The Revolving Door: Two Off Air In Fresno

Two familiar voices have left the airwaves in Fresno, CA -- one voluntary, one not, according to a story by Rick Bentleny at the fresnobee.com.

John Magic decided to end his time at KBOS (FM 94.9), better known as B95, after 10 years. Magic, who had the 2-7 p.m. weekday shift, has been splitting his time between on-air work and being on the road as a DJ with the Jo Koy tour.

"I'm originally from L.A. and I've been his friend for 12 years. I've always been on tour with him but only on selected dates. We have been doing more and more dates lately and so it was hard to balance both. I finally had to decide which one I wanted to focus on," Magic says.

The Los Angeles native has worked in radio for 16 years and came to Fresno when his program director in Palm Springs, Pattie Moreno, took a job in Fresno a decade ago. He says radio is in his blood, but he had to take this opportunity.

He's been working in radio so long that leaving it -- and Fresno -- was not an easy decision. Although Koy's tour is not scheduled to be in Fresno over the next few months -- they're headed to Australia and Hawaii -- Magic knows he will get back here in the future.

Magic's last day was Wednesday. There's no word on his replacement.

The other loss is at KJWL (FM 99.3), where morning personality and political analyst Feleena Sutton was notified Friday that her days with the local radio station were over.

Although she was only on the radio for six years, the Fresno native has been involved in the community most of her life, including working as a political aide to Jim Costa and Sarah Reyes.

"It just came out of the blue. I was told it wasn't for cause but the station was just going in a different direction," Sutton says of her firing. "This is my first radio job so I'm not sure how it works but I'm told this is the way it happens."

She wouldn't hesitate to go back into radio, but for now she says she will focus on her public affairs firm and being a mother to her 12-year-old daughter. The first Monday off the air was the first time in six years Sutton was able to take her daughter to school.

Read More Here.

Other Comings & Goings:

• Clear Channel Philadelphia Director of Urban Programming Ken Johnson had left the after three years overseeing Urban WUSL (Power 99) and Urban AC WDAS. No replacement yet.

• WRMR (Modern Rock 98.7)/Wilmington, NC MD/afternoon personality Fitz is leaving on October 5 and is headed home to NYC.

• Clear Channel Classic Hits WBIG (Big 100.3)/Washington has filled its APD/afternoon slot with Peter Skyy

• John O'Connell exits as OM/PD of Palm Beach Broadcasting-West Palm Beach

• Bryan Thompson is new at HotAC WAVT Pottsville, PA

• Skeeter Nash added to KIXS, Victoria, TX for AM Drive