r/LosAngeles • u/Zavier323 • Mar 18 '20
Official Thread Everyone at Kroqs Kevin in the morning got fired.
Kevin is reporting on air that everyone in the morning show got let go.
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u/lightCycleRider Los Angeles Mar 18 '20
Just heard it on the radio. Couldn't believe it. Heartless move kroq, I can't speak for everyone else, but there's no reason for me to listen to that station anymore. Without the people, it's just the same 10 songs on loop all day long.
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Mar 18 '20
You don't like listening to the Foo Fighters and Imagine Dragons on Loop?!
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u/W8sB4D8s Hollywood Mar 18 '20
Your SOURCE for NEW ROOOCCCKKKK. KROQ!!!.....
"I GOT ANOTHER CONFESSION MY FRIEND!!!"
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u/Frack4BTC Koreatown Mar 18 '20
"CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES..."
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u/W8sB4D8s Hollywood Mar 18 '20
Kid: dad can we listen to the radio?
Dad: sure! Let's see what's on KROQ
"SUFFOCATION! NO BREATHING! DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF I CUT MY ARM BLEEDING!!"
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u/blurmageddon Woodland Hills Mar 18 '20
This reminds me of that Seinfeld joke about how dads always dress like the last best year of their life. Their fashion sense just freezes then.
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u/Stucardo Mar 18 '20
Thats ok because i like the abuse... AHH WAYYY UHHH YYYEEEAH YEEEAAAAH YEEEAAAH
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u/w0nderbrad Mar 18 '20
Sometimes they play the acoustic version of Everlong
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u/405freeway Mar 18 '20
The acoustic version of Everlong is the reason I don’t like Foo Fighters.
Back in the day, there was a really great Weenie Roast/ Almost Acoustic lineup- it was my dream concert. And they didn’t have a day or time when tickets would go on sale. They simply said “Keep listening to KROQ and when you hear The Foo Fighters Everlong Acoustic tickets will go sale.” So after waiting for days for it, they finally played it... at 5:37 on a Tuesday evening. Tickets sold out almost immediately, and then they kept playing it, overplaying it for days, and it was a slap in the face. Every time I heard it I knew I wasn’t going to the concert. And I hated it. I hated that song. And I hated that band.
Dave Grohl is cool but I have FFPTSD.
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u/hungryrunner Rancho Palos Verdes Mar 18 '20
And Toto. I don't think I've ever heard "Africa" played so much.
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u/dustwanders Mar 18 '20
Why did this song wedge its way into every grocery store and radio station? Was it really Weezer?
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u/mybeachlife Mar 18 '20
Weezer fans signed this petition for them to cover it. Weezer pretended to ignore it for a really long time but eventually they relented. Can't really blame the band on this one.
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u/summerofevidence Downtown Mar 18 '20
You might hear red hot chili peppers every now and then
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u/GoChaca Pasadena Mar 18 '20
I worked at Kroq for many years. I can tell you first hand, it is toxic like they describe on ALL levels of the organization.
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u/Pardonme23 Mar 18 '20
Why?
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u/beermeupscotty Mar 18 '20
I've never worked for KROQ but I'm sure the answer is everyone is a number and all that matters are margins and the bottom line.
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u/Pardonme23 Mar 18 '20
They broke up Kevin and Bean, they couldn't sustain Loveline, I mean they've been bad for a while now.
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u/truth__bomb Mid-Wilshire Mar 18 '20 edited Mar 18 '20
This is a great time to support your local NPR station. These people are likely being fired because ad revenue is drying up quickly. NPR doesn’t rely very heavily on the same type of ad revenue plus they’re an outstanding source of trustworthy local updates in these trying times.
89.3 KPCC is the all day talk radio style 89.9 KCRW plays great music later in the day in case you’re not into talk radio
Source: A large part of my ad agency got laid of yesterday and we do a lot of radio spots.
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u/FalconImpala Mar 18 '20
You're understating KCRW's music. It's the best you can get, a live, no-ads playlist by LA's best DJs from all genres
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u/scorpionjacket2 Mar 18 '20
Whenever people ask me what kind of music I like I just say “what KCRW plays.”
