R.I.P.: Longtime Baton Rouge Broadcaster Kevin Meeks

Kevin Meeks

Kevin Meeks, a well-known former radio broadcaster in Baton Rouge, died Friday night after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a vehicle.

He was 60-years-of-age, according to The Advocate.

Meeks worked at WJBO 1150 AM radio from 1996 until he was laid off in 2015 by iHeartMedia. He co-hosted a morning news show with Matt Kennedy for 14 years.

"In our 14 years of working together, we often disagreed, but I loved him like a brother," Kennedy wrote in a Facebook post quoted on the WJBO website.

Meeks was born on a naval base in Key West, Florida, but lived most of his life in Baton Rouge, where he graduated from Tara High School, his son Josh Meeks said.

The elder Meeks spent his entire career in radio, first at a station while he attended Southeastern Louisiana University, then moving to a station in Thibodaux and a string of stations in Baton Rouge.

Kevin Meeks was always calm and took time to collect his thoughts, while his WJBO co-host Kennedy was known for speaking his mind, Josh Meeks said.

"That's what made them such a beautiful team. … They meshed together so well because they were so different," Meeks said.

"He was the master of trivia, a lover of history and Baton Rouge in general," a post on WJBO's Facebook page says. "Your day was blessed in someway when you started it at the coffee pot with him. Most Radio/TV types know each other regardless of company affiliation and many are great friends no matter which station name they wear. Kevin was that universal friend."