KSWD announced that Delilah would host middays on the station beginning January 29. The station also picked up her syndicated show for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. In 2021, Rene purchased KDUN in her hometown of Reedsport, Oregon, which carries her syndicated show. Audience The show is popular among women between the ages of 25 and 54. As many as eight million people tune in to listen to the program throughout the full week. 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. In popular culture The show plays a role in the Hallmark Channel television series Cedar Cove, which is based on writer Debbie Macomber's book series and set in a fictional Pacific coast town in Washington state. Quotes and other inspirational pieces voiced by Delilah especially for the series set up some of the plot devices which occur in the course of each episode. The show can also be heard in the 2018 film I Can Only Imagine, the biographical story of MercyMe lead singer Bart Millard. Personal life Delilah is a mother of 15 children, 11 of whom were adopted. Two of her children have died: a 16-year-old son, Sammy Young Dzolali Rene, died on March 12, 2012, of complications of sickle-cell anemia which had gone untreated most of his life until he was adopted by Delilah and brought to the US just 9 months before his death. On October 3, 2017, her 18-year-old biological son Zachariah died by suicide, following a brief, but intense period of depression. Delilah has been married four times, and frequently jokes about, and refers to, her multiple divorces on her show. She is currently married to her longtime pal Paul Warner. The two were married at her home on October 27, 2012. The invited guests (and most of the staff) were told only that they were attending her annual Harvest party. She lives near Port Orchard, Washington. Awards and honors Books References External links 1960 births Living people American radio personalities People from Reedsport, Oregon Radio personalities from Seattle American Christians People from North Bend, Oregon People from Port Orchard, Washington People from Coos Bay, Oregon