Louis Byron Niles is an American

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and executive director of the

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Personal life

Niles graduated from Coronado High School in 1985. He studied

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and transferred to St. John's University after attending

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and

San Diego Mesa College San Diego Mesa College (Mesa College or Mesa) is a public community college in San Diego, California. It is part of San Diego Community College District and the California Community Colleges system. The college is accredited by the Accrediting ...

. While living in

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, he married Carly Starr Brullo in 1998 after they met working at a radio station together. Niles has been a resident of

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, since 2003.

Career

From 1990 to 1996, Niles hosted 91X's Loudspeaker show, succeeding

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. He was a guest presenter at the

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in 1992. Niles was one of the first to airplay demo tapes from Jewel,

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and Steve Poltz. He was Poltz's tour manager and did a national tour with Lucy's Fur Coat. In 1996, Niles relocated to

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to manage band labels. After returning to

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, Niles and Brullo started Love Machine Films and he began a web series called ''In Your Neighborhood with Lou Niles''. They founded the

in 2009 where Niles is executive director.

References

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Lou Niles
at 91X {{DEFAULTSORT:Niles, Lou Radio personalities from San Diego Radio personalities from Los Angeles American radio DJs St. John's University (New York City) alumni San Diego City College alumni San Diego Mesa College alumni People from Venice, Los Angeles People from Oceanside, California Year of birth missing (living people) Living people