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| Sarah X Dylan | |
| Born | October 9, 1980 |
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| Occupation | Radio personality |
| Website www.sarahxdylan.com |
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Sarah X Dylan (born October 9, 1980) is an American radio producer and talk show host on The Rick Emerson Show.
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Name
The "X" in Sarah X Dylan does not stand for anything. She, along with Rick, is a huge fan of Futurama, and wanted a distinguishing name for radio, so she chose to use a middle initial of "X", in much the same way as the producer of Futurama, David X Cohen chose "X" due to there being another David Cohen on the rolls of SAG/WGA. The addition of the "X" was done around the same time as the moving of The Rick Emerson Show to MAX 910, and many fans believe that is was an Entercom inspired change for the new station. She was not allowed to use the "X" while working on KOIN-TV.
Biography
Early life
Dylan was born to a naval family and spent part of her childhood in Spain. As a teenager, she lived in Oak Harbor, Washington while her father was stationed at NAS Whidbey Island, and attended Oak Harbor High School. Her sophomore year, her family moved to Bremerton, Washington where she graduated from high school.
Career
After graduating from Washington State University in Pullman, Washington in 2002, with a Bachelor's Degree in communications, Dylan immediately began pursuing a position as producer with the formerly nationally syndicated The Rick Emerson Show, which was then aired on KOTK for three hours every week day. She was given the producer position the same year and evolved the role into somewhat of a co-hosting position alongside Rick Emerson and newsman Tim Riley.
In 2004 after KOTK was sold to Entercom Communications, Sarah began co-hosting Alternative Mornings on "Alternative Rock" KNRK, which was also owned by Entercom, in addition to her duties on Emerson's show. She also hosted segments featuring the promotion of local independent bands, in a recurring piece called "Band-Aid".
In April 2006, Dylan accepted a position to join the morning news on the local CBS affiliate KOIN as the a.m. traffic reporter. This caused her to no longer be able to continue the show on KNRK, and as a punitive measure, she was fired from Emerson's show. It ended up being a moot point, as less than one week after her departure, KOTK became an oldies station taking The Rick Emerson Show off the air. Dylan quickly became a vital member of the KOIN Morning News, but due to the corporate structure of the show and station, she became disillusioned with the work. When The Rick Emerson Show returned to the air March 13, 2006, she returned to produce. After about six months of working both jobs, she quit KOIN due to her dissatisfaction, and focused on radio full-time.
She currently co-hosts and produces The Rick Emerson Show, even after its expansion to four hours in August 2006.
Projects and notable appearances
Outside of the radio studio, Dylan has been involved in numerous side projects. Dylan has been an extra in projects filmed in and around Portland, but her scenes have never made the final cut. Her motto is, "I'd rather be a has-been than a never-was..." 1 and vents her repressed anger on celebrities via her gossip blog.
She performed in the now-disbanded Tim Riley Factor, composed of various friends and members of The Rick Emerson Show. They performed original songs, including "Gene Simmons (took my girlfriend away)", which was later included on The Wonderstrucks' 2007 album "An American Education".
She is featured in the 2007 music video for the song "And It Becomes You" by the band Nicodemus.
In March 2008, she was half of a duo that performed the ObamaRama song "If You Like Barack". A parody of Rupert Holmes' "Escape", it spoofed the media's infatuation with grassroots songs promoting 2008 presidential candidates. Instead, some in the media mistook it for a legitimate rally of support and it received airplay, including on the Air America Radio network's Thom Hartmann show on April 2.
She occasionally models for local companies, such as Babygirl Boutique and Bishops Barbershop web and print advertisements.
Known to The Rick Emerson Show audience as the most social of the cast, she earned the 2007 Barfly Magazine award for "Best Drunk"2; her self-professed favorite drink being "cheap vodka sodas"3 and her favorite places to hang being "bars that serve cheap vodka sodas"4 especially during happy hour.5 The award is given annually to the individual voted as the most enjoyable person to get drunk with. Despite the radio show's local cult following, Dylan lost in the previous year's "Most likely to be famous" category.67
Dylan is also found racing in the annual Portland Adult Soap Box Derby, where she and her teammates raced an extravagantly gaudy Popemobile, while dressed up as nuns,8 in 2007. This year, the vehicle was designed as a parade float, with Dylan and friends dressed up as bloody beauty queens.9
She undertakes various other odd jobs to supplement her "grand CBS paycheck" in order to live her hipster indie lifestyle;10 Rick Emerson having said on-air that "Everyone in radio has [to have] a second job." 11. She currently works as a barback at an undisclosed Portland bar.
Personal life
Dylan lives on the southeast side of Portland, Oregon with her dog, Muppet.
While she discusses her younger sister Heather, who lives in Brooklyn, New York and works at Artforum magazine, 12 (and who has been on the air and in studio with The Rick Emerson Show in the past), Dylan keeps a relatively private life. When occasionally discussing a boyfriend or a date, a pseudonym (such as "Raúl") is used to protect their identity.
External links
- Sarah X Dylan's Myspace profile
- Sarah X Dylan's Celebrity Gossip Blog
- KOIN news report Dylan was a victim in a hit and run that tossed her empty parked car 20 feet.
- Rick Emerson's Website The Official Site for The Rick Emerson Show
- Website for AM 970: Solid State Radio
- KNRK 94.7
- "And It Becomes You" music video, by Nicodemus
