Anyone who grew up listening to LA and Orange County’s World Famous KROQ radio station will agree that one of the best parts of the Kevin & Bean Show every morning was when Rockin’ Fig aka Rick Fignetti would call in with the morning surf report. Fignetti’s sing-song, surfer-dude whine is synonymous with Southern California surfing and yet, KROQ has apparently decided to switch to an “automated online forecast,” according to a story on OrangeCounty.com.
Local surfers and fans are bummed that Fig’s upbeat voice is no longer waking them up during his 30-second radio spot, the departure leaving a void in people’s early morning routines. . . “Surfing is bigger than ever, and I can’t believe they took him off the air,” said listener Bob Kizanis, who listens to the report during his morning drive. “We have to let them know that this is a tremendous mistake for their station.”
Guess if we still listened to radio, we’d be bummed, too.
[Link: Orangecounty.com via Surfline.com]
