FM 103.9 - More Music In The Morning

[starburysun2k3]

It looks like Kevin and Bean are out at FM 103.9. Heard an add today saying that starting Tuesday at 5:30 a.m. you will get more music in the morning. Kevin and Bean's profile has already been removed from the website.

 

[azenergyfan]

Woohoooo great news there, that is a really good move on their part.

 

[ykw]

Sad to hear what an all-consuming gabfest the K&B show has devolved into. 10-15 years ago, they ran a music-centric show, with artists dropping in and playing live, with comedy bits that revolved around music (and, to be fair, very SoCal-oriented pop culture) playing third-fiddle to actual music and music talk.

What 103.9 got was a less-edgy Bob & Tom. Buh-bye, boys.

 

[Scrappy]

I never listened to the AM show....but its sad to hear....Kevin Beiler (sp?) is actually a pretty funny guy......at least he was when he was before he left Phx....

 

[EricStein]

Now all they need to do is hire Heather Larson (part timer from The Peak) to host the morning show. She knows her music! Then, get rid of the nightly Ska-Punk show (a niche show that should only be on once a week). Then, I would listen to the station more often in the morning, the afternoon, and through the night.

 

[azfmfan]

agree with you on the ska-punk show, I never understood how that has lasted so long.

 

[radiojomo]

2 K&B affiliates off the air already! Two former Adam Carolla affiliates that picked up K&B have given up. The Edge in Phoenix and Pocatello, ID have dropped the show. The Edge in Pocatello is another Alternative Rock format casualty. It's odd that FM 103.9 went in such a music driven format and picked up K&B at the same time, it doesn't make sense. If they had kept the other format they were doing and added K&B, it made perfect sense. But this whole All About The Music attitude doesn't combine right with K&B, just a thought...

 

[ykw]

agree with you on the ska-punk show, I never understood how that has lasted so long.

When the show was briefly off the air a few years ago, the station was absolutely deluged with complaints from the Valley punk scene. As connected to the station as it has been for the better part of a decade and a half via both the original and the Craven version of the program, the local punk community is the absolute backbone of the station's audience -- and, at the same time, the easiest chunk of listeners to lose.

At the same time, it's also the easiest part of the audience to placate, simply by playing a greater concentration of their music than usual during one hour of the day, and a relatively unimportant hour at that. Hardly a high price to pay to keep its most evangelical listeners faithful.

 

[KOOL Listener Lauren]

There's a week old job post on AllAccess looking for a morning host (and musicologist) for The Edge FM 103.9.

 

[For the love of Radio]

The Ska Punk show is a great niche show and hold an older audience which is what the station seems to be leaning towards. They should KEEP Ska Punk