Michael C. Kasem (born August 24, 1973) is an American television presenter, actor, and radio DJ on

Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

Radio's

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''Live with Mike & Vernetta'' with co-host

Vernetta Lopez Vernetta Lopez (born 22 July 1973) is a Singaporean actress and radio DJ. She played the role of Denise in sitcom '' Under One Roof'' from 1995 to 2003. Career Other than being a radio DJ, actress, voice-over artiste, and emcee, Lopez is also a ...

Early life and family

Born in

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, Kasem is the son of the late American

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and radio personality

Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio personality, who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably ''American Top 40''. He was the first actor to voice No ...

and his first wife, Linda Myers. Kasem's sister is radio and television personality

Kerri Kasem Kerri Kasem (born Carrie H. Kasem, July 12, 1972) is an American radio host. She hosted the nationally syndicated '' Sixx Sense'' and ''The Side Show Countdown With Nikki Sixx'' from February 2010 to April 2014. Kasem later became a judge on ''Who ...

. Kasem is married to Singaporean television presenter and former professional golfer Su Ann Heng since 2018 after three years of dating. They welcomed a baby boy, Casey Patrick Kasem, named after his grandfather, on June 25, 2020.

Career

Radio DJ

Mike Kasem started his

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radio career in 2011 when he joined

Radio's

Class 95FM Class 95 is an English radio station of Mediacorp in Singapore. It is a 24-hour radio station that plays music from the 1990s to the present day, primarily competing with Kiss92. For over 20 consecutive years, Class 95FM is the number one Englis ...

co-hosting with

Jean Danker Jean Olivia Danker (born 24 September 1978) is a Singaporean radio DJ at Mediacorp's Class 95, a Singapore English radio station, who hosts the evening show ''Cartunes'' on weekdays from 5–8 pm. She is a Voiceover Voice-over (also kno ...

. He later moved to Mediacorp Radio's

co-hosting the morning drive time show ''The Mike & Joe Xperiment'' with Joe Augustin. In 2016, Kasem paired with

to co-host the morning drive-time show ''Live with Mike & Vernetta'' on

Actor

Kasem made his film acting debut in 2014 in the feature film ''Afterimages'', playing the character Harrison. Kasem also starred in the 2015 period drama movie '' 1965''.

Television presenter

Kasem was an

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from 1994 to 1999 hosting ''MTV's Most Wanted'', among other shows. He has hosted/presented and acted in numerous TV show's for

Mediacorp Channel 5 Channel 5 (Chinese: 五頻道) is a free-to-air, English-language television channel in Singapore. Owned by state broadcaster Mediacorp, it broadcasts general entertainment, news, and sports programming. The channel's logo is a big white number ...

and is currently a full-time employee of

in Singapore. Kasem along with former radio show co-host

hosted the Singapore 2016 ''New Year's Eve Countdown Show''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kasem, Mike 1973 births Living people American people of Lebanese descent American people of Druze descent American expatriates in Singapore American radio personalities People from Los Angeles County, California Singaporean radio presenters