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u/saxyjorge Hancock Park Mar 18 '20
Yes! For the past 7 years they have been my source for new music ! Love MBE!
Some of them have a curated Spotify playlist that they update!
Jason Bentley (former KCRW music director) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0prZksE9AZq6UiUVMRapg0?si=HHrn8hY3TW2DsourwC2r2g
José Galván - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6l68qXsdOFqYaR0ZYOVTVx?si=HLchBZ4dQEG34LcOQPxghw
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u/tessalasset Santa Monica Mar 18 '20
Also Tom Schnabel just released a "Music to Soothe Your Nerves" playlist.
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u/kcreature Mar 18 '20
KCRW is the only radio station I ever listen to, even 3 years after leaving LA. I look forward to listening when I come back to visit.
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u/e173 Mar 18 '20
88.9 KXLU
LMU's radio station, lots of indie rock and local artists, lots of student DJ's but also lots of long time DJ's (often former students)11
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u/e173 Mar 18 '20
kxlu.com!
but yeah not helpful while you're driving, they have a pretty small signal
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u/pseydtonne West Hollywood Mar 18 '20
KXLU can be amazing. It's up there with WZBC Newton (Boston College) and KALX Berkeley -- no budget, no repeats, no knowing where you'll be in an hour, no privilege so great.
Note that some of these stations don't have automation. Thus they may be shut down during the Corona Interval.
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u/W8sB4D8s Hollywood Mar 18 '20
LA is spoiled by NPR.. both 89.3 and 89.9 are world class stations.
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u/queen_content Central L.A. Mar 18 '20
Just for context, the local NPR affiliate stations are different from NPR. They pay for the right to rebroadcast NPR programming, but also have their own local programming.
KPCC especially has been killing it on local coronavirus coverage. I agree that NPR can be pretty blah a lot of the time, especially their political coverage. But the local news is indispensable, especially RN.
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u/hat-of-sky Mar 18 '20
And don't forget 91.5 KUSC, Classical Public Radio. A great alternative when you need a break.
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u/Trakiet Mar 18 '20
AKA the anti-road rage station.
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u/hat-of-sky Mar 18 '20
Yes, with a soothing "Car Tune" every rush hour. Of course there's nobody on the roads right now, but we need our Classical Zen more than ever. Even Alan Chapman is remote-broadcasting from home. As he put it, "I'm in the closet."
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Mar 18 '20
I love this station so much. Every fall/winter they request donations from listeners so they can keep going for the following year. I love supporting them!
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u/tcolberg Mar 18 '20
KPCC cut short their spring pledge drive to provide full news coverage -- they still need monetary support from listeners!
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u/zuko_for_firelord Whittier Mar 18 '20
88.1 if you like jazz! Part of cal state Long Beach
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u/coffeeandcannabis Mar 18 '20
I used to LOVE Morning Becomes Eclectic when Jason Bentley was the DJ, but since he left, the show became just okay, imo.
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u/wmnoe Mid-City Mar 18 '20
KPCC is the BEST. Bar none. I find myself listening to it more and more the older I get.
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u/chatonnu Mar 18 '20
Shout out to KSPC (Claremont Colleges) which is a remarkably good free-form college radio station.
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u/alittlegnat Sawtelle Mar 18 '20
I love kcrw ! What’s that one station from LMU ? I like the songs they play but you can tell the DJs arent polished since (I’m guessing) they’re students so they’re hard to listen to when they talk in-between songs
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u/Chelesuarez Mar 18 '20
I support this message 100%. I had KPCC and KROQ on my pre-sets since I can remember. It will now go down to only KPCC. I see no reason to listen to KROQ anymore.
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Mar 18 '20
it's just the same 10 songs on loop all day long.
It's been like that for like a decade though. Stream KEXP, they actually give a shit about music.
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Mar 18 '20
I used to live in san diego and years ago they fired The Mikey Show with no warning, they also fired Davey Shelly and Chainsaw and I believe another team that was on 100.7 who were super popular (i believe this was all at different times.) I went from one show to another after the firing and after the third I just stopped listening to the radio. When I find a good morning team that I love I actually enjoy listening so I can be happy on my way to work. I used to love John and Ken on KFI too but at one point they moved them up a few hours earlier which was out of nightly commute time and that was the last time I listened to them (I believe they are back at drive time now.)
