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  On Friday, the station played a promotional spot, based on the question "where is Kevin?" The now-former KLOS afternoon driver, Kevin Ryder , who co-hosted with Doug "Sluggo" Roberts , posted an Instagram video , running a portion of the spot, then stating "well I'm not there anymore! KLOS fired me!" as Ryder reached for some ice cream from his home freezer. Much speculation is circulating why the KROQ veterans were released from the heritage classic rock station, who started afternoons at KLOS in 2021  amidst some decent fanfare. For 30 years, Ryder was half of the legendry KROQ morning team of "Kevin and Bean." Roberts, also a KROQ veteran, was serving at KLOS assistant program director and music director when he was teamed up with Ryder. The station's owners, Meruelo Media, had already released their midday talent from their various properties in February, including  Bryhana Monegain of Power 106 (KPWR); PJ Butta of  KDAY;   Carol

  (We're back from Japan, more comments later. Thank you for the many kind words about our work there!) Granted, WCBS is in New York, not SoCal, yet there has been a lot of reaction to the announcement today that the legendary all-news station is signing off on August 26 . The station will get new call letters, WHSQ (though that's tentative), and move all of the sports programming currently heard on ESPN / 98.7 (WEPN) to the 50,000 watt AM signal. Good Karma Brands, who locally operate 710 / ESPN (KSPN), had been leasing the 98.7 FM signal from Emmis Broadcasting in New York for their sports programming. When that lease expires, the WEPN programming will shift to AM 880, starting a new lease with station owner Audacy. It's worth noting WCBS is already the flagship station for the New York Mets, the team will now be added to the WHSQ schedule. WCBS anchor Steve Scott "I thnk the legacy of WCBS will be nearly six decades of just trying to tell stories that people need to

  SoCal NPR outlet LAist 89.3 (KPCC) has announced both their morning and afternoon local anchors, Susanne Whatley and Nick Roman  are departing the station. Here's what they posted on social media : Every day, LAist listeners wake up with Susanne Whatley sharing the morning news and then spend every afternoon hearing Nicholas Roman. Now, we share the heartfelt news that after years of dedication and exceptional service, our beloved hosts of #MorningEdition and #AllThingsConsidered are retiring from LAist. Susanne Whatley has been a beacon of reliability and integrity every morning. Her calm demeanor and insightful storytelling have better connected us to our communities to start the day. Susanne’s warmth and dedication to delivering stories that matter will be greatly missed. Her last day hosting 'Morning Edition' will be Monday, July 29. Broadcasting out of the O.C. Bureau (his home), with a deep understanding of the issues that matter most, Nick Roman has made afternoons

  For the longest time, I’ve wanted to see AM radio thrive. I grew up with Lohman and Barkley on KFI, (anyone else remember Jerry Bishop and Freeway Ed?), listened to Vin Scully bring home Dodger games on KABC, waited for Gary Owens to deliver another profound one-liner on KMPC, listen to Dave Hull toot his horn on KRLA, and listened to “1580 KDAY Great Weekends” with J. J. Johnson . Weekday mornings started with “what is Sweet Dick Whittington conspiring from the ‘Sin Fernando Valley’ on KGIL?”  Lohman & Barkley, Jerry Bishop, Vin Scully, Gary Owens Dave Hull, yours truly, J.J. Johnson Dick Whittington And of course, there was always the mighty 93 / KHJ. I had five different versions of AM stereo radios (my Sony SRF A-100 is still functional), I also have HD radios to hear what few local stations offer AM HD (KBRT and K-Mozart). Yes, mine is still working! Back in June, when I heard of the passing of Lakers legend Jerry West, I immediately tuned into AM 570 (KLAC) and 710 /