Jamie White
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Jamie White is an American
radio
personality and actress who is most notable for having hosted mornings on KYSR Star 98.7
in Los Angeles
for nearly nine years. Initially hired by a Kansas City
radio station, she took a string of broadcasting jobs that had led to her former job at KYSR.
Jamie White has also played a part in a few movies, her largest movie role being an MTV
VJ and groupie
in the 2001 movie Rock Star
(Jamie's best friend, Heidi Mark
, was also in that movie). She's also had a few appearances on TV shows including Rock Star: Supernova when she interviewed a group of final contestants, including some bickering with winner Lukas Rossi
.
, she took a modeling
job in St. Louis, Missouri
that led to a career in radio broadcasting. Prior to her career as a radio broadcast personality, Jamie was married to a prominent Denver orthopedic surgeon. Her personal website cites her divorce
and her mother's battle with cancer
as influential to her on-air personality.
In 1994, she was hired by Denver's KALC Alice 105.9
along with Frosty Stilwell and Frank Kramer, to host the "Jamie, Frosty and Frank Show
", which became the number one morning show in Denver. In 1998, she moved to Los Angeles when the show was moved to KYSR Star 98.7 (while still being syndicated to Denver on KALC). On September 15, 1999, the station decided to let go of Frosty and Frank (who became part of the Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show on KLSX
with Heidi Hamilton, a former KYSR traffic reporter, until that show was canceled in 2009, but later picked up by KABC AM 790 in Los Angeles). They were, for a short time, replaced with former Partridge Family child star Danny Bonaduce
. The "Jamie and Danny" show was also syndicated to KALC until the summer of 2000, then returned to Denver on KFMD (now KPTT) from July 9, 2001 until April 27, 2005, when the station switched to an "Urban
" format.
The show remained on Star 98.7 until July 1, 2005, when Bonaduce was fired from the station and replaced with Technical Producer Jack Heine and producer Mike Roberts (aka "Stench") to form the "Jamie, Jack and Stench" weekday morning show. This show was taken off the air on April 10, 2006, along with the rest of the Star 98.7 DJs, but the morning show returned a month later on May 8.
Bonaduce was rumored to have filed a lawsuit
against White on September 28, 2005 for allegedly slandering him on air while he was in a rehab
center. The rumor alleged that Jamie lied about him showing up to work under the influence of drugs. Bonaduce claims he was never under the influence of drugs while at work. On January 4, 2007, Danny Bonaduce set the record straight about the lawsuit on the Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show that there was never a lawsuit for slander.
White was involved in an on-air argument with KFI AM 640
host Bill Handel
on December 15, 2006, that resulted in Handel being suspended for using obscene, threatening language.
White had asked Handel's two 12-year-old girls to stay out of the KYSR studios (in premises shared with KFI and other Clear Channel stations). In a tape of the exchange aired on KTLA-TV - with four sections 'bleeped' - Handel tells White "If you ever talk to my kids that way again, Jamie, I'm gonna kick your [bleep]", criticizes her "[bleep] losing numbers on this loser show" and shouts "Don't you touch me!" as he leaves the studio. The recording concludes with two bleeped f-bombs and White shouting "Get outta here, Bill. You're nuts!" Handel later apologized to the "Jamie, Jack and Stench Show", saying he lost his temper.
On January 3, 2007, she was let go from KYSR
when the station announced that the "Jamie, Jack, & Stench" morning show would not be returning from the holiday hiatus.
On March 8, 2007, Jack and Stench (Stretch) started their own subscription podcast. Jamie White
joined them from September 14, 2007, to June 8, 2009. She left the podcast to start a new job with 106.5 The Buzz in Sacramento, CA, on the Morning Show with Ryan Beaman.
On April 22, 2011, Jaime announced that she was leaving 106.5 The Buzz in Sacramento to stay home and raise her son.
United States
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radio
Radio
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personality and actress who is most notable for having hosted mornings on KYSR Star 98.7
KYSR
KYSR is a commercial modern rock radio station in Los Angeles, California, covering the Los Angeles, Orange County, and Inland Empire areas on 98.7 FM. KYSR is also simulcasted on KSRY 103.1 FM in Tehachapi, California...
in Los Angeles
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for nearly nine years. Initially hired by a Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
radio station, she took a string of broadcasting jobs that had led to her former job at KYSR.
Jamie White has also played a part in a few movies, her largest movie role being an MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
VJ and groupie
Groupie
A groupie is a person who seeks emotional and sexual intimacy with a musician or other celebrity. "Groupie" is derived from group in reference to a musical group, but the word is also used in a more general sense, especially in casual conversation....
in the 2001 movie Rock Star
Rock Star (2001 film)
Rock Star is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek and starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. It tells the story of Chris "Izzy" Cole, a tribute band singer whose ascendance to the position of lead vocalist of his favorite band was inspired by the real-life story of Tim...
(Jamie's best friend, Heidi Mark
Heidi Mark
Heidi Mark is an American model and actress. Heidi is of Finnish origin. Her father was born in Helsinki, Finland. She worked at her father's law office and Hooters. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July 1995. Prior to being a Playmate, she appeared on the cover of April...
, was also in that movie). She's also had a few appearances on TV shows including Rock Star: Supernova when she interviewed a group of final contestants, including some bickering with winner Lukas Rossi
Lukas Rossi
Lukas Rossi is a Canadian rock musician and was the winner of the CBS Television reality series Rock Star: Supernova - a televised audition contest to become lead singer of the Hard Rock Supergroup Rock Star Supernova.-Biography:Rossi was born a women and served time in jail...
