KFI - Former Hosts and On-air Alumni

Former Hosts and On-air Alumni

• Jack Angel - the former KMPC overnight man and cartoon voiceover hosted primarily afternoon shows 1970-76.
• Tammy Bruce - hosted weekend talk show from 1993 to 1998. Bruce was fired for making unflattering comments about Bill Cosby and his wife Camille, who had recently lost their son Ennis in a murder. Bruce is now syndicated on 153 stations including KABC in Los Angeles.
• Michael Castner - news reporter, now hosts The Daily Wrap from the Wall Street Journal. The syndicated show is heard in Los Angeles on KTLK.
• Chuck Cecil - hosted "The Swingin' Years", focusing on big-band music, from 1956 until the early 1970s. Program was nationally syndicated more than 25 years. Show is still on KJAZZ-FM, 88.1, Long Beach.
• Joe Crummey - hosted evening talk show from 1988 to 1994.
• Mark Denis - worked the KFI Traffic Center from 1986 until his death in April 2000; was the imaging voice of "KFI, More Stimulating Talk Radio"
• Matt Drudge - syndicated Internet news personality who ran on KFI Sunday nights 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm the end of September 2007.
• Ken Gallacher — former news anchor for the Bill Handel Show
• Terri-Rae Elmer - former news anchor from 1983-2011. Hosted TNT in the Morning with Tracey Miller from 1990-1993. Spent her last 18 years with the station as the in studio news anchor during the John and Ken Show.
• Daryl Gates—the former Los Angeles Police Department chief replaced Tom Leykis as part of the station's shift toward conservative politics.
• Phil Hendrie - hosted an evening issue-oriented talk show from 1989 to 1990 (sometimes alternating with Joe Crummey), and his syndicated comedy show The Phil Hendrie Show from 1996 to 2006.
• Mikel Hunter Herrington - worked as a disc jockey at KFI in 1969.
• Dave Hull - 1960s, 1970s. The "Hullaballooer" was heard primarily 9 pm-12 am weekday evenings. Last heard on KWXY(FM) Cathedral City-Palm Springs.
• Geoff Edwards - first heard as a KFI music host in 1968. Hosted early drive 1987(?) to 1989. Resigned as a protest to Tom Leykis crushing of listener donated Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam records, following Stevens call for fatwa on Salman Rushdie.
• Tom Leykis - hosted a talk show from 1988 until 1992, which was more political issue-oriented than his later syndicated show would be.
• Rabbi Mentz - hosted a show from 1997 to 2002. From 10 to midnight, and filled in often for Bill Handel on morning drive. From politics to family life, sports to matchmaking, the show provided an entertaining perspective. Guests such as Gov Davis, Laura Bush, Paula Abdul, Bill O'Reilly, were just some of the names that dropped by the show.
• Tracey Miller - co-hosted TNT in the Morning with KFI News' Terri-Rae Elmer from 1990 to 1993. The show was the first morning-drive show in a major market to feature two women in the lead roles. Miller died in 2005
• Kevin Mitnick - infamous computer hacker who co-hosted a two hour show early Sunday mornings titled 'The Dark Side of the Internet' with Alex Kasper from 2000 to 2001.
• Mr. KFI - Marc Germain hosted a question-and-answer talk show from 1993 to 1996. He was fired from KFI in 1996 and then hired by competitor KABC. Germain hosted a similar show as Mr. KABC for ten years before leaving KABC for KTLK (AM 1150) and now broadcasts using both his name and a new shortened "Mr. K." moniker.
• Scott and Casey - a live call-in talk show, hosted by Scott Hasick and Casey Bartholomew, aired from 1994 to 1997, and again from 1998 to 1999. Scott Hasick was involved in The Stephanie Miller Show during her time on KFI, performing many of the character voices heard on the broadcasts, as well as serving as production guy, and board operator. Casey Bartholomew was involved in the John and Ken Show as their board operator, as well as writing and performing many popular "updates", and imaging for KFI. The pair exited KFI in 1999, for weekday afternoons on New Jersey 101.5. After leaving New Jersey, Scott and Casey served stints in Detroit, St. Louis and San Francisco. Casey spent some time on the airwaves in Charleston before the duo re-united in St. Louis. Scott recently resurfaced at Bonneville's WMVN / WARH in St. Louis. Casey recently resurfaced at New Jersey 101.5 as the afternoon replacement for Craig Carton. Carton and Boomer Esiason replaced Don Imus on WFAN in New York.
• The Tim & Neil Show - Tim Kelly and Neil Saavedra hosted a weekend show, then replaced Tammy Bruce on weeknights. From 1997 to 2001, Tim and Neil hosted various shifts and often filled in for Bill Handel. Tim Kelly was a longtime contributor to the Bill Handel Program, penning and recording the bits and parodies that the show featured under the moniker "Dick Cabeza." Neil Saavedra is currently still with KFI as Marketing Director and on air with the Jesus Christ Show on Sundays.
• Mike Nolan - Known as KFI In The Sky and also employed by sister station KOST 103.5 to do airborne traffic reports in the morning and evening drive times was let go after 20 years with the station due to a restructuring on November 30, 2007. As of January 14, 2008 he was back on air with KFI and KOST as a ground based traffic reporter with an occasional KFI In The Sky from his own plane. He also serves as a subject matter expert for aviation related topics and news stories.
• Ted Rall - Saturday evenings on KFI briefly; can still be heard on the Bill Handel Show occasionally.
• Deborah Rich - hosted a weekend, topic-driven show on Saturday evenings.
• Hilly Rose - from 1972 to 1979, Rose hosted an early morning show on KFI (midnight to 6 am) titled The Hilly Rose Night Owl Show where he, and his listeners, conversed on the air about various subjects. As a child actor, Rose appeared on such radio programs as "Ma Perkins," and "The First Nighter Program." Hilly Rose Los Angeles broadcast history: KABC, 1970–72; KFI, 1972–79; KMPC, 1979–82; KABC, 1982-84. Hilly is now hosting a program on the Sirius Satellite Radio SciFi Channel.
• Turi Ryder - hosted a weekend show for KFI in the late 1990s.
• Laura Schlessinger - hosted the Dr. Laura Show from 1988 to 2009. Moved to KFWB on September 8, 2009.
• Bob Shannon - afternoon drive personality who survived the format change to top forty in 1977 and later went on to having a successful film/television acting career as well as a well known film acting coach in Los Angeles.
• Paul T Wall - former board operator for the Bill Handel show and on-air contributor to Handel on the News. Wall left KFI in February 2008.
• April Winchell - hosted a variety talk show from 2000 until 2002.
• Bruce Wayne (Bruce F. Talford) - "KFI in the Sky" traffic reporter. He was killed on June 4, 1986 in a crash just after take-off from Fullerton Airport in a KFI airplane.
• John Ziegler - hosted a political talk show from (10:00 pm PST to 1:00 am PST) From 2004 until 2005. And from (7:00 pm PST to 10:00 pm PST) from 2005 until November 13, 2007. The show ended each time with a remembrance of the September 11 attacks.
• Tim Kelly - hosted mid-days with his wife Evelyn during the 1977-78 top forty format, he would move to KIIS-fm and be founder of Premiere Radio, the nations largest radio syndication company.
• Big Ron O'Brien hosted nights on KFI during its top forty format period of the late 1970s. He would move on to top ratings at KIIS-fm and WOGL-fm in Philadelphia.
• Charlie Fox hosted late nights on KFI's top forty format in the late 1970s.
• Dave Diamond hosted over nights on KFI's top forty format in the late 1970s.