is available in HD Radio; the HD2 subchannel airs an LGBT-leaning dance hits format, carrying iHeart's Pride Radio network.
WCFB is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Daytona Beach, Florida, serving the Greater Orlando area. WCFB is owned by Cox Radio and airs an urban adult contemporary radio format. Its studios and offices are located on North John Young Parkway in Orlando. On weekdays, WCFB carries the syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show and in afternoons, Michael Baisden. It also airs an hour of urban contemporary gospel music at 5 a.m. and a Quiet Storm softer urban AC show at night.
Liz Wilde is an American radio personality best known for her shock jock radio program, The Liz Wilde Show.
Roby Yonge was an American radio DJ, most notable in the 1960s. He was best known for being fired from New York City station WABC-AM in 1969, after he reported over the air that the singer Paul McCartney might have died, circulating the now infamous Paul is Dead folktale saga and conspiracy theory.
WSOC-FM is a commercial radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group and airs a country music radio format, calling itself "Country 103.7." Its primary country competitor is iHeartMedia's WKKT. WSOC-FM's studios are located on South Boulevard in Charlotte's South End and the transmitter is located in East Charlotte near Reedy Creek Park.
WEAT is a radio station licensed to the West Palm Beach, Florida market. It is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. Its studios are in West Palm Beach and its transmitter is located west of Lake Worth, Florida.
WAXY is a radio station licensed in South Miami, Florida broadcasting on 790 kHz with a sports talk format. The station is owned by Entercom. Its studios are located near Hard Rock Stadium in northern Dade County and its transmitter is in Everglades National Park.
WHYI-FM, better known as Y100, is a heritage FM Top 40 (CHR) that broadcasts at 100.7 MHz. The station is licensed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida and owned by iHeartMedia. Y100 broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 98,000 watts from its 1,007 foot transmitter, which is located on the Miami-Dade side of the Miami-Dade/Broward County line near U.S. 441 and County Line Road. On a typical day its signal can generally be received north to Fort Pierce, southwest past Key Largo, and west deep into the Everglades. Its signal has even been known at times to go as far east as the Bahamas and as far south as Cuba. Its studios are located in Miramar.
WIOD is a talk radio-formatted radio station in Miami, Florida, owned by iHeartMedia. Its studios are located at the iHeart Broadcasting Complex in Miramar and the transmitter site is in North Bay Village next to studios and offices of FOX Television affiliate WSVN. Most of WIOD's weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk programs, including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and George Noory. A weekday morning news-talk program is hosted by Jimmy Cefalo.
WINZ has a Sports radio format and serves Miami-Fort Lauderdale and their suburbs. The station primarily airs syndicated programming from Fox Sports Radio with some local sports talk and game coverage. Its daytime signal reaches as far north as Ft. Pierce, as far west as Ft. Myers and Naples, and as far south as Cuba. The station has managed to score ratings in the Ft. Myers-Naples radio market despite its transmitter being over 100 miles away.
WRXK-FM is a commercial radio station with studios located in Estero, Florida and licensed to Bonita Springs, Florida, broadcasting to the Fort Myers-Naples-Marco Island, Florida area on 96.1 MHz FM. WRXK-FM airs a rock format branded as "96 K-Rock" under Program Director Chris DeLozier. 96 K-Rock began in 1986, first airing Mainstream rock then eventually changed their music format to the Active rock format, which is presently aired and used, mixing New and Current Hard Rock and Metal Artists along with Classic Rock favorites and is now known for its high powered big shows and hard rock. It is now Southwest Florida's home for 20 year market vets Stan and Haney in the afternoon.
On Air with Ryan Seacrest is a weekday syndicated radio program hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Seacrest hosts a weekday morning drive time radio show airing on Los Angeles Top 40 station 102.7 KIIS-FM. It was launched at the same time as the television show with the same name, although Seacrest had hosted a similar show in afternoon drive time on sister station 98.7 KYSR from 1995 until 2003. The TV series ran for several months in 2004, but nationwide syndication of the radio program did not start until 2008. While Seacrest hosts his Los Angeles show in the morning, the syndicated show's affiliates air it in middays or afternoons. The syndicated show takes segments from Seacrest's live Los Angeles wake up show and packages them with music, so listeners in other cities can hear them later in the day or the following day.
The Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders is the professional cheerleading squad of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. The squad performs a variety of dance moves at the Hard Rock Stadium, the home stadium of the Dolphins. The Dolphins Cheerleaders released an annual swimsuit calendar every year. The squad hosts auditions every May. Like most other squads in the league, the MDC also has a youth cheer squad. The squad also makes USO trips. Every year, the MDC sends a cheerleader to the Pro Bowl. The MDC also sends a number of alumni to the Indian Premier League every year.
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