I agree with the repetition of songs, but it was different management before Keith Hastings' arrival when Phil Manicki, Greg Easterling, Bobby Skafish & Steve Seaver all left the on-air staff at 97.1 FM The Drive.

I wonder if the 2020 pandemic and budget cuts from WDRV's parent company Hubbard Broadcasting also figured into the equation. When Easterling lost his overnight time slot, The Drive decided not to fill it. It remains jockless to this day.

As for Janda, she did afternoons in a much different role when Seaver was spinning the tunes. That role was as a traffic reporter before transitioning to host & music director at the Hubbard-owned Classic Rock station. Janda also had big shoes to fill when Bob Stroud semi-retired in 2022 to take over middays. Janda then went back to afternoons last year when Stroud returned to his familiar midday slot in more of a voice tracking capacity.

The Drive also shuffled its daily lineup to make room for the syndicated "Alice's Attic with Alice Cooper" weeknights about a calendar year ago. They moved Janda back to afternoons with John "Byrd" Kempf going back to weekends.

The one on air jock who drives me nuts, no pun intended, is weekend/fill in guy Tim Spencer. What bothers me about Spencer is his gravely voice. It's nails through a chalkboard compared to Janda, "Byrd" & Dave Mazur.

If it were up to me, I'd like The Drive to do a no repeat policy & expand the playlist if it means more variety. It wasn't that long ago when they had "The '80s at 8". I'd like The Drive to start up new '80s & even '90s rock-themed shows on Saturday nights, similar to what the long since defunct 97.9 The LOOP did with "Rock of the '80s" many years ago.