Elvis Duran and the Morning Show (formerly known as The Z Morning Zoo) is an American syndicated weekday morning radio program hosted by Elvis Duran. The show originates from the studios of Newark-licensed WHTZ in New York City, a Top 40 outlet branded as "Z100". The show is also syndicated through Premiere Radio Networks in over 80 markets such as Philadelphia, Miami, Cleveland, and Richmond, Virginia.[1] The live show had previously been available in Canada via Toronto's now-defunct Proud FM. The live airing of the show is weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m. Eastern time, with most Central markets airing it live from 5 to 9 am, and other time zones further west taking the show on delay. Some stations, including WAZR, KCRZ, and WXXX, air a 5 am "pre-show" (two pre-recorded segments and a phone tap) before the actual show. A "best of the week" compilation show is also carried on Saturday mornings by some stations.
 Show logo (2023–present) | |
| Genre | Comedy, talk, music |
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| Running time | 3 hours 50 minutes (including commercials) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Home station | WHTZ (New York City) |
| Syndicates | Premiere Networks |
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| Created by | WHTZ |
| Produced by | Nate Marino |
| Original release | 1996 (at WHTZ) |
| Website | elvisduran |
Overview and casting
1996–1999
The popular "morning zoo" format began in 1981 at WRBQ-FM of Tampa, after which it was brought to WHTZ in 1983 by concept co-originator Scott Shannon. The format was widely employed, even being implemented at WHTZ's sister station in Cleveland, rock-formatted WMMS. The morning zoo formula at WHTZ lasted until 1994.
The show began on the legendary Z100 New York in 1996. Much of the original show members like Elvis Duran, Danielle Monaro, Skeery Jones and Scotty B are still cast members to this day.
Although the show was originally called Elvis and Elliot in the Morning, Elliot Segal left the show in August 1999, to host Elliot in the Morning on WWDC (FM).
2000–2010
The show began to be syndicated to WHCY-FM in 2003.
Christine Nagy left the show in January 2005, now at WLTW.
Also, in 2005 Carolina Bermudez and Froggy joined the show.
The show began national syndication on May 22, 2006, starting with WHYI-FM Fort Lauderdale/Miami, then WIOQ Philadelphia on July 22, 2008, and WAKS Cleveland on August 25, 2008, with approximately 75 stations[2] now carrying the show after Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks began to offer the program nationally in March 2009.
Until May 2008 the show was known as "Elvis Duran and The (Y/Z) Morning Zoo".[3] With the addition of more stations, the word "Zoo" was replaced with "Show" to be more generic and to not conflict with other morning shows in other potential affiliate cities that might have a "Zoo" show.
John Bell left the show on March 22, 2010.
According to an Instagram post from Elvis Duran, Uncle Johnny passed away on May 3, 2025.
Show cast
Timeline of cast members
| Cast member | Years active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
| Elvis Duran | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elliot Segal | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danielle Monaro | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skeery Jones | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greg T | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Bell | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christine Nagy | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Froggy | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carolina Bermudez | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TJ Taormina | Friend | Main | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethany Watson | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Straight Nate Marino | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medha Gandhi | Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Friends of the Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scotty B | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Brody | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Garrett Vogel | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loren Raye | Friend | Guest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Bald Freak" Ronnie Scalzo | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Worst Assistant" Anthony Halwagy | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carla Marie Monica | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Coaster Boy" Josh Kolodny | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Web Girl" Kathleen Heaney | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best Assistant Elizabeth | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer Sam Rosalie | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operations Manager Andrew Pugliese | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uncle Johnny | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yaritza Romero | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Video Producer Jake | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diamond Cooper | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allie Gold | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deanna Moore | Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syndicated stations
NY metro area
New England
- KC 101 – New Haven/Hamden, CT
- Y101 FM – Cape Cod/Hyannis, MA
- 95 Triple X – Burlington/Colchester, VT
- Z97.1 – Rutland, VT
- 105.5 JYY – Concord/Hooksett, NH
- Z107 – Portsmouth, NH
Eastern seaboard
- 96.1 KISS-FM – Poughkeepsie, NY
- KISS 102.3 – Albany/Latham, NY
- NOW 105.7 Binghamton/Vestal, NY
- HOT 107-9 – Syracuse, NY
- KISS 106.7 – Rochester, NY
- Star 104 – Erie, PA
- FM 97 – Lancaster, PA
- Q102 – Philadelphia/Bala Cynwyd, PA
- V97 – Williamsport, PA
- Hot 101.9 – Charlottesville, VA
- 93.7 Now – Harrisonburg, VA
- Q94 – Richmond, VA
- Kiss 95.9 – Salisbury/Ocean City, MD
- Power 97.3 – Albany, GA
- Q107.3 – Columbus, GA
Florida
- Hot 93.7 - Fort Myers, FL
- Q92.9 – Gainesville-Ocala, FL
- 97.9 KISS FM – Jacksonville, FL
- KISS 95.1 – Melbourne, FL
- Y100 – Miami/Miramar, FL
- 107.1 KISS FM – Tallahassee, FL
Midwest
- 96.5 KISS FM – Cleveland, OH
- Channel 99.9 – Dayton, OH
- 93.9 KissFM – Lima, OH
- 102 The River – Vienna, WV
- KISS 95.7 – Wheeling, WV
- Z104 – Madison, WI
- Mix 96.1 – Tomah/La Crosse, WI
- Star 106.9 – Marion, IN
- 98.5 KISS FM – Peoria, IL
- Real 92.9 – Quincy, IL
- Hot 95.7 – Cedar Rapids, IA
- 101.3 KISS FM – Davenport, IA
- 107.5 KISS FM – Des Moines, IA
- 107.1 KISS FM – Sioux City, IA
- Z96.3 – Manhattan, KS
- Channel 96.3 – Wichita, KS
- 96.1 Kiss FM – Omaha, NE
Texas
Southern United States
Western United States
- Star 107.7 – Farmington, NM
- 99.9 XTC – Gallup, NM
- 96.7 KISS FM – Bozeman, MT
- Power 94 – Bend, OR
- B97.3 – Clarkston, WA (begins show at 3:40 am PDT, recaps first half at 7:20 am PDT, ends approx. 12:30 pm PDT.)
- HiTZ 104.9 – Visalia, CA