.
Biography
Born December 6, 1968 in the town of Energy, IllinoisEnergy, Illinois
Energy is a village in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,175 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Energy is located at ....
, she took a modeling
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
job in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
that led to a career in radio broadcasting. Prior to her career as a radio broadcast personality, Jamie was married to a prominent Denver orthopedic surgeon. Her personal website cites her divorce
Divorce
Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
and her mother's battle with cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
as influential to her on-air personality.
In 1994, she was hired by Denver's KALC Alice 105.9
KALC
KALC is a commercial radio station located in Denver, Colorado, USA. KALC airs an Adult Top 40 music format branded as "Alice 105.9".-History:...
along with Frosty Stilwell and Frank Kramer, to host the "Jamie, Frosty and Frank Show
Jamie, Frosty and Frank Show
The Jamie, Frosty, and Frank Show was a radio show which ran from 1994 to 1999 on Denver's Alice 105.9 and from 1998 to 1999 on Los Angeles' Star 98.7.It starred:...
", which became the number one morning show in Denver. In 1998, she moved to Los Angeles when the show was moved to KYSR Star 98.7 (while still being syndicated to Denver on KALC). On September 15, 1999, the station decided to let go of Frosty and Frank (who became part of the Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show on KLSX
KLSX
KAMP-FM 97.1 FM, known on-air as 97.1 AMP Radio, is a Rhythmic Contemporary radio station in Los Angeles, California. The station is owned by CBS Radio.The station had long been known as KLSX before the call sign changed on June 30, 2009....
with Heidi Hamilton, a former KYSR traffic reporter, until that show was canceled in 2009, but later picked up by KABC AM 790 in Los Angeles). They were, for a short time, replaced with former Partridge Family child star Danny Bonaduce
Danny Bonaduce
Dante Daniel "Danny" Bonaduce is an American radio/television personality, comedian, professional wrestler, and former child actor...
. The "Jamie and Danny" show was also syndicated to KALC until the summer of 2000, then returned to Denver on KFMD (now KPTT) from July 9, 2001 until April 27, 2005, when the station switched to an "Urban
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
" format.
The show remained on Star 98.7 until July 1, 2005, when Bonaduce was fired from the station and replaced with Technical Producer Jack Heine and producer Mike Roberts (aka "Stench") to form the "Jamie, Jack and Stench" weekday morning show. This show was taken off the air on April 10, 2006, along with the rest of the Star 98.7 DJs, but the morning show returned a month later on May 8.
Bonaduce was rumored to have filed a lawsuit
Lawsuit
A lawsuit or "suit in law" is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint...
against White on September 28, 2005 for allegedly slandering him on air while he was in a rehab
Drug rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a term for the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines...
center. The rumor alleged that Jamie lied about him showing up to work under the influence of drugs. Bonaduce claims he was never under the influence of drugs while at work. On January 4, 2007, Danny Bonaduce set the record straight about the lawsuit on the Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show that there was never a lawsuit for slander.
White was involved in an on-air argument with KFI AM 640
KFI
KFI is an AM radio station in Los Angeles, California. It received its license to operate on March 31, 1922 and began operating on April 16, 1922 as one of the United States' first high-powered, "clear-channel" stations...
host Bill Handel
Bill Handel
William Wolf Handel is the director and founder of the Center for Surrogate Parenting and an AM radio personality in Los Angeles, California....
on December 15, 2006, that resulted in Handel being suspended for using obscene, threatening language.
White had asked Handel's two 12-year-old girls to stay out of the KYSR studios (in premises shared with KFI and other Clear Channel stations). In a tape of the exchange aired on KTLA-TV - with four sections 'bleeped' - Handel tells White "If you ever talk to my kids that way again, Jamie, I'm gonna kick your [bleep]", criticizes her "[bleep] losing numbers on this loser show" and shouts "Don't you touch me!" as he leaves the studio. The recording concludes with two bleeped f-bombs and White shouting "Get outta here, Bill. You're nuts!" Handel later apologized to the "Jamie, Jack and Stench Show", saying he lost his temper.
On January 3, 2007, she was let go from KYSR
KYSR
KYSR is a commercial modern rock radio station in Los Angeles, California, covering the Los Angeles, Orange County, and Inland Empire areas on 98.7 FM. KYSR is also simulcasted on KSRY 103.1 FM in Tehachapi, California...
when the station announced that the "Jamie, Jack, & Stench" morning show would not be returning from the holiday hiatus.
On March 8, 2007, Jack and Stench (Stretch) started their own subscription podcast. Jamie White
joined them from September 14, 2007, to June 8, 2009. She left the podcast to start a new job with 106.5 The Buzz in Sacramento, CA, on the Morning Show with Ryan Beaman.
On April 22, 2011, Jaime announced that she was leaving 106.5 The Buzz in Sacramento to stay home and raise her son.
Legal Problems
On July 11, 2009, White was arrest at 1:30 am for an undisclosed felony. She was booked at 2:31 am and released at 6:14 am on $50,000 bail from the LAPD Pacific Division. She is due back in court on August 5, 2009. Charges against White were eventually dropped.Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 2001 | Rock Star Rock Star (2001 film) Rock Star is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek and starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. It tells the story of Chris "Izzy" Cole, a tribute band singer whose ascendance to the position of lead vocalist of his favorite band was inspired by the real-life story of Tim... |
MTV MTV MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... VJ |
|
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Rock Star: Supernova | Herself | |
External links
(Currently Inactive)- Jamie White on FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
- Jamie, Jack, and Stench Show