Deb Carson

Deb Carson is an American radio and television personality and national sports anchor for Fox Sports Radio. She currently anchors FSR's National Sports Reports during the prime afternoon drive-time block. Deb was also Co-Host of the network's nationally syndicated "The Stephen A. Smith Show." ^[1]

Biography

Early life

Deb attended Baylor University, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with double-majors in Marketing and Business-Broadcasting. As a sophomore at Baylor, she became the first female student-sportscaster to broadcast a Southwest Conference game as part of the Baylor Baseball Broadcast Crew. She was also a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

Early career

After graduating from Baylor, Deb moved from Texas to Los Angeles, CA after accepting an offer from Merv Griffin Enterprises to join the producing staff of the hit game show Wheel of Fortune. In addition to her behind-the-scenes and contestant coordinator duties, she also served as Vanna White's stand-in. Deb was later chosen to Co-Host with Bob Eubanks on Wheel of Fortune Live, the live, touring version of the hit TV show.

Deb made a name for herself as a TV Host, Anchor and Reporter, working on a variety of News and Entertainment projects.^[2] She also crossed over into radio, anchoring News and Traffic for several radio stations throughout Southern California.

Beyond her radio and television broadcasting accomplishments, Deb has also appeared in numerous television shows and movies such as Dexter, Desperate Housewives, The Mentalist, The Unit, Will & Grace, Ghost Whisperer, Evan Almighty, and many others.

Fox Sports Radio

Deb returned to sports in 2006, joining Fox Sports Radio as a National Anchor and On-Air Personality.^[3] In addition to delivering breaking sports news and updates on scores from across the country, she also wrote and produced the popular weekend segments "All Entertainment News with Deb Carson," "Carson's Corner…Sports Headlines You May Have Missed," "Carson's Highlight Central," and "The Athlete Twitter Segment." Deb moved to weekday mornings in early 2010 to join Stephen A. Smith on his new FSR show.^[4] While co-hosting with Smith, her "Deb's News and Notes" segment became a listener favorite, highlighting the quirky and absurd stories of the day.

Philanthropy

Deb works with a variety of children's charities and animal charities. She is spokesperson for PS I Love You Foundation,^[5] a group that fosters educational and inspirational enrichment programs for at-risk kids in the Los Angeles area. Deb also volunteers for and promotes the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

References

1. ^ http://www.laradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=462:carson-makes-sporting-news&catid=2:los-angeles
2. ^ Deborah Carson at the Internet Movie Database
3. ^ http://debcarson.com/Bio.html
4. ^ http://www.foxsportsradio.com/main.html
5. ^ http://www.psiloveyoufoundation.org/

External links

• Official website
• Deborah Carson at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.laradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=462:carson-makes-sporting-news&catid=2:los-angeles
• http://laradio.com/wherec.htm
• http://www.tv.com/deborah-carson/person/14123/summary.html
• http://www.foxsportsradio.com/main.html
• http://www.celebrityphoto.com/scripts/search/event-search.pl?grid=40&keyword=Trigg%20Ison%20Fine%20Art%20In%20Defense%20Animals%20%20033010&subkeyword=&celebrity=&search_type=headline&year=&start=40

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