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The Preston and Steve morning show is a popular radio morning program in the Philadelphia area. It broadcasts live on 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia from 6AM to 10AM EST from Monday through Friday.

The show features local DJ's Preston Elliot and Steve Morrison as the lead men, with Casey "Caseyboy" Foster, Kathy Romano, and Nick McIlwaine as sidekicks. Caseyboy, as he is known as, serves as the show's producer, while Kathy Romano serves as the news woman/traffic girl. Nick McIlwaine took over for Rick Delgado, formerly of the Opie and Anthony morning show. Rick got fired by Opie and Anthony after the Sex for Sam incident, and after leaving the Preston and Steve morning show and WPLY Y100 Philadelphia, Rick got fired again by New York's Hot 97 for his creation of the Tsunami Song, an offensive racial song in which the station took much heat from.

The show itself started in 1998 with Preston Elliot (formerly of WDRE Philadelphia) and Marilyn Russell (also formerly of WDRE Philadelphia), on WPLY Y100 Philadelphia. A couple of months after the show's start, Steve Morrison of K-Rock WXRK New York, and also formerly of WDRE Philadelphia joined the cast. After four successful years of (then known as) The Y100 Morning Show with Preston, Marilyn, and Steve, Marilyn Russell left the morning show on March 1st 2002 due to family reasons. She has been on many stations in the Philadelphia area since then, including WXPN, WMGK, and SoJo 104.9. Almost three years later, Y100 was kicked off the air for WPHI The Beat by parent company Radio One on February 24th 2005.

After a legal battle between Radio One and Preston and Steve, District Court judge Cynthia Rufie granted the duo permission to go back on the air at their new station, 93.3 WMMR. The show began on Monday, May 16th 2005.

The Preston and Steve show is also known for it's annual Campout For Hunger, in which both Elliot and Morrison live in a trailer for one week to raise money for the Greater Philadelphia Food Bank.