The “Kevin & Sluggo Show” was noticeably missing Friday afternoon on Los Angeles’ KLOS-FM, as hosts Kevin Ryder and Doug “Sluggo” Roberts were given their walking papers.
The decision to eliminate the afternoon drivetime slot at KLOS comes as owner Meruelo Media has made drastic cuts at several of its local radio stations, which also include KPWR-FM “Power 106,” KDAY-FM and KLLI-FM “Cali 93.9.”
Meruelo had earlier this year eliminated all of the midday hosts at all four of its L.A. stations, as well as some part-timers and off-air staffers. At KLOS, that included midday jock Marci Wiser, who had been there since 2015. Also in February, Meruelo let go of Power 106 afternoon host DJ Felli Fel (real name James Andrew Corrine), who had been at that station since 2000/
Ryder revealed the news of his and Roberts’ departure on Friday via social media, noting that earlier that day KLOS had strangely announced a “Where’s Kevin?” marketing campaign with Honda… right before letting him go.
Ryder and Roberts launched “Kevin & Sluggo” on KLOS in 2021.
Ryder has been a fixture of the local radio airwaves for decades. He was previously with KROQ-FM (106.7), where he helmed the morning program “Kevin and Bean” for roughly three decades with his longtime on-air partner, Gene “Bean” Baxter.
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