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Gringo Suave leaves 101.5 JamZ

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:38:41 +0000

101.5 JamZ (KZON) morning man Gringo Suave announced today that he is leaving the station for an opportunity in programming– an “ultimate dream.”

“This came unexpected and was the toughest decision of my career…” Suave posted on his Twitter account. “It only felt right to listen to my heart, take the risk, and follow my dream. In a short amount of time, I became very attached to the CBS PHX family and you, the listeners.”

Gringo Suave joined the station in March to fill an opening for morning show host. Prior to JamZ, he spent some time in California as Joe Breezy, but Phoenix radio listeners know him from back on Power 92.3’s (KKFR) MG’s Morning Madhouse as an HR nightmare/stunt boy.

Suave has yet to announce where he will be headed, but acting program director Mikee Mike is currently searching for a replacement.

Valley stations’ Suns spirit strong

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:41:46 +0000

Valley stations have gone “orng” for the Suns’ two home playoff games at US Airways Center.

CBS Radio Phoenix stations 94.5 KOOL-FM, KMLE Country 108, and 101.5 JamZ attracted fans and listeners to sign the Suns board in front of US Airways Center.

101.5 JamZ and Power 98.3 staff and listeners represented themselves on national television last night, holding signs in support of the Suns with station logos on the back. They could be seen throughout TNT’s after-game show, “Inside The NBA.”

Power 98.3 signs held outside of US Airways Center Tuesday after a Phoenix Suns Game 4 victory over the Lakers. Photo Courtesy: TwitPic.com

Former KZON PD to Atlanta’s “Groove”

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:21:03 +0000

Former KZON program director Dennis Martinez is set June 1 to become the new PD of 105.7 The Groove (WWVA)– Atlanta’s Rhythmic AC from Clear Channel. Martinez has currently been on-air at CBS Radio’s Top 40 MOViN 99.7/San Francisco.

Bruce St. James to KTAR-FM full-time

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:53:41 +0000

Radio veteran and most recent program director of CBS Radio Phoenix’s KMLE and KZON, Bruce St. James, made the announcement today that he will get his start on 92.3 KTAR-FM on Monday.

St. James will take care of the 9am to noon shift– a shift that most recently belonged to Darrell Ankarlo. He is no stranger to KTAR-FM as he had been one of a few wheel of hosts filling in for the 9am to noon shift while Ankarlo continued to recover from a serious injury suffered over a year ago.

Bruce St. James will take late mornings over beginning Monday, May 3.

Joe Breezy aka Gringo Suave to return to Phoenix

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:10:32 +0000

You might have known him as Joe Breezy in California, but most of us know him as Gringo Suave, the HR nightmare/stunt boy on MG’s Morning Madhouse back in the day on Power 92.3 (KKFR).

Since then, he’s had stints as Joe Breezy in Northern California markets such as Modesto, Monterey, San Francisco and most recently, KDND-FM in Sacramento.

Gringo Suave returns to the Phoenix airwaves taking over mornings on Top 40/rhythmic 101.5 JamZ (KZON). Program Director Bruce St. James made the announcement February 19.

Catch Gringo Suave’s first show this morning on 101.5 JamZ, 6-10am.

Original post: Feb. 22, 8:22pm. Last edit: March 8, 1:19am

Video: Sugabear the Most Ridiculous Man In Radio

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:54:33 +0000

Sugabear, 101.5 Jamz

Tim Pohlman to CBS Radio Phoenix

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:30:05 +0000

Tim Pohlman will be joining CBS Radio Phoenix as their new market manager after the announced departure of Mark Waters in November. Pohlman will join the three station cluster consisting of country KMLE, classic hits KOOL, and top 40/rhythmic KZON.

Pohlman is no stranger to CBS Radio or the duties as market manager. He had been market manager of CBS Radio Los Angeles’ cluster. He has been CEO of Riviera Broadcasting.

Tuesday morning power outages hinder radio

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:18:41 +0000

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.

Mark Waters out at CBS Radio Phoenix

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:07:57 +0000

Mark Waters has left the building at CBS Radio Phoenix as Sr. VP/Market Manager, overseeing Country station KMLE, Classic Hits KOOL, and Rhythmic/Top 40 KZON.

In 2006, Waters left Bonneville Phoenix. He joined CBS Radio Phoenix in November 2006, and has held the Sr. VP/Market Manager position of the three station cluster since February 2007, succeeding Marco Camacho.

It is not known at this time who the replacement will be.

Sierra H brings double the Ruben S.

PhoenixAirchecks.com — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:56:47 +0000

We reported here at the end of August that Ruben S. (formerly of KZON, KKFR, and KZZP), landed a gig at Sierra H rhythmic oldies Mega 104.3 (KAJM) doing Friday nights’ “Mega House Party.”

Beginning Monday, Ruben will be spending afternoons on KAJM, and nights on sister station, KNRJ “The Beat.”