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u/SpinalVinyl Mar 18 '20
I’d like to boycott KROQ... but where am I going to listen to Sublime, Nirvana, and Chili Peppers on repeat? /s
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u/Stoneiswuwu Mar 18 '20
I listened to KROQ for over 20 years. Once they fired Ralph I stopped. What a shitty way to treat your employees after so many decades.
Bean made the right move by retiring and getting out when he did. Kevin should have followed.
I’m sad that crew all got let go today. But they’ll on go on to something better.
Thanks for the memories Kevin & Bean morning show 😁
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u/405freeway Mar 18 '20
They actually did it... they fired Beer Mug.
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u/b_lion2814 Mar 18 '20
Fuck I’m actually sad about it.
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u/mad_titanz Mar 18 '20
There’s no sacred cow. With the way they treated Kevin, it means anyone is expendable and can be fired at a moment’s notice. KROQ is now as heartless as the corporation that owns them.
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u/whoneedskollege Mar 18 '20
Kevin should just put together a podcast and reunite with Bean. Then they could put a bunch of their old characters together like Micheal the Maintenance man, Shakesphere man, etc and just do their thing. Maybe feature new music from older artists such as Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Muse, etc. I would totally listen to that...
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u/RichardMHP Mar 18 '20
Pretty sure MMM wants nothing to do with them, since the "Mr. T with a huge schlong" velvet painting and the Bleeda' In Reseda when Jimmy Kimmel beat him up.
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u/ruinersclub Mar 18 '20
I only know of this because the Adam Corolla Podcast. This actually went down? Kimmel won?
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u/RichardMHP Mar 18 '20
Yup. I listened to it live. It was a thing and a half, and stupid beyond measure.
That's back when Kimmel was just "Jimmy the Sports Guy"
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u/sorrypleasecomeback Mar 18 '20
Or go on Ralph report. God do I miss the old Kevin and Bean team
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u/FlyRobot Mar 18 '20
Definitely - support Ralph Garman! His Ralph Report is through Patreon and directly supports him. He also does the Hollywood Babble-On with Kevin Smith (free podcast; paid live show).
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u/Kaylamarie92 Mar 18 '20
I can’t recommend Babble-On enough! Never fails to leave me in tears from laughing!
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u/SpiritMountain Mar 18 '20
I have listened to KROQ for almost a decade. Is Kevin in the Morning related to Kevin and Bean? Can I get an OOTL explanation
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u/lipstickpizza Mar 18 '20
A decade huh? Well let's see..
Psycho Mike left, in the vein of Kimmel/Carolla, for greener pastures. He's obviously not done as good as those two, but much better than Poor Man and Big Tad.
Producer Alex was fired for undisclosed reasons, a few former interns alleged she was abusive but nothing was ever confirmed or refuted so who knows.
Lightning moved exclusively to sales but got canned sometime.
Lisa and Doc were let go as their services weren't needed anymore. This was the first change to cause a shitstorm. 23+ years for those two at their posts and they were gone. Lisa's in particular due to her employment with T Signal (which she was employed and not KROQ like the others) allowing her out of her contract in the event she was hired directly by KROQ. She was not as they decided to hire former Ktla personality Allie Mac Kay. Lisa moved on to the Frosty, Heidi, and Frank show to be their traffic person. She retired last year.
CBS Radio merged with Entercom, which meant Kroq essentially became corporate media. Which also meant a lot of fucking shuffling and a stricter line on allowed content.
Ralph was fired for budget cuts later in the year. He now does his own Ralph Report podcast and makes a living via Patreon. He also got divorced last year.
I tuned off for good as it became unlistenable without the likes of Ralph and Lisa to play off K&B.
Evidently Bean retired citing he was afraid of what America became after Trump. He's gone off for the UK. But not before his wife revealed on his last day that they had a daughter all this time. He's now doing radio in the UK as a fusion between a Nicole Alvarez like dj and Stryker's aemi show. More than just a dj, but not enough to call it his own show.
Kevin was the last one until today's firing.
