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'''Beaner & Ken''' was a morning radio show on the air in [[Birmingham]] between [[1998]] - [[2006]]. | '''Beaner & Ken''' was a morning radio show on the air in [[Birmingham]] at various times between [[1998]] - [[2006]]. | ||
The show began in [[1998]] when [[WRAX-FM]] program director [[Dave Rossi]] paired veteran disc jockeys [[Guy Patton|Guy "Beaner" Patton]] and [[Ken | The show began in [[1998]] when [[WRAX-FM]] program director [[Dave Rossi]] paired veteran disc jockeys [[Guy Patton|Guy "Beaner" Patton]] and [[Ken Heron]] together. The pair, with Patton's comedic writing and Heron's production skills, began competing for the top ratings spot in [[Birmingham]] morning radio, which included top-rated and nationally syndicated [[Rick & Bubba]]. | ||
After 3 years, Patton accepted a solo morning show in Washington, DC in [[2001]]. In [[2003]], the duo reunited on air at on [[Tuscaloosa]]'s [[WANZ-FM]], which had just switched frequencies and was on air in Birmingham. After a year, Crawford Broadcasting did not renew the show's contract. Months later, the show was back on-air, this time at WAXQ in Syracuse, New York. In January 2005, that show began being broadcast in Birmingham again, after WRAX's owner, Citadel Broadcasting, purchased WANZ from Crawford Broadcasting, and moved WRAX to the [[100.5 FM]] frequency, and brought Beaner & Ken on board via simulcast. The show continued until December [[2006]], when Citadel shut down WRAX. | After 3 years, Patton accepted a solo morning show in Washington, DC in [[2001]]. In [[2003]], the duo reunited on air at on [[Tuscaloosa]]'s [[WANZ-FM]], which had just switched frequencies and was on air in Birmingham. After a year, Crawford Broadcasting did not renew the show's contract. Months later, the show was back on-air, this time at WAXQ in Syracuse, New York. In January 2005, that show began being broadcast in Birmingham again, after WRAX's owner, Citadel Broadcasting, purchased WANZ from Crawford Broadcasting, and moved WRAX to the [[100.5 FM]] frequency, and brought Beaner & Ken on board via simulcast. The show continued until December [[2006]], when Citadel shut down WRAX. | ||
Revision as of 07:31, 12 May 2009
Beaner & Ken was a morning radio show on the air in Birmingham at various times between 1998 - 2006.
The show began in 1998 when WRAX-FM program director Dave Rossi paired veteran disc jockeys Guy "Beaner" Patton and Ken Heron together. The pair, with Patton's comedic writing and Heron's production skills, began competing for the top ratings spot in Birmingham morning radio, which included top-rated and nationally syndicated Rick & Bubba.
After 3 years, Patton accepted a solo morning show in Washington, DC in 2001. In 2003, the duo reunited on air at on Tuscaloosa's WANZ-FM, which had just switched frequencies and was on air in Birmingham. After a year, Crawford Broadcasting did not renew the show's contract. Months later, the show was back on-air, this time at WAXQ in Syracuse, New York. In January 2005, that show began being broadcast in Birmingham again, after WRAX's owner, Citadel Broadcasting, purchased WANZ from Crawford Broadcasting, and moved WRAX to the 100.5 FM frequency, and brought Beaner & Ken on board via simulcast. The show continued until December 2006, when Citadel shut down WRAX.
As of May 2009, Beaner currently resides in Jersey City, New Jersey where he is a sketch comedy writer for the Upright Citizens Brigade and a producer for Citadel's ABC Radio. Heron is on air as part of the Tyler Ryan Morning Show in Columbia, South Carolina.