Austin Radio: Sandy McIlree Leaves KAMX

Hager & McIlree

Following last week's departure of JB Hager from the morning show at KAMX 94.7 FM Mix in Austin, longtime partner Sandy McIlree is also departing.  

Owner Entercom released the following statement:

Entercom Austin today announced effective immediately that JB and Sandy Mcllree would no longer host morning drive on Austin’s Mix 94.7 and that a new morning show host had been hired. 

Vice-President of Programming Cat Thomas said, “We are excited about the future of Mix in 2014, and we will be naming our new host shortly. We are pleased to announce we will be retaining Alex and Sara, and we will continue playing Austin’s best music mix.”

“JB and Sandy have been part of Mix for 18 years, which is a lifetime in radio. JB and Sandy made an indelible impact on our station, their audience and the city of Austin. But unfortunately the declining performance of the show, and the expense of the show no longer made economic sense, and we were unable to come to terms. We thank them for their work and wish them the best in the future.”

Don't expect Hager&McIlreee to be on-the-beach for very long. Earlier this week, MC posted a story that Hager’s been “glued to the phone” with his agent and said a deal for a new show could be announced very soon. Hager couldn’t discuss details of the new project