Shari Elliker
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Shari Elliker is an American
radio personality who has worked on a number of radio stations, primarily in the Washington/Baltimore metropolitan area.
Elliker hosted her own morning radio show on WBAL (AM)
in Baltimore from 9 to noon starting in 2007, but later moved to afternoons once the station went to a news format in the afternoons and moved their veteran talk show host Ron Smith to mornings. Elliker then hosted "The Afternoon News Journal with Shari Elliker" through August 2011, when WBAL chose not to renew her contract.
She is the recipient of the "Outstanding Talk Show" awards from the Associated Press, Chesapeake Region for 2007 and 2008 and has received two "Achievement in Radio" Awards.
Prior to WBAL, Elliker's work history included hosting the Broadminded
radio program on XM Radio through December 21, 2007, hosting her own morning show for a number of years on the legendary WHFS
, 99.1 FM in Washington/Baltimore, working from 1992-96 on The Don and Mike
Show, doing traffic and sitting in the "fourth chair", and at WUSA
as the afternoon traffic reporter.
Elliker is a big fan of both reality and fictional crime stories. Shari has appeared on television and film, including inHomicide: Life on the Street
on NBC, America's Most Wanted
' on Fox, and on stage with comedy troupes Gross National Product, Fresh Victims, and The Loyal Opposition. Shari has also provided voice for numerous productions on television and radio, as well as numerous video games, including The Elder Scrolls
, Morrowind, Star Trek: Legacy
, Star Trek: Conquest
, and Fallout 3
.
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radio personality who has worked on a number of radio stations, primarily in the Washington/Baltimore metropolitan area.
Elliker hosted her own morning radio show on WBAL (AM)
WBAL (AM)
WBAL is a news-talk radio station located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. WBAL broadcasts on a clear channel frequency with 50 kilowatts of power. Owned by the Hearst Corporation, WBAL's tri-mast transmitters are located in Randallstown, Maryland...
in Baltimore from 9 to noon starting in 2007, but later moved to afternoons once the station went to a news format in the afternoons and moved their veteran talk show host Ron Smith to mornings. Elliker then hosted "The Afternoon News Journal with Shari Elliker" through August 2011, when WBAL chose not to renew her contract.
She is the recipient of the "Outstanding Talk Show" awards from the Associated Press, Chesapeake Region for 2007 and 2008 and has received two "Achievement in Radio" Awards.
Prior to WBAL, Elliker's work history included hosting the Broadminded
Broadminded
Broadminded is a daily talk and entertainment show on SIRIUS XM Satelliete Radio Channel 107 - Sirius XM Stars.It is hosted by real-life friends, Christine Eads and Molly Dedham. The hosts refer to themselves as "Broads". They discuss a wide range of topics from sex, men, entertainment, and life...
radio program on XM Radio through December 21, 2007, hosting her own morning show for a number of years on the legendary WHFS
WHFS
WHFS was the call sign for three different FM stations in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Maryland markets on various frequencies for nearly 50 years. The first and longest run was a progressive rock station and was usually, and affectionately, referred to as 'HFS...
, 99.1 FM in Washington/Baltimore, working from 1992-96 on The Don and Mike
Don and Mike
The Don and Mike Show was an American nationally syndicated radio talk show hosted by the shock jocks Don Geronimo and Mike O'Meara, which aired from December 1985 through April 2008, when Geronimo retired in order to focus on his personal life. After Geronimo's retirement, the remaining cast...
Show, doing traffic and sitting in the "fourth chair", and at WUSA
WUSA (TV)
WUSA is a television station broadcasting on channel 9 in Washington, D.C.. Owned by the Gannett Company, WUSA is an affiliate of the CBS television network, and the longest-tenured affiliate of that network...
as the afternoon traffic reporter.
Elliker is a big fan of both reality and fictional crime stories. Shari has appeared on television and film, including inHomicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de-facto series finale...
on NBC, America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode...
' on Fox, and on stage with comedy troupes Gross National Product, Fresh Victims, and The Loyal Opposition. Shari has also provided voice for numerous productions on television and radio, as well as numerous video games, including The Elder Scrolls
The Elder Scrolls
The Elder Scrolls is a role-playing video game series developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.-History:...
, Morrowind, Star Trek: Legacy
Star Trek: Legacy
Star Trek: Legacy is a video game released by Mad Doc Software for Windows-based PCs and Xbox 360. The game, a strategy/action and space combat game, was published by Bethesda Softworks...
, Star Trek: Conquest
Star Trek: Conquest
Star Trek: Conquest is a video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game features both turn-based strategy and real time strategy gameplay...
, and Fallout 3
Fallout 3
Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008, and in Japan in December 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...
.