Carson Daly

Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) and a DJ for the Southern California-based radio station 106.7 KROQ-FM. In 2002, Daly joined NBC, where he hosted and produced the late-night talk show Last Call with Carson Daly, and occasionally hosting special event programming for NBC, such as the Macy's 4th 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 worked as a radio DJ. He was 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 Audacy, Inc. (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/hot AC radio stations.

Early life Daly was born on June 22, 1973, in Santa Monica, California. 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). He is of Irish descent Daly served as an intern to Jimmy Kimmel in radio. He began his radio career at College of the Desert and as an intern at the former KCMJ FM (now KKUU) under the name "Kid Carson".

Career

Daly began his broadcasting career at the radio station KOME in San Jose, California. Daly was then given the 6–10 PM time slot at KOME's sister station KROQ in Los Angeles. TRL was based on two previous shows, "Total Request" and "MTV Live", both of which had also been hosted by Daly. Daly's role as host of the popular live program included introducing the top 10 videos of the day and interviewing celebrity guests.

Beginning in 2003–2004, Daly began hosting a New Year's Eve special for NBC, New Year's Eve with Carson Daly.

In 2011, Daly began hosting and producing NBC's reality music competition The Voice. Daly's duties as host included watching blind auditions alongside contestant's family members. on August 4th 2026 it was confirmed by NBC his final series would be the thirtieth . As a producer of The Voice, Daly has won four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program, first in 2013 and again from 2015, 2016, and 2017.

When social media correspondent Christina Milian departed the show in 2013, Daly became the sole host. On August 4, 2026, NBC confirmed that Daly would be leaving The Voice after its 30th season and Keke Palmer would be taking over as the show's host in its 31st season set to premiere in 2027.

Daly appeared in a brief but pivotal role in the first episode of My Name Is Earl. While in the hospital after being hit by a car, Earl learns about karma from watching an episode of Last Call with Carson Daly where Daly claims that his success is a direct result of doing good things for other people. Earl is thus inspired by Carson Daly to turn his own life around, and sets out to make up for his many past wrongs.

Daly had a small role on Dave Chappelle's show Chappelle's Show.

In September 2013, Daly became the orange room anchor (social media reporter) on the Today show, as well as serving as a fill-in anchor for Willie Geist and the show's weekend edition (Weekend Today). Since Studio 1A was updated for Election Night 2020 with the Orange Room being covered by a large video wall, Daly's title has been rebranded on Today's website as a feature anchor or co-host. His main contribution to the program every morning is the "PopStart" segment at the end of the 8:00 half-hour, which focuses on celebrity news.

Daly is a founding partner, along with Jonathan Rifkind, Jonathan B. Davis, and Bam Margera, of an independent record label, 456 Enterprise & Entertainment, which released the "Viva La Bands" compilations.

Personal life Carson Daly resides in the Village of Flower Hill, on Long Island.

In March 2000, Tara Reid met Daly on the set of Total Request Live, and they began dating. They shared an apartment in New York City and Daly proposed on October 29.

Daly became engaged to Siri Pinter, a food blogger, in 2013. Her father is actor Mark Pinter. The couple married on December 23, 2015

Daly is Catholic.

Daly has stated that he struggles with generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder.

Radio shows Most Requested, syndicated daily show (2001–2006) Mornings with Carson Daly, KAMP-FM, Los Angeles (2010–2017) The Daly Download with Carson Daly, syndicated (2013–)

Filmography