Twelve finalists joined WZLX at the brand-new LEED Platinum Certified Subaru building in Norwood, MA for a pre-tournament soirée featuring some amazing hors d’oeuvres from Chef Peter of Cibo Matto Caffe. The premise was simple: a pinball tournament would decide the winner. July 2005 - Pete McKenzie and Kevin Karlson, who - replaced Coop and Mikey, head to WZLX-FM in Boston.The Karlson and McKenzie Morning Show on CBS Radio Classic Rock WZLX/Boston recently joined forces with two other area legends - Aerosmith and automotive magnate Ernie Boch Jr., President and CEO of Subaru of New England, to give away a brand-new Aerosmith-branded pinball machine to a lucky WZLX listener. August 2003 - DJs Mark Cooper and Mike Colvin (who - replaced Jim McCarthy) are fired because their show (the "Coop and - Mikey Morning Show") pulled low ratings. January 2001 - Sidekick Rockin' Steve (Steve Heaney) - is fired because, as he put it, the station told him "the show is - moving in a different direction and I'm no longer needed." The radio station said he resigned to pursue his career doing - voice-overs on commercials. December 1997 - Jim McCarthy, who replaced Wohlfeld, - leaves. August 1997 - Bob "the Wolf" Wohlfeld leaves for - more money and heads to WPYX-FM in Albany. Voices keep changing with WPDH turnover Nevertheless, ads are already out - in industry publications to find their replacements. Benfer said he would love for this to pass over - and to have the guys back on WPDH. "WPDH is a great radio station and we'll miss working - there," he said. The team doesn't know yet when they will start go - on-air in Boston, McKenzie said. "He continued - to pursue a contract that doesn't exist. "If you're going to play a contract that doesn't - exist, our working relationship is over," McKenzie said. According to McKenzie, the pair offered - to stay through the event, but then Benfer said he couldn't produce - the signed contract. Among the casualties in this rift is the radio station's - annual "Roof-A-Thon," which raises money for local charities. If you're presented a - better offer, you're gonna go."
"We're very sorry it went down the way it did, but it's something - we had to do for ourselves and our families. "We weren't looking, someone came to us," McKenzie - said. According to McKenzie, the team wasn't job hunting, - but the offer was too appealing to decline. I didn't foresee them - leaving until August 2006." "I - expected them to be around longer than this. I wish they had given - me an opportunity to match it (the Boston offer)," Benfer said. Benfer assured the Times Herald-Record that there is a contract, - but that because of legal proceedings, he was unable to show it. McKenzie challenged Cumulus to produce a signed - contract. "We are 'at-will' employees and a contract - was never executed between two sides." "The big disagreement is that there exists a binding - contract," Pete McKenzie said. "I got - a call from Gary Cee (WPDH program director and DJ) and he told me - they were packing up their office." "They left Thursday night," Benfer said. But, according to Benfer, before they could meet, the DJs went - to him on July 20 and told him they definitely wanted to leave. Benfer met with them on July 19 and set up another meeting for July - 21.
Chuck Benfer, general manager at Cumulus in Poughkeepsie, - said he was approached July 18 with a rumor about the duo leaving. WPDH at 101.5 FM, owned by Cumulus Broadcasting, says the - co-hosts are still under contract. Team members, whose last broadcast was Thursday - morning, claim they have the right to leave because they're "at-will" - employees. Heather Ford, who reads the - news, is going with them. Kevin Karlson and Pete McKenzie, morning co-hosts - at WPDH-FM since August 2003, are moving to the Infinity Broadcasting-owned - classic rock station WZLX-FM in Boston. Poughkeepsie - It all comes down to a piece of paper. and McKenzie bound by a contract or not?
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