KiddChris

Chris 'Kidd Chris' Foley (born 1974) is a controversial American radio personality or "shock jock", who has hosted talk radio shows throughout the United States during the late-1990s and early 21st Century. He currently hosts an afternoon-drive show for the Philadelphia rock station WYSP.

Kidd Chris got his start in radio in Syracuse New York. He also hosted a controversial radio show in Wichita, Kansas which raised the ire of local church groups. Many religious organizations attempted to band together and remove Kidd Chris from the airwaves, but he remained on the air.

From Wichita, Kidd Chris moved onto Sacramento, California where he hosted a morning show on a hip-hop station (KSFM). After several months at KSFM, he moved into an evening show on talk station KXOA. Kidd Chris's four-hour talk show was one of the highest-rated radio shows on the Pacific coast.

In the fall of 2002, Kidd Chris took a hiatus from radio and retired to upstate New York. There, he rejuvenated himself and prepared for his return, which occurred on the morning of January 5 2004 in San Antonio, Texas. He hosted a highly-rated and extraordinarily popular show at San Antonio's K-Rock 102.7 FM until early August of 2005.

With rumors flying that Kidd Chris, a former writer and contributor to Howard Stern's radio program, would replace Stern when Stern's contract expired with Infinity Broadcasting, Kidd Chris signed with Philadelphia's powerful rock station, WYSP FM. "The Kidd Chris Show" began broadcasting on WYSP 94.1 FM in Philadelphia on Monday, August 29 2005.

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Kidd Chris Show Staff

• Open Mike - Often referred to in first impressions as a "Creepy Guy". He is called "gay" by every other listener who calls in to the show. He is tall and lanky and in his forties, and is frequenty lambasted on the show for his shabby apparel and lame one-line jokes. Mike is often sent "into the field" for various pranks and jokes.

• Thomas - An overweight Japanese-American who has worked with Kidd Chris for a number of years. His Asian heritage is the subject of many derrogatory names made by callers, such as "Jappy", "Nip", "Slopehead", "Yellow Fellow" etc. This has also resulted in many song parodies made by listeners and staff, such as Yellow Submarine by the Beatles being transformed into Yellow Japanese. He is also hung up on by listeners when he thinks they are going to ask him a question. He is known for having a lisp though he denies its existence. A favorite segment of the show is when Thomas' mother is called and pranked.

• Monkeyboy - A guy that was already at WYSP. He is made fun of his uselessness, and has fights with Thomas.
• Rock Hard Killa - Answers the phone and does a horrible job at it. Partakes in the occasional White Russian.

Show Regulars

• Anthony the Conscience - Former guy on show in California who calls in. He thinks he is smarter and better than everyone.

• Arnie - Of "Arnie's Top Five". Laughs uncontrollably at his own contrived insults.

• Brad The Cripple (past intern) - a wheelchair-bound caller who is now the ire of the Kidd Chris Show staff for bringing very little substance to the program.

• Breath (past intern) - Pursuing an art degree and can't spell "college."

• Brotha Ron - African American from Philadelphia that offers his unique insight and wisdom to the program on the phone and sometimes in studio.

• Constantine - a regular, (founded by Brad The Cripple) whose trademark stutter and ignorance of the current on-air conversation are used for laughs. He is featured almost daily after gaining prominence in late 2005 and is often used to make humorous spoofs of songs, most notably "Move Bitch" by Ludacris and "Gold digger" by Kanye West.

• The Dopey Voice Guy - An announcer for Free FM, whose voice has been used for catch-phrases. (Such as "Later, dickface.")

• East Coast Bob - Crank caller who frequently calls in to Philadelphia radio stations and drops lines about Chris Foley or the Kidd Chris Show while in dialogue with the unsuspecting host. His tapes of crank calls are often featured bits on the Kidd Chris show. Sometimes referred to as ECB, he has also been known to prank celebrities. His nickname is also ironic because he lives on the West Coast. He is part of the Cream Team.

• Ed Hates Chink Food - A caller who is very much disliked by faithful fans and the Kidd Chris Show staff.

• Fast Freddie - White rapper from Sacramento who was hit in the head with a shovel.

• Flesh Gordon - High school friend of Kidd Chris with a similar penchance for crank calls as East Coast Bob. Also known to have watched Kidd Chris have sex with many 300lb and over women.

• Fred Phelps - Controversial pastor from Kansas who calls Kidd Chris to discuss his latest protests, those being centered around the funerals of U.S. soldiers who he claims are perverted for fighting a war to protect a country that protects homosexuals.

• Larry from High School - A man who calls Kidd Chris Cobra (From G.I. Joe) and almost always reminisces with Chris about times in high school where Chris was often molested, among other things.

• Larry Mendte - KYW-TV news anchor that sold his son's Billy Joel tickets to Chris. Larry also has some experience as a stand up comic.

• Lizzy - A drunk from Kalamazoo, Michigan who rarely makes any sense during her phone calls. She proudly describes her deviant sexual escapades during her on-air calls but frequently contradicts herself, most likely due to substance abuse.

• Red Hill Mike - Regular on the show who makes parody songs (particularly aimed at show regular Spike, whom he calls a homo) and is infamous for his monotone voice.

• Reverend Bob Levy, The - Well known for screaming over the on air staff, and annoying listeners.

• Ruthie the Rapper - a Jewish-American lawyer who writes and performs socially-conscious raps that get airplay on the Kidd Chris Show.

• Spike - Son of Howard Eskin, hosts Exposed Sunday nights on WYSP.

• Jimmy T - Half-Mexican Former Intern from San Antonio Texas, Jimmy T spends his days smoking pot, calling in to a radio show 2000 miles away and wondering why his wife left him.

• Toothpick and the Loose Cannons

Popular Bits

• Guess the Cherry - Staff guess the age when the female caller lost her virginity based on nominal biodata.

• What You in For? - Staff guess the offense for which the incarcerated caller is jailed, based on ethnic background, age, and length of sentence being served.

• Telephone Jihad - Callers destroy their phones in fun and creative ways.

• Cream Team - Calling other radio stations and dropping names from the Kidd Chris show

Catch Phrases

• Bammmmmm! - Bam.

• ' yah, Bitch! - ' yah!

• Provolone? - Provolone!

• N-word! N-word! N-word! N-word!

• Hang up on this tool! - A more recent catch phrase; came from the Dopey Voice Guy. (See Show Regulars)

External links

• The KiddChris Show
• mail KiddChris
• WYSP 94 FM-Philadelphia
• WYSP 94.1 Free FM - Philadelphia