Mark S. Allen
Encyclopedia
Career
Allen has hosted numerous television shows including "Good Day Sacramento" on CW31, "Mark At The Movies" on the Reelz ChannelReelz Channel
ReelzChannel is a digital cable television channel owned by Hubbard Broadcasting that airs programming about movies as well as syndicated programming. It features news and information on movies currently in theatres as well as information on movies released on DVD and airing on cable television...
, "Scratch" with Lisa Ling
Lisa Ling
Lisa J. Ling is a Chinese American journalist, best known for her role as a co-host of ABC's The View , host of National Geographic Explorer, reporter on Channel One News, and special correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show and CNN. She is the older sister of journalist Laura Ling.-Early...
and Short Attention Span Theater on Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
. He got his broadcasting start as a radio personality, notably with KSFM
KSFM
KSFM is a Rhythmic Contemporary Hits formatted radio station serving the Sacramento, California, USA, area. Its city of license and transmitter are located in Woodland but their studios are based in Sacramento...
FM-102 in the late 1980s, where he performed several notable, annual stunts (such as living atop a billboard, and on a man-made island in the Sacramento River, for 30 days each) in order to raise money and awareness for the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public...
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Allen has also won three Emmy awards.