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New Kidd in town
Expect an announcement soon from 94 WYSP that San Antonio shock jock Kidd Chris will soon start hosting a 5-to-8 p.m. show.
We hear his arrival will move Couzin Ed, currently hosting 3 to 7 p.m., to a 2-to-5 p.m. slot, and Tommy Conwell will now be heard from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A WYSP spokeswoman declined comment on Chris' arrival.
Chris is partial to prank phone calls and is heard often on Howard Stern's show.
Posted on Wed, Aug. 17, 2005
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WYSP hires edgy host
WYSP-FM (94.1) announced today that it would bring in Kidd Chris to host a new late-afternoon shift.
Chris, who cut his teeth making crank calls on the Howard Stern show and until recently hosted a free-wheeling show in San Antonio, Texas, will start on Aug. 29.
He will work from 5 to 8 p.m. as the rest of the lineup shifts to accommodate him. Tommy Conwell will work from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. Couzin Ed will be on from 2 to 5 p.m. Matt & Huggy will be on from 8 to 11 p.m.
Stern is due to leave his morning show when his contract expires Dec. 31. Plans for his shift are not set; station insiders said it was unlikely that Chris will succeed Stern immediately
Posted on Wed, Aug. 17, 2005
The KiddChris watch KiddChris will start Aug. 29 in a new 5-to-8
p.m. shift on WYSP-FM (94.1), and the question just hangs there: Will WYSP
move him to mornings to succeed the outgoing Howard Stern? Chris, a Stern contributor born Chris Foley in
Springfield, Mass., 31 years ago and raised near Syracuse, N.Y., won't say.
Though unavailable for a phone interview Friday about his vision for his show,
he e-mailed: "Kinda hard to describe what the show is about and make it sound
interesting. Imagine what Letterman and [MTV's] Jackass would sound
like smashed together. It's very listeners-driven 'cause I love to make the
listeners the star." If his style at his last stop (San Antonio, Texas)
and previous jobs (in Wichita, Kan., and Sacramento, Calif.) is any sign, the
show will be most politically incorrect. (One show regular was a guy in a
wheelchair dubbed Brad the Cripple.) A spokeswoman for Infinity Broadcasting,
which owns WYSP, said: "We have no announcements on who is going to
replace Howard Stern in Philadelphia."
Inquirer Columnist