Shelley Wade is the new Afternoon Host on iHeartMEDIA’s KMYI, Star 94.1,San Diego’s Best Music Variety. A native of Houston (where she started her radio career), Shelley spent 12 years on the radio at New York City’s Z100, where she was named Best Midday Personality in New York City during the A.I.R. Awards. Shelley can now be heard on Star 94.1 San Diego every weekday from 2pm – 7pm. She’s also on air at 104.3 MYfm Los Angeles every weekend.
Shelley has interviewed some of today’s top entertainers and legendary acts: Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Maroon 5, Celine Dion, Will Smith, LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, Jon Bon Jovi, Coldplay, P. Diddy, Jamie Foxx, Lenny Kravitz, Janet Jackson, Clay Aiken, Run DMC, The Goo Goo Dolls, Jessica Simpson, Mariah Carey, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Dave Matthews, Cedric the Entertainer, Akon, Daughtry, Sean Paul, Carlos Santana, Jordin Sparks, Maxwell, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Paris Hilton, and countless others.
In addition to being a radio personality, Shelley is also a television personality. She can be seen regularly on The Talk on CBS. Shelley has made national appearances as a music, entertainment and pop culture expert on CNN, MSNBC, Access Hollywood, Inside Edition, BBC Liquid News, PIX 11 New York. Shelley has been quoted in Time Magazine, the New York Daily News, People Magazine, AOL, the Associated Press and many other publications. During her time there, Shelley hosted several of New York’s top events, such as the Revlon Run/Walk for Women—with top celebrity co-hosts Meredith Viera, Tiki Barber, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Renée Zellweger, Julianne Moore, Jesse L. Martin, James Gandolfini and Christopher Meloni—as well as the U.S. Open’s Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day.
As a voice over artist, Shelley narrated a NASA documentary that played before the United Nations and also voiced national television and radio commercials for superstar artists like Beyonce, Ke$ha, D’Angelo, Barry White, Missy Elliott, Lucinda Williams, and many more. Shelley has received the T.O.R.C.H. Program’s L.I.G.H.T. Award for her work mentoring high school students who aspire to have careers Communications and was featured in Marie Claire Magazine’s “It’s Time To Talk” Campaign against Domestic Violence.