Sherie Weil, known professionally as Kim Carson, is an

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She was born in

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and graduated from

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. Carson was the first full-time female air personality at a number of stations she worked at including 93FM

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/Detroit. She was also awarded "Best Nighttime Radio Personality" in Detroit, and was named the 1st Place winner in the Detroit Celebrity Grand Prix. After her stint at

, she moved to WCZY-FM,(Detroit), now

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. There she was the first full-time female radio host hired by

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. Carson has worked at radio stations in Detroit including

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, WYCD, WDTX, WDFX, and WOW-FM. She has also worked at WKVQ,

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; WROK, Rockford, Illinois;

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;

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/ WAMG, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

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, Greensboro, N.C., and

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, WWWM,

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(where she was host of the nighttime love songs show, ''The Quiet Storm''), and WDMN, Toledo, Ohio. Most recently Carson handled the midday shift, 10am-3pm and Music Director duties at 95.7 WLHT and

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in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She left WTRV on May 31, 2012 after a nine-year stint on the Grand Rapids airwaves. Carson also hosts an inspirational show, ''Faith, Hope and Love Songs'', which has been airing on radio stations since September 2002. From 2013 to 2017 Carson was on

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middays, 10am-3pm. Carson left WLAV and started

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in Kalamazoo doing morning drive. Her first show on the air, ''The Kim Carson Show'' started March 27, 2017 Carson is the author of ''Essence of Life: A Compilation of Inspiration and Poem''. She is currently living in

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Kim's show, Faith Hope And Love Songs will be coming to radio and via podcast soon.

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