An ayoda on radio

  After the release of afternoon hosts Kevin Ryder  and Doug "Sluggo" Roberts last September , it's taken five months for heritage rock station KLOS to hire their successor. Nik Carter , who started this past Monday. Carter most recently served as a host of “Feedback” at SiriusXM’s Music Talk “Volume” channel. The East Coast native got his start at WFNX Boston followed by a brief run in mornings at WDGE-Providence in 1995/96. He would then be the afternooner at active rock WBCN-Boston for a nine year run in through 2004. Carter then headed for 92.3 K-Rock (WXRX-New York) until 2009. He also has been the image voice for several stations including WNEW-NewYork, WXRT-Chicago, WBOS-Boston, WTGB-FM-, Washington DC, and SiriusXM's "Classic Rewind." His voiceover work lists a significant number of national brands, including MTV, VH-1 Classic (where he was also a host), Animal Planet, ESPN, ESPN 2, Nickelodeon, Court TV, PBS, Fusion TV, Geico, Jim Beam, Purina, Opti...

Congratulations!:   Two LA radio personalities will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards as part of this year's Golden Mike Awards, sponsored by the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California (RTNA).  It's no surprise Pete Demetriou , who we've designated as the Dean of local radio journalists, is a recipient for this honor. Here's what's stated in the RTNA press release: KNX’s Pete Demetriou has reported from the streets of Southern California for  more than four decades, bringing virtually every big story from the Northridge earthquake  to the 1992 LA Riots to the radio airwaves. When there’s breaking news, Demetriou is on  the front lines. He’s won more than two dozen Golden Mikes . Also receiving the honor, sadly posthumously , is KTLA's Sam Rubin . He was best known for his three decades offering entertainment news as well as red carpet coverage, but he also was heard on the local airwaves, including his time as a talk show host on KLSX and...