Katie Daryl

{{short description|American television host and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}{{Infobox person

| name = Katie Daryl

| alma_mater = Arizona State University

| occupation = Television host, television producer

| employer = AXS TV

| known_for = TMZ, The Top Ten Revealed, The World's Greatest Tribute Bands

| awards = CableFAX Program Award – "Best Host – Music" (2017)

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Katie Daryl is an American television host and producer, best known for her work on the Hollywood gossip show TMZ{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mark-cubans-axs-tv-renews-564347|title=Mark Cuban's AXS TV Renews 'World's Greatest Tribute Bands' (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.axs.com/news/katie-daryl-brings-12-more-of-the-world-s-greatest-tribute-bands-to-ax-16860|title=Katie Daryl brings 12 more of the world's greatest tribute bands to AXS TV|work=AXS|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US}} and currently the host and executive producer of the AXS TV music count-down series The Top Ten Revealed.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/axs-tv-eddie-money-reality-series-premiere-date-top-ten-revealed-1202222949/|title=AXS TV Sets Eddie Money Reality Show Premiere & New Music Countdown Series|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=2017-12-09|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US}}

Katie started her broadcasting career as a part-time radio DJ at the age of 15.{{Cite news|url=https://www.axs.com/axs-tv-announces-new-show-hosted-by-katie-daryl-the-top-ten-revealed-127372|title=AXS TV announces new show hosted by Katie Daryl, 'The Top Ten Revealed'|work=AXS|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US}} While attending Arizona State University, where she was Fiesta Bowl Princess in 1999–2000, she moved her way up the radio chain and worked as a morning show radio producer for KISS-FM in Phoenix, Arizona. One of her jobs in college was an internship at the Sports Fan Radio Network through the Association for Women in Sports Media, in 1998.{{Cite web|url=http://awsmonline.org/internships-scholarships|title = Internships Scholarships}} When she realized that morning radio meant waking up at 4 am, she moved to New York City where she became a reporter for the MTV political show "Choose or Lose". She then worked in FM radio in Dallas, Texas. Soon thereafter, she found herself sitting next to Mark Cuban as the co-host of "The Mark Cuban Show" for two seasons on UPN and CBS.

Katie joined Mark Cuban's HDNet team as host and producer of "True Music" in 2002, host of "Zippo Hot Tour" in 2005 and "Deadline!" from 2006–2012. The Mark Cuban-founded channel re-branded from HDNet to AXS TV on July 2, 2012, where she hosted and executive produced "The World's Greatest Tribute Bands" for eight seasons from 2013–2017,{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mark-cubans-axs-tv-spotlighting-421143|title=Mark Cuban's AXS TV Spotlighting 'World's Greatest Tribute Bands' (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/worlds-greatest-tribute-bands-renewed-season-8-lineup/|title='World's Greatest Tribute Bands' to Return for Season 8: The Lineup (Exclusive)|date=2017-02-15|work=TheWrap|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US}} for which she won the CableFAX Program Award for "Best Host - Music" in 2017.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cablefax.com/event/cablefax-awards-gala-2017?id=230947|title=Katie Daryl, The World's Greatest Tribute Bands - Cablefax Awards Gala 2017|work=Cablefax|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.cablefax.com/programming/katie-daryl-crafts-axs-tv-into-a-classic-rock-channel|title=Katie Daryl Crafts AXS TV into a Classic Rock Channel|date=2018-06-29|work=Cablefax|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US}} Katie also contributes in a variety of hosting roles for the network.{{Citation|last=AXS TV|title=This May on AXS TV|date=2018-05-01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArK4NTKAmg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/lArK4NTKAmg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-07-19}}{{cbignore}}

In 2017, Katie Daryl began developing an original count-down series for AXS TV called The Top Ten Revealed, where Katie and a rotating panel of experts put the spotlight on a diverse range of music topics including the best guitar intros, Vietnam-era anthems and more.{{Cite news|url=https://bestclassicbands.com/axs-tv-rock-songs-1973-7-3-188/|title=Epic Songs of 1973: AXS TV's The Top 10 Revealed - Best Classic Bands|date=2015-08-13|work=Best Classic Bands|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-GB}} The series premiered with six episodes on February 11, 2018 and returned on July 1, 2018 with a second cycle of new episodes.