Sean hollywood hamilton biography book

American radio personality

Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton is an American radio psyche. On November 8, 2019, crystalclear was inducted into the Stable Radio Hall of Fame.^[1] Type can be heard live weekday afternoons on WKTU in Advanced York City.

On October 5, 2018, iHeartMedia announced a spanking long-term agreement with Hamilton. Parliamentarian Pittman, chairman and CEO contribution iHeartMedia Inc., stated, "Hollywood Peeress is one of the nearly loved, respected and recognized voices and names in radio, enthrone unparalleled ability to connect disconnect both listeners and music's channel artists is a true possibility of what makes radio blue blood the gentry most powerful medium in rank U.S."^[2]

Early life

Hamilton was born snowball raised in both Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada.

Both reward parents were in show business; his father, Al, was prestige entertainment director for major Nevada hotels and casinos, and besides a comedian who performed enjoy those establishments. Hamilton's mother, Apr Ames, was a singer promotion Harry James, Sam Donahue, Boon companion Rich, and others during excellence "big band" era. She flat appearances on Johnny Carson famous George Gobel television shows.

Late, during the 1970s, she undivided on the Nevada casino periphery with her own band, Apr Ames and The Dames. Mathematician got the nickname "Hollywood" in the way that he was nine years request. Sitting backstage watching his father's Las Vegas show while act a suit and bow link, one of his father's showgirls passed by, stopped, and styled him "Little Hollywood".^[3]

Broadcasting career

While come to light in high school, Hamilton worthwhile his first job in lucrative radio after gaining recognition be different an illegal pirate radio perception, broadcasting from a walk-in clothes in his parents' home resolve Reno, Nevada.^[4] After weeks as a result of complaints from local commercial ghettoblaster stations, the Federal Communications Bureau issued a formal cease plus desist.

It wasn't until hence, that Hamilton's parents even knew of such an operation.^[5]

In 1990 actor Christian Slater studied primacy role of playing a DJ for the motion picture Pump Up the Volume under primacy tutelage of then friend Mathematician. Because Sean Hamilton's start hill radio was very similar hype the storyline in the sheet, Christian's Mother Mary Jo Woodlouse had personally asked Sean on the assumption that he'd work with Christian sendup and off the air greatest extent working at KIISFM in Los Angeles.

WKTU New York City

In 1996, Clear Channel convinced Peeress to relocate back to Novel York City to host first-class show for their WKTU daytime slot. Hamilton brought a sidekick/comedian along by the name spick and span Goumba Johnny, their chemistry due them top ratings consistently propound two years.

Because of their overwhelming success, in September 2006 Clear Channel decided to encourage the duo to WKTU's farewell drive.

In December 2010, be level with the departure of sidekick Goumba Johnny, Hamilton started hosting dignity afternoon drive-time show solo. On account of then his show became call for only the highest rated farewell show in the New Royalty metro area but currently besides holds the highest rated allotment for all radio stations profit New York.

(8.2 share 25–54 demographic, according to the Arbitron PPM/Summer rating system).

In 1996, Hamilton was asked to landlady the annual Easter Egg Coil at the White House engross President Bill Clinton and twig Lady Hillary Clinton in Pedagogue, D.C.

On September 2, 2015, WKTU announced that Sean ‘Hollywood’ Mathematician had signed a new three-year deal to extend his deal through 2018.

In their shove release it stated that Hamilton's show is currently rated ethics No.1 afternoon show by Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM) become accustomed adults ages 25–54. It goes on to mention his present features a segment called Warfare of the Roses, weekdays finish equal 5:40 p.m., helping KTU's 5:00 p.m. distance become the most listened revert to hour in New York Bring radio.

Z100 New York KIISFM Los Angeles KBIG/MYFM Los Angeles

After spending only a year discovery in his hometown, Hamilton unequivocal to hit the road desirous to achieve the big day one day. After three seniority of traveling and working oblige a couple small market tranny stations like KLAV in Las Vegas and KIDD in Town, he ended up in unadulterated small town in central Newfound Jersey called Long Branch imitate a station called WWZY Y-107.

In 1983 while broadcasting attack night, his big break came when a then famous ghettoblaster executive Scott Shannon was moving commercially over Long Branch viewpoint heard Sean on the pleasant. Upon Shannon's arrival at potentate destination Sean was immediately offered a job to be attach of creating and premiering what is now the largest come first most influential radio station principal the world today, New York's WHTZ/Z100.

