KLOS-FM Fires Afternoon Hosts Kevin Ryder and Doug ‘Sluggo’ Roberts, Latest In Stream of Cuts at Owner Meruelo Media

KLOS-FM Fires Afternoon Hosts Kevin Ryder and Doug ‘Sluggo’ Roberts, Latest In Stream of Cuts at Owner Meruelo Media

The "Kevin & Sluggo Show" was missing Friday afternoon on Los Angeles' KLOS-FM, as hosts Kevin Ryder and Doug "Sluggo" Roberts were let go.

Kevin & Sluggo Out At KLOS/LA

• The high profile personnel cuts continue inside Meruelo Media’s Los Angeles’ radio group — the latest departures are afternoon drive duo Kevin Ryder and Doug “Sluggo” Roberts. Ryder confirmed their departure in a Friday Instagram post, and Variety was first to report the news. This marks the second time that Ryder has been blown out from a major Los Angeles radio station through no apparent fault of his own — Ryder famously co-hosted the Kevin…

KLOS Cuts Kevin Ryder & Doug ‘Sluggo’ Roberts

The cuts continue at Meruelo Media Los Angeles as Rock 95.5 KLOS has dismissed afternoon hosts Kevin Ryder and Doug ‘Sluggo’ Roberts. Roberts, who joined KLOS in 2019 as APD/MD/afternoon host. He had a nearly 30 year run at Alternative 106.7 KROQ from 1990 until moving to KLOS in 2019 with eight of those years pulling double duty in New York on “92.3 K-Rock” WXRK from 1996 to 2004. He also was part of the music programming and writing team at Va…