Jon and Chris out at Peak
Don Day | December 1, 2008The revamped KFXD-AM/63 KIDO is making another change – this time letting Jon Duane and Chris Kelly go. The duo have been given a farewell show – which is on the air right now.
Kelly and Duane are upbeat about the change – and even thanked Peak management (at least for letting them put together a final show).
Fox Sports will take the timeslot starting tomorrow.
Nice… talk about “Peaks.” First Jon buys a Mountain Shadow cabin at the peak of the real estate market, then takes the advise of Dave Petso and his holds on to his crashing investments in the stock market, and now he has no supplemental income to even semi-retire thanks to Peak.
Good luck Jon. Try to treat us better than we treated you, buddy.
They say it is because of budget cuts…who is next, Brian and Dave, Chris and Paul J? Will network shows take over the radio dial? It’s a sad day.
Sad indeed… though one had to think something was up when they put the two up against Rush and Dennis Miller.
Probably had a clause in there contracts that if the ratings fell below a certain level all bonus’s etc were cancelled to boot.
Wow… can we dial this country back a year… before the networks started calling for the now well seated recession?
One of the best programming philosophies I ever heard was “Give the audience another reason to tune in…” Meaning full programming that relates to the people who listen. Network programming is cheap (often bartered), but not all that interesting or challenging.
Oh, hum. They have just given us another reason NOT to listen. Sports is overdone as is most of the conservative network shows.
It does say something about Kevin Godwin if he is willing to let them do a fairwell show. Other managers wouldn’t do that. They would have just kicked John and Chris out the door. This shows that Kevin Godwin is one of the greatest people to work for. I worked for him during the summer of 2007. I have nothing bad to say about him. He was very great to me in person. He was also very polite to me.
“Wow… can we dial this country back a year… before the networks started calling for the now well seated recession?”
I’m confused. Are you blaming the networks for the recession?
By the way, yesterday (Monday), the government officially announced that the U.S. has been in a recession since last December. Kind of screws up that Rush/Hannity talking point about “Obama’s recession,” huh?
It sure is sad to see radio reflecting society. Both seem to get less interpersonal all the time. And we wonder why our kids can’t communicate and have social issues.
I enjoy listening to our local talk show hosts . Chris and Jon
being my favorites. I just finished a radio survey (Atbitron),
the 10-2pm time slot was always filled in, because of Jon and
Chris. The Fox Sports show is not anything I choose to listen to.
Nor the ranting of Rush .
I had a hard time following Jon and Chris from early morning but being a fan of local and national problems I adjusted to their am-pm show. Now without warning KIDO is shutting them down. the new program is nothing this woman wants to listen to. Talk radio is going down the tube.
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The NBER is not the government. It is just some people that don’t define a recession properly.
“On December 1, 2008, the NBER published reports stating that the US Economy has been in recession since December 2007. However it should be noted that the NBER does not use the traditional method of defining a recession. Traditionally a recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth of the GDP. Using this guideline as a rule of thumb, if the fourth quarter of 2008 shows negative growth in the GDP, then a recession can be claimed using this traditional rule.”
Kind of screws up your slam huh?
Jerr wrote:
“The-
The NBER is not the government. It is just some people that don’t define a recession properly.”
What in the living he– are you talking about? You, Dave Ramsey and a few ultra-right Bushbots seem to think everything is o.k.? Have you not seen the 4 percent holdbacks in Idaho? Have you not seen the 4 consecutive quarters of job loss? What about the plummet at the AMEX and NASDAQ.
I would hope you don’t work in our industry, as we should be the ones informing the public, not living under the dark side of a rock, filled with moss and humus.
As for Jon and Chris, what a shame! I can’t help believe they pulled in a greater share than they were actually attributed to. The confusion of KIDO/KFXD is surely to blame.
I am at a loss when I am in the car now. Jon & Chris are missing.
They were a refreshing upbeat team that I enjoyed listening to. I just flip around the radio now trying to find something good to listen to and not finding it.
I hope somehow that we get this great team back.
Job well done Jon and Chris, It just goes to show you how AM radio is going down the tubes by letting you both go. I like sports but I don’t like all these sports talk shows being shoved down our throats day in and day out. There are more important issues in our world to be talked over. As far as I’m concerned I’m one less listener to KIDO/KFXD. I’m gone!
Elchupacabras,
I didn’t say things weren’t terrible, I just said it wasn’t the government that made the announcement. Elchupacabras.. I don’t recoginize that name on the radio as an informer of information? Jerr is a name that had been on the radio however ;-) and my family has been in radio for about 20 years.
I know people that lost their job this week in radio, and I pray for them, Jon and Chris, myself, and Elchupacabras that we all will get through these terrible times.
Jerr
Anyone heard if Jon and Chris will surface somewhere? I really miss their voices in the morning. Even where there was bad news they seemed to be able to talk about without being depressing…if every there was a time we need Jon and Chris it is now.