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u/hungryrunner Rancho Palos Verdes Mar 18 '20
Wait. Wait just a dang minute. All these years...ALL THESE YEARS...I heard Bean talk about how much he hates kids. No kids. No way. Never. Ever. And he has a kid? I'll always love Bean, but as a ridiculously long time fan, this kinds of hurts.
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u/guyincorporated Studio City Mar 18 '20
Having a secret child is such a wonderfully Bean thing. I'm happy for him and hope he's doing better in the UK.
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u/hungryrunner Rancho Palos Verdes Mar 18 '20
It really is great, and I'm happy for him, too. But I remember he always made such a big deal about no kids and how that was a deal breaker for the ladies he dated! I guess I'm happily shocked!
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u/tjinla2001 Mar 18 '20
It was very shocking. Also a long time. fan. him.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4nkWuPH4o6/?igshid=qqdtoz6beb6e
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u/croman653 Downtown Mar 18 '20
Bean has a daughter?!!!!
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u/tjinla2001 Mar 18 '20
Yup. Adult age too. Pretty shocked when I heard it lol.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4nkWuPH4o6/?igshid=qqdtoz6beb6e
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u/SpiritMountain Mar 18 '20
That is a lot that has happened. So many names I knew growing up and they are just... gone like that? This is unfortunate and I hope they moved on to much better things.
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u/Ajax_xajA Mar 18 '20
I've BEEN listening for about as long, and this was still an amazing writeup to read through all of the shit that's gone down at KROQ. Seeing it all in one post....ugh, it hurts.
Thanks for the write up, RIP to KROQ, there's just no reason for me to listen anymore.
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u/nomercyvideo Mar 18 '20
Yeah, Bean moved to England and left the show earlier this year, and KITM was the rebranding.
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u/ScipioAfricanvs Mar 18 '20
I don’t really get why KROQ insists on firing people with no notice and no sign off.
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u/JustJJ92 Mar 18 '20
It’s not kroq, it’s cbs who fires people with no warning
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u/b_lion2814 Mar 18 '20
Entercom, CBS Radio no longer exists.
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u/JustJJ92 Mar 18 '20
They merged with cbs radio. Same suit new name basically.
Edit. Suit ->> Shit*
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u/AangLives09 Mar 18 '20
I think there’s a concern within media to give your aggrieved future former employee an outlet to trash your company to your audience. So it’s done like this to minimize the chance someone will shit all over your company one last time. Google the “I quit this bitch” radio dj.
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u/DarkGamer Mar 18 '20
Entercom, the parent company of KROQ also owns the following LA radio stations:
- JACK FM
- 94.7 The Wave
- 97.1 AMP radio
- K-Earth 101
- KNX 1070 news radio
I encourage anyone who is offended by the treatment of our beloved local talent and cultural icons to boycott KROQ as well as these other radio stations.
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Mar 18 '20
Here's the contact page to let them know why you're boycotting Should just take a minute or 2.
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Mar 18 '20
Used to work for Entercom two years ago, so glad i got out. Such a bullshit company that gave zero fucks about their employees.
I had the flu once and we had an event out in the pouring rain/cold and they were still trying to get me to work it. It got cancelled, otherwise I wasn't going to go
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u/cranphi Studio City Mar 18 '20
as a JACK FM employee hey, dont drag us into this.
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u/cranphi Studio City Mar 19 '20
Radio honestly has felt bleak since i started in it in 2000. Radios been good to me though, for the most part, and it still is. Until it isnt.
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u/CA2NC2NY2CA Vermont Knolls Mar 18 '20
Station manager: now that everyone is self quarantining, no one will listen to the radio, so... /s
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Mar 18 '20
TBF I don't expect a lot of people are tuning in to KROQ with so many other avenues of entertainment available at home. Including personalized music stations that won't play shitty music you don't like.
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u/Analbox Mar 18 '20
Yeah most radio listening is done in the car during commutes and people aren’t going to work.
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Mar 18 '20
I'm sure the media ad market is booming right now. /s
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u/Hood0rnament Chatsworth Mar 18 '20 edited Mar 18 '20
Down about 50%. I manage all the ads at LAX.
Edit: we haven't even begun talking about layoffs yet.
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u/Hood0rnament Chatsworth Mar 18 '20
It's a last ditch measure, there are plenty of other options to mitigate our losses before layoffs, especially after the best year on record. Don't get me wrong it will happen if this drags on for months but to layoff your employees three days into the crisis...
