Rodney Ho blogs this morning about a rumor that former 99X afternoon drive personality Sean Demery and Music Director may be returning to 99X as part of a new morning show. Sean Demery left 99X to be director of programming for a Dot Com called RadioCentral. Currently, Sean programs the San Fransisco station Live 105, KITS.
Ironically, Sean was moved from Mornings at 99X to afternoons to make room for an up and coming afternoon jock from Texas. Here's what $3.00 bought me from LexisNexis:
The Atlanta Journal And[!] Constitution, PREVIEW; Section P; Page 2
April, 15 1994
...CHANGES AT 99X: Listeners will hear a few changes on the air at WNNX- FM (99X) on Monday. Sean Demery, the station's music director and morning show co-host, will move to the afternoon shift, and Steve Barnes, the current afternoon disc jockey, will fill the morning spot. "On most stations in a market the size of Atlanta serving as the music director is a full-time, off-air job," says Brian Philips, the station's program director. "Sean already puts together and schedules the music for the station, spends two days a week meeting with record label reps and hits clubs at night to stay on top of the new music. The switch will afford him more time for his duties as music director." Leslie Fram, Major Tom [Clark, Crash's brother] and Jimmy Baron will remain on the morning show...
Update 8/10/2006 6:11 PM
Alas, the rumor seems to be untrue. Sean tells Rodney Ho that he's happy where he is and "I got nothin." Rodney continues:
He said he talks to Leslie but only about music, not about any job back in Atlanta. And the prospect of waking up at 3 a.m.? Not something he relishes.
Oh well, that's why they call it a rumor.
Update 10/2/2006 6:24 AM
Sean Demery started today. He claims that at the time of this rumor, it was, indeed, false. According to Demery, it was only after he had resigned Live 105 for personal reasons, that the decision was made for him to come to 99X.
