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Mike Z Zara Refuses to Let Wired Go Quiet and KNAC Just Gave the Metal Show a New Home

August 21, 2026 Will Ward 0

This is the kind of radio story we absolutely love. A station changes direction. A longtime personality loses the place where his show has lived. The new format goes jockless.…

Mike Z Zara Refuses to Let Wired Go Quiet and KNAC Just Gave the Metal Show a New Home

SHOCKER: Pat Paxton Is Leaving Saga and Radio Is Losing One of Its Biggest Programming Brains From Another Corporate Hallway

Mike Z Zara Refuses to Let Wired Go Quiet and KNAC Just Gave the Metal Show a New Home

Rob Archer Gets Another Ride on the Radio Machine and WSB Just Landed One Hell of a Broadcaster

The Score Just Cut Mike Mulligan and Marshall Harris and Chicago Sports Radio Is About to Sound Very Different

Audacy Kansas City Picked a Fight With Small Town Kansas Radio and Now We Need to Talk About It

Townsquare Cuts Bill Keeler and Utica Radio Just Lost a Whole Lot More Than a Morning Show

Tino Cochino Radio Is Taking Over Afternoons on 101.9 The Beat and College Station Is Getting a Show Built for More Than Just the FM Dial

Matt Thomas and Ross Villarreal Are Taking Over Mornings at Sports Talk 790 and Houston Radio Is Getting a Homegrown Wake Up Call

Ritmo Is Gone and Bakersfield Just Got a Whole Lot More Grupera

FIU Is Selling 88.1 The Roar and This Is About Much More Than Another FM Changing Hands