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Thursday, September 4, 2008
9/4: “Hometeam” Brandon Leak out at 790/The Zone. Kaedy Kiely in at 97.1/The River Iky
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After just a few months on the air, the “Afternoon Saloon” at 790/The Zone has already lost one patron: “Hometeam” Brandon Leak.
I have no details but he’s no longer on the Web site.. He had worked at the station for eight years. He has a MySpace page which doesn’t look like it’s been updated in ages.
The show’s two main hosts, Chuck Oliver and Mike Bell, remain. Andrew Saltzman wouldn’t say why they cut Leak per se but he noted that 680/The Fan has five local full-time hosts while the Zone still has 10 local full-time hosts. He wouldn’t characterize the move as budgetary but in this day and age, virtually all cuts have something to do with finances.
-Kaedy Kiely, off the air since Z93 became Dave FM in 2004, has found a new gig at 97.1/The River. She replaces Lexie Kaye as the morning host, according to program director Chris Miller. Details forthcoming once I get a hold of Kaedy.
I did a “whatever happened to” on her last November. You can read up on her here.
Kiely worked for 22 years on air in Atlanta including 96rock and Z93, neither of which exists anymore. She had been doing production work at 790/The Zone the last I had checked in on her.
