Kevin Ryder
Audacy’s World Famous KROQ (KROQ-FM) welcomes back Radio Hall of Fame inductee Kevin Ryder. Listeners can tune into his new show on KROQ, weekdays from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. PT. Megan Holiday will now host evenings.
“Kevin Ryder is a Radio Hall of Fame Broadcaster who spent most of his adult life waking up SoCal with his former partner Bean,” said Kevin Weatherly, Senior Vice President of Programming, KROQ. “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.”
“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,” said Ryder. “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.”
Ryder began his career at KROQ on January 2, 1990, alongside Gene “Bean” Baxter on “The Kevin & Bean Show.” Together, they became the number-one show in the Los Angeles market and the longest-running morning show in the country. Their influence earned them an induction into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2019. From 2021 to 2024, Ryder co-hosted afternoons at KLOS-FM in Los Angeles.