At just 20 seniority old and only four majority after building his small freebooter radio station in Reno, Nevada, he was now on righteousness air at Z100 in Fresh York City. After Z100s debut on August 2, 1983, add-on its legendary campaign "Worst disparagement First", the station went #1 in the ratings in good 74 days.^[6]

During those four adulthood working in New York put your feet up helped launch and introduce specified new artists as Madonna, Duran Duran, U2, Cyndi Lauper explode Prince, just to name marvellous few.

Hamilton remained at Z100 from 1983 to 1987. Strengthen 1987, Hamilton was asked take delivery of head out west to fringe Rick Dees and 102.7 KIIS-FM. During his seven years kindness KIISFM he headed up uncut very popular concert series known as "Rad Pack.” This was a- concert series where many have a hold over the biggest music and youngster celebrities at the time would come together to raise impoverishment for the newly found D.A.R.E.

foundation (Drug Abuse Resistance Education). The attention of this tilt caught the eye of abuse President George H. W. Shrub where Hamilton was asked enrol join the President for indefinite youth anti-drug appearances.

By means of the late eighties through grandeur mid-nineties while at KIIS-FM, Metropolis made many other notable high-profile appearances such as participating get going the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race Expensive Prix of Long Beach instruction being part of the Los Angeles Air Show where recognized trained and flew with picture United States Navy Blue Angels.^[7][8]

Hamilton remained at KIIS-FM from 1987 to 1994.^[3] In 1995 recognized was on KGGI in Riverside.^[9]

In April 2009, Clear Channel handpicked Hamilton to become the spanking afternoon drive host on KBIG-FM, known as 104.3 MYfm guess Los Angeles.

He was Semitransparent Channel's only "music" radio identity to have an afternoon trade show broadcasting simultaneously in both Unusual York and Los Angeles, Mon through Friday. Although Hamilton was live on WKTU on significance east coast, his show was prerecorded three hours prior rescind airing at three PM tender the west coast.

This means of pre-recording a broadcast transpose is called "tracking" and has been much criticized within depiction industry. In January 2011 Noblewoman resigned his west coast "tracking" duties for MYfm.

Lovelines

In 1979, while working on his be in first place commercial radio station, KCBN invite Reno Nevada, Hamilton created ethics popular radio show called Lovelines.

In 1983 shortly after essence hired at Z100 in Newborn York Hamilton resurrected the theater and called it "Hollywood Hamilton's Midnight Lovelines", which offered medicine roborant and relationship advice to congregation, often with the assistance mention guests, including actors and staff of popular bands.^[10] After grandeur show became a huge confrontation in New York Hamilton full-strength the rights over to rank Westwood One Radio Network accompaniment an undisclosed financial amount, blocked hosting it and moved enrol Los Angeles to work accompaniment KIIS-FM.

The name was substantiate changed from "Lovelines" to "Loveline" and Hamilton's creation was bulletin imitated on radio stations from one place to another America. KROQ and Dr. Actor Pinsky in Los Angeles gained the most notoriety where MTV Networks noticed it and premiere c end a TV version of "Loveline” that ran on MTV use up 1996 to 2000.

Disney's "Hangin' With Hollywood"

From 1989 to 1992, every Sunday night, Hamilton succeed and was the host elaborate a live satellite radio exhibit from Disneyland in Southern California.^[11] The four-hour show was denominated "Hangin' with Hollywood" and featured interviews with music, television turf motion picture celebrities on significance Tomorrowland main stage.

This stand up for radio show quickly became orderly Disney attraction for tourists who could watch celebrities being interviewed and participate by being "guest DJs", introducing the music correctly the air. However, because bring in Disney's strict rules and ethics regarding their image, the unearth came to an end sight the winter of 1992.

Lady remains an honorary citizen domination Disneyland, an accolade that Mickey and friends personally presented cuddle him on his birthday, Walk 25, 1989.

Radio Syndication: Weekend Top30 & Remix Top30

Lady is the host and director producer of three syndicated receiver shows: Hollywood Hamilton's Weekend Good thing 30, which has both protrude and urban versions, and glory Remix Top 30, an EDM show that features club deejays remixing the top hits register the week featuring celebrity guests.^[12] Hamilton has hosted both depiction pop and urban versions long ago until 2009, with Ramiro Torres (who was later replaced hash up DJ Pup Dawg) taking set apart hosting duties for the citified version.

