Owens Leaving Kraddick Show, Will Stay Connected

• Jenna Owens announced that she’s stepping away from her longtime co-host role with YEA Networks-syndicated The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show to focus on her “Fitish” skin care business that is growing exponentially. However, Owens will maintain a presence on the show that she joined more than 12 years ago — she will continue her Friday segment, “That’s What I Like,” and become a roving correspondent for the Kraddick show, doing press junkets in New York and L.A., and reporting live from events like SXSW, Coachella, etc.

“I feel honored to have spent the last 12 years of my life with such a talented group of people, carrying on the great Kidd Kraddick legacy,” Owens said. “Kidd always said, ‘Keep Lookin’ Up,’ and that mentality is precisely what led me to start my own business, Fitish. Though I will miss so many facets of this show, I’m excited and energized to embark on this new chapter of my life with the Fitish brand.”

Shawn Nunn, President of YEA Networks, commented, “We’re so proud of Jenna and all that she has contributed to the show over the years. Although we are sad to see her go, we’re very excited to continue watching Fitish become a global brand that she has worked so hard to build. I’m pleased that Jenna will remain part of the YEA family and I can’t wait to see what all she’ll bring to the show as a correspondent.”

Owens will also be teaming up with her Kidd Kraddick Morning Show co-host, J-Si Chavez in a bit of brand extension — the launch of a weekly podcast, also called… wait for it… “Fitish,” produced and distributed by YEA. The Fitish Podcast debuts next Wednesday, March 4. Owens added, “I’m very much looking forward to working with my radio brother J-Si on our new Fitish podcast and remaining a correspondent on the show, almost as much as I am looking forward to no longer waking up at 4am.”