Following the announced dismissal of Kevin In The Morning with Allie and Jensen this morning, Entercom Alternative 106.7 KROQ-FM Pasadena/Los Angeles has announced that Ted Stryker and Kevin Klein will move from afternoons to mornings and Megan Holiday from evenings to afternoons.
Stryker has hosted afternoons at KROQ since 2010 following a brief run in afternoons at co-owned CHR “97.1 Amp Radio” KAMP Los Angeles. He began at KROQ in 1999 and previously co-hosted the syndicated “Loveline” based at KROQ with Dr. Drew Pinsky after starting his career at 92.1 KFMA Tucson.
Klein joined Stryker in afternoons in 2018 after the social media backlash prior to his scheduled debut in mornings at Hot Talk “97.3 The Machine” KEGY San Diego where he was to be the morning host. The backlash led to the format being scrapped and the station later flipped to Sports instead. He previously hosted mornings at Alternative “Live 105” KITS San Francisco from 2014-2017 and SiriusXM’s “Playboy Radio”. He has also worked at XM’s old MTV and VH1 channels and “92.3 K-Rock” WXRK New York.
Entercom, a leading media and entertainment company and the #1 creator of live, original, local audio content, today announced a new weekday programming lineup for the World Famous KROQ (KROQ-FM) in Los Angeles. Current afternoon drive co-hosts Stryker and Kevin Klein will debut on mornings in the coming weeks, succeeding longtime station veteran Kevin Ryder. “Stryker and Klein” will now be heard weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT. Megan Holiday will host afternoons and a search is underway for an evening host.
“We thank Kevin for his many years of dedication, comedy and entertainment, alongside Bean, that helped build KROQ into the iconic station it is today,” said Jeff Federman, Regional President, Entercom. “Stryker and Klein have an engaged and loyal fanbase and we look forward to ushering in the future of mornings with them on the World Famous KROQ.”
“Kevin and Bean set the bar high for mornings on KROQ,” said Mike Kaplan, Senior Vice President of Programming, Entercom. “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.”
New KROQ weekday lineup is as follows.
5:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: “Stryker and Klein”
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Nicole Alvarez
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Megan Holiday
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: Rotating host
11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.: “Roq n Beats with Jeremiah Red”
12:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m.: RubinStryker joined KROQ as an on-air host in 1999. In addition to his role at the station, Stryker currently hosts the syndicated radio show “Out of Order” for Compass Media Networks. He has also served as host of the Grammy Awards for Grammy.com and has made several television appearances, including MTV and VH1, as well as various movie appearances.
Prior to joining KROQ, Klein hosted a top-rated morning show, “Kevin Klein Live” on Live 105 (now Entercom sister station ALT 105.3) in San Francisco. Klein has also served as on-air host for “The Playboy Morning Show” in Los Angeles and has been featured on VH1, MTV, Bravo and E!.