He’ll resume hosting duties for American Idol when it returns for its seventh season on ABC on Feb. “Now that we’ve got this scale of 14 studios across the country, my new partner, Sony, which produces Wheel of Fortune, is going to become a partner in helping with special content for the studios across the country,” explains Seacrest, who’ll succeed Pat Sajak as host of the ABC game show in September 2024. The studios also facilitate music therapy and other forms of therapeutic play and allow patients to create their own shows. The celebrity factor plays a large role in Seacrest Studios’ impact, with entertainers and other special guests regularly stopping by for interviews. 5 was marked by performances from Andy Grammer, with actors Miles Teller and Zachary Levi also in attendance. The grand opening of the Salt Lake City Studio on Dec. “And I think that’s why this concept proved itself out in Atlanta and then went to Philadelphia and Boston and all around the country.” “Those are the tangible things that we’re seeing happen with the studios around the country,” says Seacrest. Ryan Seacrest Can't Quit Radio, Inks New iHeart Deal (Exclusive) “Parents tell us, ‘My daughter has cancer there’s not much she looks forward to when she’s in the hospital, but every day at 2 o’clock when they’re going to play bingo in the studio, she can’t wait to go do it, and it takes her mind off of the treatment she’s getting,’” says Seacrest, who recently signed a three-year deal with iHeartMedia to continue hosting and producing across its iHeartRadio platforms.

The family run foundation led by Seacrest’s sister, Meredith Seacrest Leach, who serves as executive director and chief operating officer, opened its first studio inside Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in 2010 as an outlet for pediatric patients to experiment with radio broadcasting and learn new media during their hospital stay.

Ryan Seacrest, through his nonprofit, the Ryan Seacrest Foundation, has opened his 14th Seacrest Studio inside Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City.

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