Audacy Alternative 106.7 KROQ has announced the return of Kevin Ryder to the station to host afternoons.

Ryder hosted mornings at KROQ from 1989 until March 2020 mostly with Gene ‘Bean’ Baxter. He most recently co-hosted afternoons at Meruelo Media’s 95.5 KLOS from February 2021 until September 2024 with Doug ‘Sluggo’ Roberts. Kevin & Bean were inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2019.

Ryder said, “I spent half of my life with my fellow favorite weirdos, helping to make KROQ an iconic radio station and a global destination to foster and nurture musical groups. It was also a home for many LA listeners, and with my old boss back programming KROQ, I’m excited to be speaking my own version of the English language again at the station I love.”

KROQ SVP/Programming Kevin Weatherly commented, “Kevin Ryder is a Radio Hall of Fame Broadcaster who spent most of his adult life waking up SoCal with his former partner Bean. Their authentic and irreverent morning show is legendary, and I’ve had the privilege of having a front-row seat for the majority of it. Kevin’s return to KROQ in afternoons is a full circle moment in the best way possible.”

With Ryder’s return to the station, current afternoon host Megan Holiday will move to nights. Previous night host Kevan Kenney exited in Audacy’s layoffs last month.