Audacy Alternative KROQ/Los Angeles welcomes back Kevin Ryder for weekday afternoons from 3-7pm. Megan Holiday shifts to evenings on KROQ.

“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, SVP/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/Los Angeles.