Kidd Chris
The Kidd Chris Show was an American radio show hosted by shock jock Chris Foley, most recently airing on rock station WYSP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 2005 until 2008.
Foley had been a regular contributor to the Howard Stern show, and hosted several controversial shows at stations such as KICT[1] and KDGS[2] in Wichita, Kansas and KSRX[3] in San Antonio, Texas, before his afternoon show started airing on WYSP on August 29 2005.[4] The show was syndicated to WRKZ in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania a year later,[5] and moved to the weekday morning slot on November 26 2007 when the station revived its rock format.[6] In January, the show was second to rival Philadelphia morning show hosts Preston and Steve among men ages 18-34.
On May 16 2008, the website Philly.com and its entertainment columnist Dan Gross reported that the Kidd Chris show had been taken off WYSP's airwaves effective immediately and that Foley and his staff had been terminated.[7] The action was taken in response to the airing of a song parody described by CBS Radio spokeswoman Karen Mateo as "highly offensive and completely inappropriate for broadcast," which had been performed by a guest of the show on March 21 2008.[8] Also fired was program director John Cook.[9] On November 10, 2008 WYSP began airing its new morning drive program, hosted by native Philadelphian Danny Bonaduce.
Since his firing, Foley has announced his plan to return to his hometown of Syracuse and work at a gas station.
References
- ^ Norman, Bud (1999-07-28). "Shock Jock Provokes More Protests - Disc Jockey Kidd Chris Is Now at KDGS-FM 93.9 and Again Gaining Fans and Detractors". The Wichita Eagle. p. 13A.
- ^ Wilfong, Cathy (1999-08-31). "FCC Receives Complaints about DJ's Comments - The Federal Communications Commission Is Looking into the Gun Remark that Wichita Police Are Already Investigating". The Wichita Eagle. p. 11A.
- ^ "Getting to know you: Kidd Chris at 'YSP". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2005-07-20. p. D02.
- ^ "Kidd Chris Joins WYSP/Philadelphia For Afternoons". FMQB. 2005-08-18.
- ^ "Kidd Chris Syndicates, Fingercuffs PA". FMQB. 2006-08-21. The simulcast was dropped as of March 16 2007 ("In Brief - March 20, 2007".)
- ^ "It's Official: Kidd Chris In Mornings At WYSP". FMQB. 2007-11-26.
- ^ Gross, Dan (2008-05-16). "94 WYSP's Kidd Chris fired over guest's racist parody song". Philly.com. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ The Associated Press (2008-05-16). "Radio Host 'Kidd Chris' Fired Over Racist Song". Philly.com. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ "WYSP Fires Kidd Chris For Airing Racist Song". FMQB. 2008-05-16.