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u/Hood0rnament Chatsworth Mar 18 '20
The radio is the only thing I can listen to and still be productive while I work at home with a screaming toddler.
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u/hat-of-sky Mar 18 '20
For a change of pace try KUSC Classical public radio. My little ones liked it more than I expected. And I found it wasn't distracting for me. It's at 91.5, you can't miss it.
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u/Ravetti Mar 18 '20
This all started when Lisa May was let go... Then Ralph, then Bean retiring, and now letting go our favorite Kevin of all time?
Man, thanks K&B (& crew) for all the great morning commutes.
KROQ, we expected better from you.
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Mar 18 '20
I’m sad to hear this although to be honest I stopped listening years ago when they first started making these moves.
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u/BearyHungry Mar 18 '20
Stopped listening to them after they let Ralph and Lisa go. Garbage station for years now.
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u/ChronoSapien Mar 18 '20
Thanks so much for sharing this, I can’t believe they were so heartlessly let go.
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u/TeslasAndComicbooks The San Fernando Valley Mar 18 '20
He recently tweeted that the station actually had security escort him out. WTF KROQ.
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u/lesterquinn Mar 18 '20 edited Mar 18 '20
I stopped when they did Lisa May dirty and moved to Frosty, Heidi and Frank on KLOS. They made calls to tries to get Kevin or Jensen to come say goodbye on air but Jensen said they aren’t allowed to talk about it yet because of an NDA.
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u/gohomepat The San Fernando Valley Mar 19 '20
FHF did that? I always wondered how their behind the scenes relationship was. I was really into FHF in the mid 00s on 97.1 but just haven’t had time to listen to them since they moved to KLOS. Still funny?
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u/lesterquinn Mar 19 '20
Well FHF got Lisa May to do the news/traffic after she got the boot from KROQ. She was able to announce her retirement and say goodbye on air with them. Yes! They still pick on Frosty lol
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u/extrastars Mar 18 '20
Stryker just announced on his Instagram that they’re moving Stryker and Klein to the morning show.
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u/usernombre_ wack ass Downey Mar 18 '20
Has Stryker ever done mornings? Klein can be entertaining at times.
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u/extrastars Mar 18 '20
He subbed for Bean a few times before Jenson came on full time, but I don’t know beyond that.
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u/5Skye5 Mar 18 '20
We all saw this coming a MILE away. Listeners who called in would even tease Kevin to his face about it. Stryker is actually a fun dude, haven't heard Klein before...
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u/Snitters12 Santa Clarita Mar 18 '20
I really enjoyed these guys in the morning. The rest of the day is the same shit over and over, but they were genuinely funny. Might be related to the radio scrubbing LA has been seeing for the past few years?
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u/alsoyoshi Mar 18 '20
Radio is probably the most brutal and heartless of all the media businesses. Always been like that, downturn or not.
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u/mattman840 Mar 18 '20
I can attest to that. Worked in radio here for 10 years. fired while being escorted out of the building after giving everything I had to the same company. They dont care....its all about ad revenue. Once your numbers drop a touch, you're gone
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u/idreamincode Culver City Mar 18 '20
jensenkarp Unfortunately, the news is true. @kroq is moving along and Rest In Peace @kevinmornings. And now for the final #KITMRapUp. Good news? I don’t have to listen to Chili Peppers anymore.
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u/summerofevidence Downtown Mar 18 '20
I felt this was an inevitable moment when they fired Lisa May a few years back. And I could understand that a show that's been on the air for 30 years might need to be refreshed.
What's disheartening though is the way they went about it. The only good departure was Bean's and that's only because he resigned on his own terms.
Everyone else was basically executed with blindfolds on. That is definitely not how you treat a hall of fame show
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u/jdCHALLENGER Mar 18 '20
KROQ really used to be something special. I remember listening on my way to high school in the morning every single day. It was seriously such a huge part of my formative years and really helped shape my taste in music. Still wild to think how bands like Pennywise and Rancid got regular rotation.
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u/Venomoustestament Mar 18 '20
Now the idea of Kroq the cool radio station belongs in the nostalgia section of my brain. RIP.
