Stryker (disc jockey)

Infobox Radio Presenter


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name = Stryker
alias = Ted Ramon Stryker
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birthname = Gary Sandorf
birthdate = birth date and age|1971|6|4
birthplace = flagicon|United States Los Angeles, California
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show = Music/Loveline
station = KROQ
timeslot = 10PM-12AM Sunday-Thursday
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style = Music/Talk
country = United States
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web = [http://www.kroq-data.com/stryker/index.asp KROQ.com]

Theodore "Ted" Ramón Stryker, born Gary Sandorf, and known on-air as simply "Stryker" (b. June 4, 1971), is an American radio personality and disc jockey.

Stryker began his career while attending the University of Arizona where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. [http://www.westwoodone.com/pg/jsp/loveline/abouttheshow.jsp About the Show ] ] During those 6.5 years [ [http://www.lovelineshow.com/programhighlights?date=20071118 LoveLineShow.com - Sunday, November 18, 2007] ] , he began working at 92.1 KFMA in Tucson, Arizona. He eventually moved back to Los Angeles, California and worked at KROQ 106.7 FM as a music DJ in the afternoon from 4pm to 7pm (PST). After the departure of Adam Carolla, Stryker took over on the nationally syndicated talk show "Loveline" from 10pm to midnight (PST) with Dr. Drew. On September 4, 2007, he also became the new DJ for the 5th season of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". Ellen DeGeneres reported on her show that aired September 9, 2008 that DJ Stryker would not be returning with her for the 6th season.

Stryker voiced the in-game radio disc jockey ("The Voice") in as himself. He also voiced the fictional radio personality for the game Burnout Paradise, under the alias "DJ Atomika". He has also hosted shows on MTV, Fox Sports, VH1, Fuse and Direct TV and has acted in several feature films, including "Grandma's Boy", "Out Cold" and "The Sweetest Thing" (he played a club-goer who stumbles upon the sight of Christina Applegate being felt-up by two other women in the restroom).

During the August 2, 2004 episode of Loveline with guest Randy Jackson, it was discussed that he had been hired as one of the original judges on American Idol, a position which he turned down before filming began over image concerns. Jackson related Stryker's position as "It's going to blow my cool."

During the September 24, 2008 episode of Loveline, both DJ Samantha Ronson and actress Lindsay Lohan spoke to Stryker. During the conversation, Stryker managed to get Lohan to confess that she and Ronson had been in a relationship for "a very long time". This is widely regarded as the occasion when Lohan - also known as Li-Lo - has 'come out'.

During the September 30, 2008 episode of Loveline, Styker made reference to Wikipedia and questioned whether the revelation of his "tail" on the site was necessary.

Stryker has a handful of quirks, such as being able to spell and pronounce people's names backwards on the fly and formulate palindromes, as well as being mildly mysophobic. He revealed during several interviews that he was born with a tail, a benign protrusion of his coccyx (tail bone) from his lower back. [ [http://www.tomgreen.com/ondemand/?video=666 tomgreen.com - The Channel ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.drdrewonline.com Dr. Drew Official Message-Board]
* [http://www.kroq-data.com/stryker/index.asp Stryker's Page from KROQ's official website]
* [http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/media/Aug06/Stryker.php "Stryker Can Certainly Relate", article by Shannon Wingard, August 2006]
* also [http://syndicated.livejournal.com/kroqstryker Syndicated on LiveJournal]
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