ELVIS DURAN (born Barry Brian Cope) is an American radio personality who was born on this date. He is the host of the daily morning radio program Elvis Duran and the Morning Show in New York on Z100 and in syndication on Premiere Networks.

Before his job at Z100, Duran’s previous radio work included a stint as an on-air personality at WIOQ in Philadelphia. He served as WIOQ’s program director from May 1989 until just before he was fired in February 1990. In October 1991, Duran became both the program director and morning show host of KBTS (now KGSR) in Austin, Texas.

Prior to working at Z100, Duran also worked evenings at Z-93 with sidekick “Hot Henrietta” in Atlanta, and at Power 104 KRBE in Houston. He began his run at Z100 hosting the afternoon slot until April 1996, when Tom Poleman, the newly appointed program director (previously at KRBE Houston), moved Duran to the morning slot, where he has been ever since.

Duran and EDMS have received several awards and nominations, such as “Best Morning Show” by New York’s Achievement in Radio Awards, “Personality of the Year” by the Radio Music Awards, “Best Personality” by Radio & Records, “Best Top 40 Disc Jockey” nomination by Billboard Magazine Radio, and “Best Major Market Top 40 Air Personality” by Billboard/Airplay Monitor. The National Association of Broadcasters recently nominated EDMS for the 2012 NAB Marconi Award for Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year. In 2014, Duran was featured on Out magazine’s “20th Anniversary Out 100” list as one of the most influential figures in the LGBT community. In 2015, Duran was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame as the Music Format On-Air Personality, and the Today Show celebrated this milestone.

Duran served as an event chair for the 2016 GLAAD Manhattan Awards, where he was honored for his contributions to the community. In  March 2017, Duran was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In April 2018, he was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters’s Broadcasting Hall of Fame, along with television game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.

Duran came out as gay during a 2010 broadcast, and was grand marshal of the Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade in 2016.

Duran and his partner Alex Carr were engaged in July 2018. They were married in a civil ceremony at the Richmond County Surrogate Court on Carr’s native Staten Island, New York in August 2019, and had a wedding ceremony in September 2019, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.