{"id":124629,"date":"2026-01-08T03:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/124629\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T03:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:21:08","slug":"san-diego-radio-host-jerry-cesak-from-jeff-jer-showgram-dies-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/124629\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego radio host Jerry Cesak from \u2018Jeff &#038; Jer Showgram\u2019 dies \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A familiar voice for many longtime San Diegans has died.<\/p>\n<p>Beloved San Diego radio host Jerry Cesak, best known as &#8220;Jer&#8221; from the popular &#8220;Jeff &amp; Jer Showgram,&#8221; passed away at the age of 74 on Sunday, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JeffandtheShowgram\/posts\/pfbid0sRUBEHak2FJmA741zUu4y8xZWwuVrFmf97QgAaVQ9TmmJxT51aufRhMKy68a3dgnl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced on social media<\/a> Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Cesak was born in Maryland and graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in theater before breaking into the radio broadcasting industry. His career took him to Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Minneapolis and Detroit, where he met his radio co-host, Jeff Detrow.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Jeff &amp; Jer Showgram&#8221; was on the air in San Diego for 27 years, starting in 1988. They were involved in several memorable events over the years, from charity concerts to benefit a sanctuary for survivors of domestic violence to the &#8220;Whirl till You Hurl&#8221; contest at Belmont Park.<\/p>\n<p>The radio icon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/jerry-cesak-final-radio-appearance-jeff-and-jer-showgram-kyxy\/124365\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">retired from broadcasting in 2015<\/a>. A year later, he and Detrow were inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Cesak also had a passion for animal welfare, serving on the boards of the Humane Society of the United States and the Rancho Coastal Humane Society.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife, Pam, and his animals Winston, Gigi, Savanah and Isabella.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A familiar voice for many longtime San Diegans has died. Beloved San Diego radio host Jerry Cesak, best&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[22887,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-124629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-death-and-dying","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}