KNIX’s morning duo, Ben and Matt, hosted the Parada del Sol Pro Rodeo and Historic Parade in Scottsdale Saturday. The parade, which as taken place for 57 years, began at 10am and runs up Scottsdale Road from Oak to Indian School.

Ben and Matt were located at the Scottsdale Road and Indian School intersection. Hosts were present at other intersections along the way, including Radio Free Phoenix’s Liz Boyle and Andy Olson at Scottsdale and Osborn, and a reunion of the KDKB morning team, Bill Andres and John Giese.

A day full of rain for the Valley and severe thunderstorms, flooding, high winds and tornado watches have threatened many homes, blocked off access through many streets, and have taken down several objects in its path.

The storms worsened in the evening, including taking off two of Sandusky’s rockers, 93.3 KDKB and 98 KUPD and Clear Channel’s smooth jazz KYOT. All have been out for at least a couple of hours tonight.

Sandusky-owned rock station KDKB make changes to their on-air lineup to be in effect on Monday. Exiting, are JR Edwards and Mary Stoddard of the JR, Mary & Watson Morning Show.

Watson, the morning show producer, will continue with the station doing the midnight-6am shift. Program Director Steve King moves from middays to mornings, 6-10am. Ruby Cheeks moves a slot earlier to middays as Hammer gets afternoon drive. Evenings are taken care of by Lee Stone, and no Alice Cooper overnights. We’d like your thoughts – Comment Below

Tuesday morning power outages in the Valley have not only left an estimated 18,000 people without electricity, according to APS spokeswoman Jenna Henry, but also briefly knocked out several major Phoenix FM radio stations.

Several– if not a majority– of the FM stations went to static around 10:27am. The static lasted for a minute or two before broadcasts returned on-air. A few others, like KOOL-FM, went from static to silence for a few moments more.

A second occurrence reportedly occurred just minutes shy of 11am, that affected Bonneville’s KPKX and KTAR-FM. Since both stations returned just before the noon hour, we presume the hour was used for transmitter work. Both are located on South Mountain, which supports a majority of Phoenix FM radio station transmitters.

Liz Boyle tells us that John Giese and Bill Andres (KDKB’s John & Bill) are planning to reunite at the AMEHOF benefit concert, Sept. 6. Also emceeing: Wonderful Russ (KDKB), Marty Manning (KESZ), and Jim West (KNIX, KMLE)!

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