Overview
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.
Biography
Jamie was born December 6, 1968 in the town of Energy, Illinois, She has one sister, Mary Jo White-McCurdy, who still resides in Southern Illinois and is a community leader. She shares a very tight bond with her sister and father. Jamie took a modeling job in St. Louis, Missouri that led to a career in radio broadcasting. Jamie co-hosted a morning radio show on Denver's KALC Alice105.9 with personalitlies Frosty and Frank. 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. Jamie and her sister formed the Nancy White Breast Cancer Fund after their mother's passing to assist in the financial burden of women undergoing treatment.
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). The "Jamie and Danny" show was also syndicated to KALC until the summer of 2000, then returned to Denver on KFMD (now KDHT) from July 9, 2001 until April 27, 2005, when the station switched to an "Urban" format.
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