Albany NY Radio: The Cat Hires Kevin Richards

Kevin Richards

Country radio personality Kevin Richards' absence from the airwaves will be short lived, according to the Albany Business Review.

News came on July 9 that the longtime host at WGNA 107.7 FM had left the station. Starting Monday, July 21, Richards will be hosting middays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at rival Country WKLI 100.9 FM The Cat.

After 19 years with WGNA, the stations owner Townsquare Media, based in Greenwich, Connecticut let him go from the staff.

He announced the departure in a Facebook post that quickly went viral.

"After watching several employees before me depart from Townsquare Media, I am not in shock that I am the next one to leave the station - but sadly corporate radio feels different of my performance," Richards wrote.

Post by Kevin Richards.

Richards has been nominated six times for his on-air performance for a Country Music Association award, winning once in 2006, and nominated once for an ACM Academy of Country Music award.

It didn't take long for The Cat to start talking to Richards.

"So happy that within a few hours I was in talks with them," Richards said, adding that support through friends and fans on social media also helped speed up the process of finding a new station.