Delilah Rene Luke[1] (born February 15, 1960, in North Bend, Oregon) is an American radio personality, author, and songwriter, best known as the host of a nationally syndicated nightly U.S. radio song request and dedication program, with an estimated eight million listeners.
In 1969, Delilah's family moved from Coos Bay, Oregon, to neighboring Reedsport, where she attended school.
[3] After graduating from high school in 1978, she worked at numerous stations in Oregon and Seattle before creating the format she became known for at KLSY in 1984.
The show includes "Friday Night Girls", where she honors groups of her regular female listeners with prizes.
In March 2012, she went on the air in Los Angeles on KFSH-FM, a Salem Broadcasting owned station playing Christian music.
According to a Bloomberg interview, Delilah has seen her reported audience numbers plummet in cities where Nielsen Audio has adopted the Portable People Meter for tracking listenership.
Quotes and other inspirational pieces voiced by Delilah, especially for the series set up some of the plot devices that occur in the course of each episode.
The show can be heard in the 2018 film I Can Only Imagine, the biographical story of MercyMe lead singer Bart Millard.
[11] Her 16-year-old son, Sammy Young Dzolali Rene, died on March 12, 2012, from complications from sickle-cell anemia.