show, opened what listeners assumed would be another edition of his morning radio program with an announcement.
Ryder, aware that he and his posse had pranked his listeners dozens of times over the decades, felt the need to clarify: “This isn’t a joke. It actually happened.”Though the news caught most listeners off-guard, the shift was the latest in a series of recent behind-the-scenes maneuvers at KROQ-FM . Once among the top-performing drive-time slots in the market,"Kevin & Bean” in 2019 fell from the fifth to the 14th most popular shows among listeners ages 25 to 54.
Neither Ryder nor Mac Kay responded to requests for comment. In a statement, cohost Karp said, in part: “I’m happy with the time I was able to spend contributing to a legendary morning show, and I’m extremely disappointed with how it ended over the phone, especially considering how hard it will be for the entire team to find work during this pandemic.”Ryder was less diplomatic in his antipathy toward Entercom, the media company that acquired KROQ after merging with CBS Radio in 2017.
On Twitter, Kimmel expressed outrage at the way Entercom handled the situation. “Shame on you, @kroq ‘management’ for caring so little about the people who gave you so much. Especially now.” “ ‘Kevin & Bean’ set the bar high for mornings on KROQ,” Mike Kaplan, Entercom’s senior vice president of programming, added in a separate statement. “We’re looking forward to this next chapter in the station’s history and think our listeners will enjoy getting to see a different side to Stryker and Klein as they start their day.”
Ryder’s treatment was one of many disgusting firings. Both Lisa May and Ralph Garman’s firings placed the morning show on a path to failure. Los Angeles needs consistency during this pandemic. Your timing is horrendous Entercom
The Great Depression in the 1930s will just be a footnote after this Depression that could have been avoided if we had national leadership.
Decades on the air, some 30 years, is a good run. Nothing on planet earth is forever, nothing where people are concerned.
This is nothing but a cost cutting measure by Entercom! They WAY overextended themselves in acquiring CBS radio & CBS Sports radio. CEO David Field & his hubris to acquire a huge radio group are the reason for this firing as well as many others around the country!
That’s it. I‘m only listening to Y107 now!
Cares!!!!
Nobody
Kroq can all go to hell
Ya'd think KROQ would have at least given them a heads-up to do a farewell show. There were soooo many great interviews in those decades. I was still a teenager when they first started - 30 yrs flew by fast.
Thts crazy
To be fair, the unceremonious firing of RalphGarman and lisaxmay were on Kevin and Bean. You would expect 30 years earns you more, but when you don't even stand up for your staff what do you expect?
Tough biz.
30? felt longer
Not cool kroq
Didn’t this happen a few days ago? Meanwhile. Bad move kroq
Smh. Forever smh kroq now
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