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Rick Kaempfer & IL Entertainer Media: "Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix"

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Rick Kaempfer & IL Entertainer Media: June 2025 • "Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix"

WTMX (The Mix) recently announced that midday personality Lisa Allen was leaving the station. The announcement added “along with three other staffers.”

When I read that, I had a bad feeling, so I called my old friend John “Swany” Swanson, my co-author of The Radio Producer’s Handbook, and asked him if he was one of those three.

He was.

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Re: Rick Kaempfer & IL Entertainer Media: "Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix"

Posted by detectivetom <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=detectivetom' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 1, 2025, 9:04 am, in reply to "Rick Kaempfer & IL Entertainer Media: "Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix""

Pretty hard to have a decent show without a producer. Sad it comes down to saving all the money you can at the expense of quality.

Re: Rick Kaempfer & IL Entertainer Media: "Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix"

Posted by Rockola <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Rockola' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 1, 2025, 6:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Rick Kaempfer & IL Entertainer Media: "Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix""

Hubbard skinned the Drive down to the bone, they are now sadly doing the same to a sister station.

Re: Rick Kaempfer & IL Entertainer Media: "Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix"

Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 2, 2025, 7:33 am, in reply to "Re: Rick Kaempfer & IL Entertainer Media: "Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix""

You are correct Rockola. It is a disease that will escalate with AI. at some point where there is no more to cut, what will they do?

Z

Re: Rick Kaempfer & IL Entertainer Media: "Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix"

Posted by Rockola <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Rockola' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 3, 2025, 10:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Rick Kaempfer & IL Entertainer Media: "Swany Leaves 101.9FM The Mix""

For rock-ish formats- 24/7, with Alice Cooper! I hate to use his show as an example, as I'm a fan of his stuff. I found it backward that the show moved from 103.9 WXRD to the Drive. I know that the old show came to an end, and then the Drive signed on for his new show, but still..
I find it very ironic that as big biz radio has eliminated jocks, WXRD (X-Rock 103.9) has actually added more. They may or may not be tracked (I don't know the answer), but they are real people either way. I was surprised when I heard Brooke Hunter on the station recently.

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