With yesterday’s format change from Soft AC to Alternative, the airstaff of “98.7 The Breeze” WDZH Detroit has exited.
The staff of the two year old Soft AC format were all hired in February 2019. Morning hosts Chadd and Kristi Thomas joined WDZH after spending most of their careers in Tampa where the hosted mornings at “B98.7” WPBB and sixteen years at “Magic 94.9” WWRM.
Midday host Kim Adams was a first-timer in radio but well known in the Detroit market as a television meteorologist for WXYZ-TV from 1997-2002 and WDIV-TV from 2002-2009. Adams told the Detroit News, “Literally in the middle of my show, my boss called my cell phone, and told me as of that minute they were flipping over. We went from Gene Autry to Nirvana, and that was it. I didn’t realize something like that could happen.”
Sandy Kovach departs as host of “The Breeze After Hours”. Kovach had previously worked at the 98.7 frequency from 1990 through 2009 as part of Rock WLLZ and Smooth Jazz “V98.7” WVMV. She has also worked in the market at 93.1 WDRQ, 96.3 WDVD, 104.3 WOMC, and 105.1 WMGC and as morning host on the national Smooth Jazz Network.