Tony & Kris Discuss Departure From WIVK/Knoxville In Facebook Live

Tony & Kris

CUMULUS Country WIVK/KNOXVILLE morning team TONY RANDALL and KRIS ROCHESTER -- "TONY & KRIS" -- have departed the station just a few weeks shy of their five-year anniversary. They hosted a 23-minute FACEBOOK LIVE this morning (6/29) to share their side of the story with listeners. (Watch it here.)

In the video, which topped out at about 270 live viewers, the pair explained that their contract was not renewed, with ROCHESTER saying, "The Market Mgr. and the PD have a completely different idea of a show than we do." Added RANDALL, "Their version of a show is not what we do, so it made sense to part ways." They also discouraged their fans from boycotting station advertisers or writing letters to management, and encouraged them to be kind to the station's next morning show.

The pair joined WIVK in 2017 (NET NEWS 7/11/17) two months after ending their show that had been nationally syndicated by UNITED STATIONS RADIO NETWORKS. The pair spent a decade at then ENTERCOM KSON/SAN DIEGO, after originally teaming at WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS Country WHMA/ANNISTON-OXFORD, AL in 1991. They eventually segued to then-CLEAR CHANNEL Country KUSS/SAN DIEGO, where they stayed until 2008, when the syndicated show was launched.

At WIVK, they were just the fourth morning show in the station's history. The hunt is now on for the fifth. See the job posting and apply here.

TONY & KRIS can be reached through their agent, PAUL ANDERSON at Paul@workhousemedia.com.

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