KENZ
Encyclopedia : K : KE : KEN : KENZ
KENZ, branded as 101.9 The End is a Salt Lake City, Utah-based radio station. Owned by Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, the station airs an adult album alternative format on 101.9 FM.
History
KENZ first signed on as 107.5 The End January 1st 1996 with R.E.M. (band)'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." Originally owned by The Slaymaker Group, the station was sold to Citadel Broadcasting in 1998. Most of the original staff came from now cross town rival KXRK, X96. Jimmy Chunga, a weekender and morning show producer at X96 was hired to lead the morning show. He was joined by Marcus shortly after the station went on the air. Andrea was hired away from X96 to work the midday shift. Biff Raff returned to the Salt Lake market after spending time in Austin, TX and Denver, CO to be the program director. He also did an afternoon on-air shift. Dom Casual was the station's first music director and afternoon drive jock. Barb Thomas worked the night shift.In 1999, the KENZ morning show "Chunga and Marcus" hosted a contest titled "The Cruise of Dreams," afterwhich Marcus did not return to the show. The actual events of the cruise remain a mystery (to some). Shortly after the departure of Marcus, Mister West joined the morning show as Chunga's partner. This was a role reversal of sorts as Chunga had been West's partner on the "Saturday Night Cold Case," a request show during West's weekend shift dating back to their days at X96.
At the end of 2005 Citadel Broadcasting moved the station from the 107.5 FM frequency to the stronger and farther reaching 101.9 FM frequency. Even though they were no longer at the "end" of the dial they retained the name.
Airstaff
- Jimmy Chunga - Morning Show (1996 - present): Had been the morning show producer and a weekender at X96 before being offered his own morning show when KENZ was starting up. After a few years teamed up with Marcus, he tapped Mr. West to be his co-host. Does voice over work on the side as well as some acting ("Singles Ward"). Older brother to Jon Smith.
- Mister West - Weekender/Morning Show co-host (1996 - present): A weekender at X96 and then at The End, West had done a weekly request show with Chunga before being asked to replace Marcus in 1999.
- Producer Casey - Morning Show Producer (1998 - 2006):
- Announcer Boy - Production (1996 - 2004): Sassy on-air comic foil to Chunga.
- Biff Raff - Program Director/Afternoons (1996 - present): Program Director and afternoon jock. PD for KBER 101 as well as The End.
- Dom Casual - Music Director/Afternoons (1996 - 1999): Had been part of the original X96 morning show with Bill Allred. Left The End to PD a station in Spokane, Washington. Once there he hired Kari Bushman who had been doing weekend shifts at X96. Returned to the Salt Lake market to work at the new incarnation of KJQ.
- Andrea - Music Director/Middays (1996 - 2000): Another former X96 jock. Hosted the weekly advice call-in show "Bitch & Moan" with various co-hosts. She left KENZ after landing her own morning show in Pennsylvania. Returned to Salt Lake and worked for a time at the new KJQN.
- Kari Bushman - Music Director/Middays (2000 - present): Had been a weekender at X96 before taking a job in Spokane, Washington working for Dom Casual. Returned to Salt Lake to take the midday shift vacated by Andrea.
- Norm Church - Promotions & Marketing Director (1996 - 1997)
- Little Ricky - Promotions & Marketing Director (1997 - 2001)
- Cort Johnson - Promotions and Marketing Director/Morning Show Producer (2000 - present)
- Jon Smith - Weekender/Nights (1999 - 2004): Younger brother of Jimmy Chunga. After weekends and nights at KENZ did afternoon drive at KJQN. Jon left the Salt Lake City market in 2005 to program 94.3 The Planet (alternative) in St. George, Utah.
- Barb Thomas - Nights/Afternoons (1997 - 2002):
- Mike Lindsay - Weekender/Nights (1997 - 2002):
- Vince Klortho - Weekender (1996 - 2003):
- Jay Johnson - Weekender (2000 - present?):
- Tysen - Weekender/Production (1998? - Present):
- Marcus - Morning Show co-host (1996 - 1999): Chunga's first co-host. Left amid circumstances that have yet to be made public. Went on to work at KQMB and the Blaze.
Station Features
Regular features over the years have included...- Gender Wars
- Chunga Community College
- Spit it Out
- What's Happenin' Hot Stuff
- Laugh Your End Off Lunch
- My Three Songs
- All-Request Lunch
- Bitch & Moan
- 80's Remixed
- Saturday Night Cold Case
- Minor League Mornings
- Mister's House of Retro Pleasure
- All Request Hour
- 9 O'Clock News
External link
| Radio stations in the Salt Lake City market | ||
|---|---|---|
| AM stations: KNRS 570 | KTKK 630 | KALL 700 | KSVN 730 | KUTR 820 | KKAT 860 | KDWZ 910 | KCPW 1010 | KDYL 1060 | KSL 1160 | KJQS 1230 | KZNS 1280 | KFNZ 1320 | KSOP 1370 | KLO 1430 | KRRD 1600 | KBJA 1640 | ||
| FM stations: KWCR 88.1 | KCPW 88.3/K287AE 105.3 | KNKL 88.7 | KBYU 89.1 | KUER 90.1 | K213CQ 90.5 | KRCL 90.9 | KUSU 91.5 | KOHS 91.7 | KTCE 92.1 | KUUU 92.5 | KBLQ 92.9 | KUBL 93.3 | KODJ 94.1 | KVFX 94.5/K252DI 98.3/K284AI 104.7 | KHTB 94.9 | KYFO 95.5/K224BY 92.7 | KMGR 95.9 | KXRK 96.3 | KKEX 96.7/K256BB 99.1 | KQMB 96.7 | KZHT 97.1 | KFMS 97.5 | KBZN 97.9 | K252DB 98.3 | KBEE 98.7 | KJMY 99.5 | KSFI 100.3 | KEGH 100.7 | KBER 101.1 | KEGA 101.5 | KENZ 101.9 | KDUT 102.3 | KSL 102.7 | KJQN 103.1 | KRSP 103.5 | KGNT 103.9 | KUDE 103.9 | KSOP 104.3 | KYLZ 104.7 | KNJQ 105.1 | KXRV 105.7 | KBMG 106.1 | KOSY 106.5 | KKAT 107.5 | KUDD 107.9 | ||
| other media
| ||
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.