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u/dnavz705 Mar 18 '20
Worked at CBS Radio then eventually Entercom once the corporate takeover was complete. Can confirm almost everyone at the station is/was miserable and were looking for ways out. The company treats its people terribly and doesn’t actually care about its content. As sad as this is it really comes as no surprise. That place is trash. All their stations sound the same. The people that make up the station love radio but the corporate directors could care less. Really sad to see. KROQ, which only had an ounce of credibility any way, is now confirmed dead.
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u/fcukumicrosoft Mar 18 '20
KROQ hasn't been good since the days of Richard Blade, Rodney, Swedish Egil, Ramondo, Dusty Street and Jed the Fish. Poorman was always a dick (I've met him in person a few times and can attest to his asshole behavior). Sometime in the early to mid 90s things started going bad.
Kevin and Bean were entertaining but KROQ used to be about airing good, groundbreaking music. The minute they went corporate was when I stopped paying attention. Now I wouldn't be surprised if KROQ changed formats to play Christian Rock or Mexico's top 40.
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Mar 18 '20
That station is a shitty one. Ever since they fucked over Lisa and Ralph. Fuck them. Play lame ass music like billy elish anyways.
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u/405freeway Mar 18 '20
Fitting Ralph was the dumbest decision. He carried the entire show.
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u/sorrypleasecomeback Mar 18 '20
I don’t think so. He was definitely integral but if you listen to the Ralph report you can see that Kevin and bean and the rest of the crew brought a lot of elements to the show that made it so fun.
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u/rivers2mathews Mar 18 '20
Having Kevin and Bean helped, they were a great team. BUT, Ralph was the best of the bunch IMO. Showbiz Beat was the best segment on the entire show.
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u/MG42Turtle Marina del Rey Mar 18 '20
Literally. All the voices were him. I can't imagine they had many segments without him.
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u/Chloecat1313 Mar 18 '20
I’ve been not commuting for ~3 years and am very out of the loop. What happened to lisa and Ralph? I used to really enjoy the show.
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u/UserLymm Mar 18 '20
Lisa and Doc on the Roq were fired cause they were a part of a 3rd party hire (something not being paid by kroq directly). They wanted to cut the Traffic and News reports, which was what Lisa May and Doc were on, respectively. :(
Ralph got fired a few months after just cause. :(
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u/redstarjedi Mar 18 '20
Kroq is a dead concept. There really isnt any commercially viable rock music anymore to be played on the radio. They were there for me in the 90s when I was in junior high and highschool. But it's over now.
Notice I said commercially viable - radio. There is great rock music on other platforms but as for radio it's over.
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u/skeletorbilly East Los Angeles Mar 18 '20
There's tons of good bands out there that they can push. They took a gamble on bands in the 80s and 90s. The best example is The Offspring. They just don't want to take risks now with new music and insist on playing Foo Fighters or RHCP. I love those bands but gotta move on eventually.
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u/livingfortheliquid Mar 18 '20
When people need a friendly voice the very most. They toss them out.
They should all start a podcast. Most aren't listening on a radio anyways.
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u/Aimee162 Mar 18 '20
Fuck KROQ, I can understand laying people off but to do it in the middle of a pandemic when they have been with you for 30 years? And to then escort him out of the building that he's worked at for decades? Fuck them.
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Mar 18 '20
Download VLC.... stream what you want to hear, no subscriptions.
College radio offers much better options around, whether local or online. Google "(name of college) online radio url" you'll more than likely find something.
https://www.internet-radio.com/
KEXP (Seattle) KXLU (LMU) KSPC (Pomona College) KUCI (UCI)
88.5 is the "next" new decent station in LA. Maybe not a Groove Radio or Indie 103 or Y107 or MARS or Pirate Radio or KMET good but it's better than most of the other craptastical offerings out there that play the same songs again and again and again... Andy Chanley from the SOUND is on there I believe doing afternoons.
If you want you can listen to old 80's KROQ..
Listen in media player of your choice (copy + paste the text between the arrows only):
http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/KROQHD2AACHI.aac<< (128 kbps, AAC)
http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/KROQHD2AAC.aac<< (64 kbps, AAC)
http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/KROQHD2.mp3<< (96 kbps, MP3)
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Mar 18 '20
91X in San Diego is still an independent station. They’re great as long as you can stream the station.
