It’s always a great
loss when one of our pioneering radio greats leaves us for Heavenly airwaves.
At
BFYP, by the very nature of its vintage roots, we often report loss due to
age that claims one of our once-best and brightest in the radio industry.
With
heavy heart, today we offer our condolences to BFYP DJ/PD, Terrell Metheny, for the loss
of his son, Kevin Metheny, who went on the air in Heaven, Friday, October 3,
2014.
Kevin Metheny (60)
followed in his dad’s industry footsteps to become a highly respected programmer,
focusing on talk radio. Obviously, Terrell taught him well, and is immensely
proud.
“He
was first on the radio at six weeks old,” Terrell commented in a 2009 interview
for the BFYP
book. “Sitting in the back of the studio, he let out a yell while the mic
was open.” The radio bug bit young Kevin when Terrell “put him on the radio in
a commercial when he was about three.”
Kevin’s
forty-four year radio career began in high school and included stints with the
biggies like KJR/Seattle, WGH/Chicago, WNBC/New York on the Howard Stern Show,
and most recently, as Operations Manager of Cumulus News-Talk KGO & KSFO/San Francisco. “He jumped
over me real fast,” said Terrell.
Please
join me in heartfelt prayers for Terrell and his family as Kevin leaves
terrestrial radio to sign on in broadcasting’s heavenly realm.
