Well, this didn’t last very long.
KSE Media’s Hot AC Mix 100 KIMN Denver has ended the Jeremy, Katy & Josh morning show, closing the book on a lineup that had only been together since October 2024.
The station says it is moving toward a new morning programming direction, but exactly what that means hasn’t yet been revealed.
And that’s where this gets interesting.
Because Mix 100 isn’t simply changing a couple of voices.
IT IS RESETTING THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYPART ON THE RADIO STATION.
Eighteen Months And Its Over
Jeremy Padgett, Katy Mitchell and producer Josh Griesemer came together as a trio in October 2024.
The combination itself was born from another significant Mix 100 morning transition.
Longtime Denver personality Dom Testa, after an extraordinary 32-year run in mornings at Mix, moved across the KSE operation to sister Classic Hits station Kool 105 KXKL.
That left Mix needing to build something new.
Padgett and Griesemer remained, Mitchell moved from middays into mornings, and Jeremy, Katy & Josh became the station’s new wake-up team.
Fast-forward less than two years.
And we’re rebuilding again.
That’s a lot of movement for a daypart where consistency is usually one of the greatest assets.
Jeremy Padgett Isnt Just Another Name On The Schedule
Here’s the part that deserves attention.
Padgett has spent more than two decades on Denver radio, with much of that time connected to Mix 100. KSE management itself has publicly recognized the longevity of his relationship with the market.
That’s important context.
Morning radio isn’t simply about whether somebody can execute a break in 45 seconds.
It’s familiarity.
It’s history.
It’s the strange relationship that develops when somebody has been talking to the same city for years.
Denver has changed enormously over the past two decades.
Padgett has been on the radio while it happened.
That’s not something a station simply recreates Monday morning with a new imaging package.
Katy Mitchell Has Denver History Too
Mitchell wasn’t some personality parachuted into Colorado for this show.
She had already spent years working in Denver radio and was handling middays at Mix before being promoted into the morning show in 2024.
Again, that’s internal development.
That’s what we keep saying radio needs more of.
Take somebody who understands the station.
Give them another opportunity.
Develop them.
Allow the audience relationship to grow.
That’s exactly what Mix did when Mitchell moved into mornings.
And now her name is no longer appearing on the station’s personality roster.
Padgett is gone from there as well.
Their precise company status wasn’t initially clear from the station information provided, so we’re not going to pretend to know more than has actually been established.
But the morning show itself?
THAT PART IS DEFINITELY OVER.
Josh Is The Question Mark
Griesemer has been an important part of Mix mornings through multiple configurations.
And that makes his next move particularly interesting.
When morning shows change, producers sometimes become the bridge between eras.
They know the mechanics.
They know the audience.
They know the bits.
They know what worked.
They know what absolutely did not work.
And most importantly, they understand how the station actually gets from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. without the wheels flying off.
Whatever Mix has planned next, Griesemer’s role is worth watching.
But What Exactly Is Mix 100 Building
That’s the million-dollar programming question.
Because you don’t end a morning show after roughly eighteen months without having to answer the obvious question:
NOW WHAT?
Another local morning show?
A personality already inside the KSE building?
A major Denver name?
Syndication?
A music-intensive approach?
Something digital-first?
Some combination nobody is expecting?
Until KSE announces the next lineup, everything beyond that is speculation.
But one thing is certain:
Mix has created itself a very interesting blank canvas.
And Denver radio people are going to be watching what gets painted on it.
Morning Shows Need Time
This is where I struggle with the modern radio business sometimes.
Morning shows are relationships.
Relationships don’t develop according to quarterly calendars.
Put three people together and they have to learn one another.
Who talks when?
Who tells the story?
Who gets the punchline?
Who challenges whom?
Who knows when to shut up?
What topics belong to which personality?
What does the audience respond to?
What should never, ever be attempted again?
CHEMISTRY TAKES TIME.
Even incredibly talented personalities can sound awkward during the first months of a new show.
Then something happens.
They stop thinking about doing radio together and simply start doing radio together.
That’s usually when the magic begins.
Jeremy, Katy & Josh had been together for less than two years.
Whether the decision was driven by ratings, strategy, economics or something else hasn’t been publicly established.
So we’re not going to invent a reason.
But the short lifespan is worth noticing.
Mix 100 Has Been Through A Lot Of Morning Change
Think about the bigger timeline.
For more than three decades, Dom Testa represented remarkable stability in Mix 100 mornings.
Then came the major 2024 shuffle.
Testa moved to Kool 105.
Mix rebuilt.
Jeremy, Katy & Josh emerged.
Now that show is finished.
Thirty-two years of stability followed by multiple significant changes in roughly two years.
That’s whiplash.
And it illustrates just how difficult replacing a heritage morning presence can be.
You’re not simply filling four hours.
You’re replacing habit.
An On The Dial Perspective
Whatever KSE does next, I hope it swings.
Don’t make a major morning change and then replace it with something forgettable.
GO BUILD SOMETHING.
If you’re going local, go aggressively local.
If you’re hiring personalities, let them actually have personalities.
If you’re creating a show, give it enough runway to become a show.
If you’ve got somebody inside the building ready for the opportunity, develop them.
And if you’re about to introduce Denver to something completely unexpected?
Even better.
Radio needs more unexpected.
What it doesn’t need is another morning show engineered so carefully to offend absolutely nobody that eventually nobody notices it’s there.
SAFE DOESN’T ALWAYS WIN ATTENTION.
Connection does.
Entertainment does.
Authenticity does.
Great personalities do.
Denver Will Decide
That’s the beautiful and terrifying thing about morning radio.
Management can create the strategy.
Programming can design the clock.
Marketing can launch the campaign.
Imaging can make it sound enormous.
But eventually somebody in Denver gets into a car at 7:13 in the morning and makes the only decision that really matters.
Do I want to keep listening?
That’s the entire game.
Jeremy, Katy & Josh have finished their run.
Whatever Mix 100 puts in that studio next inherits a station with tremendous history and an audience accustomed to personalities being part of its morning routine.
So now the clock resets.
The microphones are waiting.
Denver is waiting.
And somewhere inside KSE Media, somebody presumably knows what comes next.
THE REST OF US ARE LISTENING.
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