Sherie Weil, known professionally as Kim Carson, is an

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She was born in

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and graduated from

Denby High School The Edwin C. Denby High School is a public secondary education school located at 12800 Kelly Road in northeastern Detroit, Michigan. Denby High opened in 1930, and the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It i ...

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

WDRQ WDRQ (93.1 FM, "New Country 93.1") is a radio station licensed to Detroit, Michigan. Owned by Cumulus Media, it broadcasts a country music format. Its studios are located in the Fisher Building in New Center, while its transmitter is located a ...

/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 WCZY-FM (104.3) is a radio station located in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Specializing in adult hits music, the station has been on the air since 1991. On weekday mornings, WCZY regularly airs "That Show with Tina and Shawn." History Beginnings ...

,(Detroit), now

WKQI WKQI (95.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is a Radio broadcasting, radio station serving Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio, Top 40/CHR format branded as ''Channel 955'' (pronounced "nine-five-five" ...

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

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WYCD WYCD (99.5 FM, "New Country 99-5 YCD") is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan, owned by Audacy, Inc. WYCD's offices and studios are located at Audacy's Detroit facility on American Drive in Southfield, Michigan. WYCD's transmitter is located in ...

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

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; WROK, Rockford, Illinois;

KJYO KJYO (102.7 FM), known as "KJ103", is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station serving the Oklahoma City area owned by iHeartMedia. Its transmitter is in Northeast Oklahoma City, and its studios are located at the 50 Penn Place building on the Northwest ...

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;

WXSS WXSS (103.7 FM) is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station owned by Audacy, Inc., licensed to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and serving Milwaukee. Its studios are located in Hales Corners. WXSS's tower is located in the Milwaukee "tower farm" complex near Estabro ...

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, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

WMAG WMAG (99.5 FM) is an adult contemporary music formatted radio station licensed to High Point, North Carolina and serves the Piedmont Triad region, including Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The iHeartMedia, Inc. outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 100& ...

, Greensboro, N.C., and

WVKS WVKS (92.5 FM) also known as ''92.5 KISS-FM'' is an iHeartMedia-owned station serving Toledo, Ohio with a Top 40 (CHR) format; it is the most popular Toledo station in this format. WVKS' studios and offices are located at Superior and Lafaye ...

, 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 WLHT-FM (95.7 MHz) is a hot adult contemporary music formatted radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan owned by Townsquare Media. WLHT's studios are located on Ottawa Avenue Northwest in downtown Grand Rapids, while its transmitter is located i ...

and

WTRV WTRV (100.5 FM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a classic hits-leaning soft adult contemporary radio format. The station is licensed to Walker, Michigan, and serves the Grand Rapids metropolitan area radio market. WTRV is a Class A s ...

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

WLAV WLAV-FM (96.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is the dominant classic rock-formatted radio station in the market and is generally a top ten performer in the Grand Rapids ratings. His ...

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

WVFM WVFM, known simply as 106.5 Jack FM and formerly WQLR, is an adult hits outlet serving the Kalamazoo, Michigan radio market. The station's frequency is 106.5 MHz on the FM dial with an ERP of 33 kW. They are owned by Midwest Communicati ...

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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