Taking its first step toward making KEGL/97.1 FM "The Eagle" a more male-centric radio station, owner Clear Channel announced Thursday that Lex Staley and Terry Jaymes, currently the morning-show hosts at KDGE/102.1 FM "The Edge," will move to the Eagle next week.
The duo's Lex & Terry Morning Radio Network will simulcast Monday and Tuesday on both stations, and then become a fixture on the Eagle, which returned to a hard-rock format Dec. 19 after 3 1/2 years as first a soft-rock, then a Latino station.
"We're going to have them on both stations for two days, to let the listeners who are fans of theirs know that's where they are moving," said J.D. Freeman, vice president/market manager for Clear Channel-Dallas.
The Dallas-based hosts, who are syndicated in 30 markets, are known for their raucous humor and have been at KDGE nearly two years. Even those unfamiliar with the show might be aware of the cheeky billboards advertising it, one of which caused a minor stir last year when its message -- "Twisting Minds and Warping Values" -- was placed above a Southern Baptist church near downtown Fort Worth (the duo told the Star-Telegram in September that they have no control over placement of the billboards).
Freeman said that a new morning show for the Edge has not been announced. With new Clear Channel-Dallas operations manager Vince Richards due Monday, there's the usual speculation among radio-heads about what effect he'll have on Clear Channel's five Dallas stations. Richards will program the Eagle and the Edge directly and will have a say in the programming of KZPS/92.5 FM "Lone Star 92.5," KDMX/102.9 FM "Mix 102.9" and KHKS/106.1 FM "KISS-FM."
KZPS is already sounding different from its much-hyped relaunch last year as a country/classic-rock hybrid, with classic rock now far outweighing country. Duane Doherty, program director for that station, says he has tweaked the format but wouldn't call the music change a major shift.
When the Eagle changed to soft-rock "Sunny" in 2004, longtime alternative-music station the Edge absorbed a lot of the Eagle's hard-rock songs. Freeman said he believes that will change.
