Kidd Kraddick
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| Birth name | David Peter Cradick |
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August 22, 1959 Napoleon, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | July 27, 2013 (aged 53) Gretna, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Show | Kidd Kraddick in the Morning |
| Station(s) | KHKS (home station) or Syndicated: 75+ affiliates |
| Time slot | Monday–Friday, 6-10 a.m. Central |
| Country | United States |
| Website | kiddnation.com |
David Peter Cradick (August 22, 1959 – July 27, 2013) was an American radio host and television personality, known as Kidd Kraddick. His nationally syndicated morning radio show, The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, is based in Irving, Texas, and aired throughout the U.S., syndicated by Kraddick's company, YEA Networks. He was also seen on the nationally syndicated Dish Nation television show weeknights around the United States.
Kraddick was born in Napoleon, Ohio and grew up in Dunedin, Florida. His first radio position was in Tampa. He later worked in Fresno, California (KYNO-FM), Miami, Florida, Salt Lake City (KAYK & KLRZ), and Los Angeles (KHTZ), where he also worked comedy clubs as an MC.
Kraddick received the nickname "Kidd" from a radio producer and used the name on-air from 1978 until his death. He won the Billboard Magazine “Air Personality of the Year” Award three times, received the 1992 and 1997 AWRO "Air Personality of the Year," the Marconi Award for "Radio Personality of the Year", won the first annual 1999 WB Radio Music Award as the "Best Radio Personality in the Country", and also the 2001 "Radio and Records CHR/Pop Personality/Show of the Year."
He moved to Dallas in 1984 and took over the night shift on the newly formatted top-40 station KEGL (The Eagle) and established a following. In 1990, Kraddick was named to the Ten Outstanding Young Americans list by the United States Junior Chamber. KEGL changed formats from Top 40 pop/rock to Modern Rock in 1992 and Kraddick was released from his contract. After eight months off the air, he was hired to a morning position at Top 40 KHKS-106.1 "Kiss-FM" in Dallas-Fort Worth. He won a 1998 Marconi Award for Major Market Radio Personality of the Year while he was with KHKS and the next year he won Air Personality of the Year at the Radio Music Awards. He began to syndicate the show in 2001 and moved the production to an independent studio in Las Colinas. He became a member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. In 2016, Kraddick was posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
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