Austin DJ on 'LIVE! with Regis & Kelly'

AUSTIN (KXAN) - After a week of voting and nearly 900,000 votes cast in an exceptionally tight race, Monday Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa announced the five “Men of Radio Co-Host for a Day Search” broadcasters who have been selected to join Ripa as guest co-hosts Jan. 24-28.

• BOBBY BONES, 96.7 KISS FM, Austin
• ERIC FERGUSON, 101.9 FM, Chicago, Ill.
• FITZ, 100.7 THE WOLF, Seattle, Wash.
• JEFF MAULER, HOT 89.9, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
• MIKE CATHERWOOD AKA “PSYCHO MIKE,” KROQ, Los Angeles, Calif.

The search was open to male radio broadcasters with regularly scheduled shows of any kind. After receiving tens of thousands of nominations, LIVE's producers narrowed the field to the Top 100 and then ten finalists, whose names were announced live on the air on Jan. 10.

After a week of online voting, LIVE! viewers and radio listeners from across the country cast their votes and selected Bobby, Eric, Fitz, Jeff and Mike. Their individually scheduled co-host dates will be announced within the next few days.

Click here for more behind-the-scenes footage from 96.7 KISS-FM.

“LIVE! with Regis and Kelly” is executive produced by Michael Gelman, and is distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Produced by WABC-TV in New York, “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly” airs in more than 200 markets across the country.