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More About KROQ
Shows and Radio Personalities that got their start on KROQ:
 | Loveline. This love advice call-in talk show started
on KROQ before being syndicated on radio nationwide and then jumping to the
small screen on MTV. I never liked Loveline, but in the early
days it was only on Sunday nights, so it wasn't too bad. Later they
moved it to 5 nights a week, which annoys me to this day. It is
currently hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky and Adam Carolla, who was preceded by
Rikki Rachtman, who took over from the Poorman.
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| Kevin and Bean. KROQ's morning show for well over a
decade has now been syndicated nationwide. Though they started out as
clones of Mark and Brian across the dial at KLOS (in the station's mind, if
not their own), they have come into their own and are still consistently funny
after all these years.
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| Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla. These
guys started out on the Kevin and Bean show--Jimmy was the sports guy while
Adam played Mr. Birchum, a home improvement expert. Both were hilarious,
and Jimmy was a really solid sports commentator to boot. They went on to
create The Man Show and Crank Yankers on Comedy Central.
Jimmy also got his own late-night talk show and a job on the Fox NFL crew, and
Adam co-hosts Loveline.
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| Kennedy. This DJ jumped to MTV where she was voted
worst VJ in a viewer's poll. She later ended up as a game show host on
GSN.
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| Carson Daly. Probably the most famous alum, Carson
also moved to MTV where today he hosts TRL and other MTV programs.
He later got his own late night talk show and dated a variety of starlets like
Tara Reid and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Like Kennedy, Carson also seems to
be hated by a sizable chunk of the population, even though he is so
inoffensive. I personally think it's because, to so many people, myself
included, his popularity among his core audience is inexplicable. But to
me it's like trying to understand why the French love Jerry Lewis so much, or
why 2-year olds love the Teletubbies, i.e. it's impossible. His fans may
scoff and say you just don't get it, but don't worry, in this case you can
actually feel good about it. |
KROQ DJs - Current
| Just a thought--whenever you see any radio DJs in person they almost never
look like what you imagined based on their voice. They tend to look
worse, which is probably why they are on radio instead of TV.
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| Jed the Fish. This guy has been there forever.
Probably the most annoying laugh on the radio but I like him anyway.
Holds the 1pm to 4pm slot.
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| Rodney Bingenheimer. He's hosted the Rodney on the Roq
show forever. A documentary about him, Mayor of The Sunset Strip,
came out in 2004. You might have also seen him in Cheech & Chong's Up
in Smoke hosting the battle of the bands. He is known for being the
first radio DJ to play a lot of artists that went on to greater fame, e.g. the
Sex Pistols and the Ramones.
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| Kat Corbett. Current host of the 10am to 1pm slot
which includes the Flashback Lunch. |
Ex-KROQ DJs
| Richard Blade. Long-time KROQ DJ who hosted the
Ramondo and the Blade morning show and hosted a music video show on a local TV
station for a few years in the 80s. In the 90s he became a bit of a
champion for the Roq of the 80s format, starting KROQ's Flashback Lunch show
(KROQ seldom plays songs of that era outside the show) and a series of CDs
titled Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites that included some of the
less well-known tracks of the era. Around 2000 he left, ostensibly to
move to the Caribbean or something like that, but he is now on Star 98
playing 80s songs, including many that target Star 98 listeners but which he
never would've played on KROQ (and probably loathes). He also has a show
on Sirius Radio's "First Wave" channel, featuring other old school KROQ DJs. Personal note--I
bumped into him in the Bonaventure Hotel while at a high school prom and
recognized him from his TV program. I was quite intoxicated and was
about to start telling him how I liked his show etc. but my girlfriend dragged
me away.
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| Tami Heide. I listened to her a bit at WBCN in Boston
when I was going to college out there, and then she came over to KROQ.
She took over the Flashback Lunch from Richard Blade. I once was the
lucky caller that won tickets (to the band Live) and talked to her for a
second on the air. Unfortunately I was going to be in Europe and gave
the tickets to a co-worker who didn't use them. Appears to have left
KROQ as of January 2005.
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| The Poorman. Nee Jim Trenton. A long-time KROQ
DJ who was
Loveline's creator and original co-host. He was fired in 1993 for an on-air stunt and
later sued KROQ for Loveline royalties. Since then he has hosted Poorman's Bikini Beach
on an independent TV station and worked for a variety of local radio stations. |
Plus a few others from the old days:
| April Whitney |
| "Swedish Eagle" Egil Aalvik |
| Freddy (Frederick J.) Snakeskin |
| Dusty Street |
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