Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) is an American television host,
radio personality, producer, and television personality. Prior to
2003, Daly was a VJ on MTV's Total Request Live, and a DJ for the
Southern California-based radio station 106.7 KROQ-FM. In 2002, Daly
joined NBC, where he began hosting and producing the late night talk
show Last Call with Carson Daly, and occasionally hosting special
event programming for NBC, such as the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks
show, and executive producing New Year's Eve with Carson Daly from
Times Square beginning in 2003.Daly has since been involved in more
prominent roles at NBC, such as becoming host for its reality music
competition The Voice in 2011, and joining NBC's morning show Today as
a social media correspondent in 2013, with his role increasing in
subsequent years becoming a co-host.Daly has also served as a radio
DJ. He was formerly a nighttime host on the Los Angeles radio station
KROQ-FM and beginning in 2010, began hosting Mornings with Carson Daly
on its sister station KAMP-FM. Daly also hosts a weekly top 30
countdown show The Daly Download with Carson Daly which is produced by
Entercom (formerly CBS Radio and is the parent of KAMP-FM) and
syndicated though Westwood One. The program airs on Saturday and
Sunday mornings in a 3-4 hour edition on CHR/AC radio stations.Daly
was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Coachella Valley TV
personality Pattie Daly Caruso (1944-2017), and car salesman Jim
"J.D." Daly. His mother is from Fayetteville, North Carolina. His
father died from bladder cancer when Carson was a child, and his
mother married Richard Caruso (1932-2017).
radio personality, producer, and television personality. Prior to
2003, Daly was a VJ on MTV's Total Request Live, and a DJ for the
Southern California-based radio station 106.7 KROQ-FM. In 2002, Daly
joined NBC, where he began hosting and producing the late night talk
show Last Call with Carson Daly, and occasionally hosting special
event programming for NBC, such as the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks
show, and executive producing New Year's Eve with Carson Daly from
Times Square beginning in 2003.Daly has since been involved in more
prominent roles at NBC, such as becoming host for its reality music
competition The Voice in 2011, and joining NBC's morning show Today as
a social media correspondent in 2013, with his role increasing in
subsequent years becoming a co-host.Daly has also served as a radio
DJ. He was formerly a nighttime host on the Los Angeles radio station
KROQ-FM and beginning in 2010, began hosting Mornings with Carson Daly
on its sister station KAMP-FM. Daly also hosts a weekly top 30
countdown show The Daly Download with Carson Daly which is produced by
Entercom (formerly CBS Radio and is the parent of KAMP-FM) and
syndicated though Westwood One. The program airs on Saturday and
Sunday mornings in a 3-4 hour edition on CHR/AC radio stations.Daly
was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Coachella Valley TV
personality Pattie Daly Caruso (1944-2017), and car salesman Jim
"J.D." Daly. His mother is from Fayetteville, North Carolina. His
father died from bladder cancer when Carson was a child, and his
mother married Richard Caruso (1932-2017).
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