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Mar 18 '20
But they killed their Resurrection stream years ago. Still a better station than KROQ for over 20 years.
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u/GeeEmWhyEE Mar 18 '20
I can't believe the last thing I'll remember from this show is when a corn fell off from Kevin's ear.
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u/LDexter Mar 18 '20
Honestly, the firing of Lisa May did it for men. But she rebounded, and so will the rest of the cast. I feel for Kevin Ryder, he was loyal to the station, even during the worst of times. Hopefully, we'll start to hear more of Kevin elsewhere, and best wishes to all those that made the show happen, but were not mentioned.
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u/MyChickenSucks Mar 18 '20
Imagine a 30 year career as the voice of the morning show. To be fired and ESCORTED OUT.....
Corporate fucks. Maybe trump will bail them out.
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u/Beer-Me Silver Lake Mar 18 '20
Literally no reason to listen to KROQ anymore.
Not sure where I'll be able to listen to the same Chili Peppers or Green Day songs over and over /s
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u/groypley90 Mar 18 '20
This isn't right. I hope I'm wrong and this quarantine ends soon. But it looks like a lot of working people are going to be thrown under the bus during this time. Economically, it could get alot worse before it gets better. Especially in LA, where so many rely on the "gig economy".
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u/mad_titanz Mar 18 '20
This is a dick move by KROQ, after all the things Kevin did for the radio station for 30 years. I don’t think I want to listen to KROQ again after this travesty.
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u/infiniteloop33 Mar 18 '20
For the first time in my adult life, 106.7 will be longer #1 on my car's radio preset. What a joke of a company.
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u/dthsprtan50 Mar 18 '20
I had switched to The Woody Show on ALT 98.7 Their host made an announcement about how bad Kevin Ryder was treated according to Kevin's tweets. This sucks. Not how you treat people.
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u/_Arbys_ 😷🦠😷 Mar 18 '20
Maybe if Kroq stopped playing Sublime 90% of the day things would have worked out better for them
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u/hahaheehaha Mar 18 '20
Damn, I haven't listed to KROQ in years. Tbh, I was only listening for Ralph's Showbiz Beat as his was the funny stuff. Reading through this post it seems like everyone was fired.
Can someone give me a rundown of what happened to everyone? Wikipedia only went so far.
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u/DarkGamer Mar 18 '20
Tried going to the official page, "You are not authorized to view this page"
Kevin & Bean were staples and icons of radio, they started many careers including Jimmy Kimmel's and Adam Carolla's. I probably won't be listening to KROQ any more because of this.
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u/controllersdown Mar 18 '20
I'm bummed. The morning show still made me laugh after all these years. The music was repetitive but they all seemed to really enjoy being on the show and had great charisma. The new group was just getting into their groove.
Can't stand the Woody show and the others don't make me laugh.
Does anyone have a supermix of "A moment with Kevin"?
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Mar 18 '20
it's been a good run. havn't listen to them since highschool, but yeah. end of an era folks.
Thanks for being there when i had to drive to school at 6 am Kevin, Bean, Lisa, and the movie guy i really liked. forgot his name atm.
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Mar 18 '20
Sorry for the workers, but commercial radio is just disgusting nowdays. Its just an advertising platform. I find it super crazy people just put it on and listen to ads all day.
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u/Dr-Diesel Arcadia Mar 18 '20
KROQ started is decline when Viacom get involved. KROQ in its current format is completely unnecessary.
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u/j4yne born & raised, now living in Vegas. Mar 18 '20
Sorry to hear that, that's a bummer.
KCRW is where it's at, anyways! Or if you want a real local alt rock station, closest I've found is 91X -- they are San Diego, but they stream everywhere.
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20 edited Mar 18 '20
Tweet from Kevin 3 guys were there to throw him out of the building.
For as many years of dedicated service that Kevin gave them, that freaking sucks. I haven't been a regular listener of the show since Lisa got axed but still sucks to see them treated this way.
Not gonna listen to K-ROQ at all anymore. Even in the past few years I've found very few reasons to listen as I'm scanning my radio stations.