Marc Coppola is an American actor and DJ working for

KGB-FM KGB-FM (101.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia and broadcasts a classic rock music format. KGB-FM's studios are located in San Diego's Kearny Mesa neighborhood on th ...

in San Diego, California and

WAXQ WAXQ (104.3 FM) is a classic rock- formatted radio station licensed to New York City. WAXQ is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts from studios in the former AT&T Building in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan; its transmitter is located ...

and

WLTW WLTW (106.7 FM) is an adult contemporary radio station licensed to New York City and serving the New York metropolitan area. WLTW is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts from studios in the former AT&T Building in the Tribeca neighborhood of ...

in New York City.

Personal life

Marc's father,

August Coppola August Floyd Coppola (February 16, 1934 – October 27, 2009) was an American academic, author, film executive, and advocate for the arts. He was the brother of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, and the father of actor Nicolas ...

, was a

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, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a

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and

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; the two divorced in 1976. Coppola's mother was of

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and Polish descent, and his father was an

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, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola, a composer and flutist, and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Coppola is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, the cousin of director Sofia Coppola, Robert Schwartzman, actor and lead singer of the band Rooney (band), Rooney, and actor and former Phantom Planet drummer Jason Schwartzman. Coppola's brother is actor Nicolas Cage. Coppola is married to actress Elizabeth Seton Brindak.

Career

Coppola entered the film industry at a young age thanks to his family. He first appeared in ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979) where he was also in the casting department. Coppola acted in 11 other films and two episodes of ''Law & Order''. He worked as a DJ at KLOS 95.5 FM in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, California, WYXE and WMAD FM in Madison, Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin in the late 1970s, WBAB 102.3 FM in Babylon, New York (state), New York, WRCN 103.9 FM in Riverhead, New York, WPLJ 95.5 FM New York City and New York's WKTU, WAPP 103.5 FM in the 1980s as well as New York's K-ROCK WINS-FM, WXRK 92.3 FM in the late '80s and early '90s. He appeared several times as a guest on The Howard Stern Show, having once hosted the show before Stern's. In 1991, Marc played a Howard Stern based sardonic radio talk show host in Eric Zaccar's political comedy drama for the stage, Housing. https://m.famousfix.com/topic/howard-stern/trivia/ After WINS-FM, WXRK switched formats Coppola left the station, eventually resurfacing at

hosting afternoon drive, morning drive, then late evenings. On weekdays, Coppola presented on Clear Channel's I Heart Radio "Big Classic Hits" format 10am to 3pm EST and "Classic Rock" format 6am-10am EST Weekends. He has done the swing shift on both

and Q104.3 and

106.7 LITE FM and has also been on

101.5FM in San Diego, California at weekends at 100.3 FM WBIG-FM in Washington DC.

Filmography

References

External links

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Marc Coppola's Q104.3 Blog
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Personal life

Career

Filmography

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