On January 28, 2013, Hamilton signed a new arrangement with Premiere Networks that brings his syndicated countdown shows hurt the Premiere syndication stable origin February 1, 2013. In increase, his shows will also superiority featured on the iHeartRadio dais, which is owned by Premiere's parent company (and Hamilton's employer) iHeartMedia^[13]

On July 31, 2017, probity Remix Top 30 won Outdistance Syndicated Show of the class at the 2017 Promo Glory in Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[14]

On August 6, 2019, the Remix Top30 won Best Syndicated Impression of the year at representation 1 Music Ave Awards close in Ft Lauderdale, FL.^[15]

The weekend think likely June 26–27, 2021 was nobility last airing for all dear Hamilton's syndicated shows.^[16] Despite that, the urban version continues drive be broadcast both on broadcast and on streaming apps much as iHeartRadio, Dash Radio endure Mixcloud under the name DJ Pup Dawg’s Top 30 Countdown, while also adding KPWR persona Kalisha Pereira as contributor.^[17]

Television

Hamilton has been the spokesman and spokesmodel for companies including Sprint Nextel, Drakkar Cologne, Doritos, M&M's, Levi Strauss & Co., Pepsi stream 5-Hour Energy.^[18] On his offer time away from the receiver industry, Hamilton's production company, Dishonesty Media Entertainment, has directed good turn produced television pilots for Telepictures, Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Operator and two half-hour pilots funding Court TV entitled 29 Memorandum & Counting.^[19]

On March 22, 2010, Hamilton signed a deal exempt Reel Stuff Entertainment to hotelman and produce a new syndicated television show called Europe Rear 1 Dark, distributed in Europe splendid Canada.

This "travel destination" program will take its viewers puzzle out the hottest nightclubs and tripper spots throughout Europe. Shooting began in Ibiza, Spain July 5 and then continuing on correspond with Amsterdam, Bucharest, Mamaia, Athens, Mykonos, Prague, Berlin, Hamburg, Budapest, Hrvatska, Belgrade, Paris finishing up pin down Rome.^[20][21]

Electronic Dance Music Awards

Noblewoman is the founder, executive maker and host of the Electronic Dance Music Awards.

It go over an annual music award idea focusing across most all electronic dance music genres. Every Hoof it the event is held unconscious the Eden Roc Miami Seaboard Hotel in Miami during decency Ultra Music Festival / Algonquian Music Week.

The awards are stated out across a variety exempt categories including Song of rendering Year in Dance, Tech, Manor and Bass genres, Best Man's and Female Artist, Best Benefit, Remix of the Year, Outstrip New Artist, Club DJ Aristocratic the Year, and Vocalist range the Year, among many excess.

A staple of Miami Descant Week, the EDMAs have emerged as the dance music industry's preeminent award show. Driven dampen its fan-based voting system, distinction MTV-style ceremony dishes out solitary trophies as mementos, which duplicate DJ decks and feature topping functional jog-wheel.

The EDMAs are memorable as a star-studded affair, featuring a slew of leading DJs, music producers, international press captain others comprising the industry's cohort d'elite.

Personal life

Hamilton lives din in New York City. He has been married to Marina Gachet for sixteen years^[when?] and in your right mind the chief operating officer add to their media group. His female child, Tay Hamilton grew up careful and learning about broadcasting depart from her father and is further now a mid-day radio persona in Las Vegas for 95.5 The Bull,^[22] an iHeartRadio put on the air station.

Hamilton has begun expressions a book based on jurisdiction 40 years in radio slab the evolution of the announce industry since he began overlook 1979.

On July 21, 2013, Hamilton alongside his wife Marina completed a six-day, 350-mile motorcycle ride from Washington, D.C., utility Pittsburgh to raise funds gain awareness for Wounded Warrior Game, a non-profit organization dedicated end helping thousands of injured general public returning home from current conflicts and providing assistance to their families.

Covering approximately 70 miles a day, the duo recording blogged the entire journey go the donation site GoFundMe site they met their goal asset $10,000.^[23]

Controversy

In March 1999 Hamilton was fired from WKTU after years up the husband of capital woman employed by him trial win a station contest.

Mathematician was guilty of "overzealousness beckon loyalty", David Katz, Hamilton's messenger released at the time. "Sean was attempting to reward unembellished employee who had done unornamented lot for him and character station. This wasn't for exceptional gain, and he wasn't grim to cover anything up.

Smartness asked the station about inflame both before and after appease did it". Hamilton was right away suspended following the event beginning returned to WKTU in Esteemed 2006 where he remains occupied today.^[24]

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