Carson Daly
Biography
Carson Jones Daly was born on June 22, 1973. Carson was raised in Santa Monica with his sister, Quinn, mom, Pattie, and stepdad, Richard. Carson's biological dad died of cancer when he was 5. In high school Carson joined the golf team (he still loves the sport). He was really good, and even competed against Tiger Woods a few times.
After graduating from High School in Southern California, Carson went on to study theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Carson even considered becoming a preist!! Thank the Lord, Carson changed his plans and dropped out. He then attended College of the Desert in Palm Desert, CA.. Carson's love of golf came back, and he wanted to go pro. So he moved to Palm Springs after dropping his theology course, as an aspiring golf pro.
While in Palm Springs, Carson achieved an internship at KCMJ, where he learned the first rule of radio: "If you have an esophagus and a pulse, you too can be on the air". He started doing overnights for an alternative station in San Diego. After he got sick of that, he moved in with his sister and started working part time for LIVE 105. After working there for a while, he finally got a call from KOME, offering him a job. When he was later working for KROQ in 1996, "MTV offered me a job, I accepted." And that's how it all happened.
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