I would be curious to hear everyone's opinions on what they believe to be the worst things to happen to valley radio, whether it be format changes, personality changes, programming decisions, etc.
How far back do you want to go? I moved to the Valley from Tucson in the late 70's and have been surprised at the constant change happening in radio here. Probably to the extent that I could not remember all the changes that I liked (few) or disliked (many).
When I originally moved here the biggest show on radio was Bill Heywood's morning drive program. I literally didn't know anyone who didn't like it. I was very disappointed when both Bill and KOY went away.
I liked the old KOPA and KRIZ. KRIZ died and KOPA changed its calls, narrowed its format, and became too boring.
There was a morning DJ on KJJJ who I listened to enough despite it being Country and I wasn't a Country kind of guy. Neither he nor KJJJ were there very long.
I loved H.G. Listiak doing the traffic on KMLE and in a variety of jobs at KOY.
Big Shoe Stu (Evans) was also a favorite.
I used to listen (faithfully) every weekday evening to Dave Munsey and Jeanne Sedillo on KOOL-FM when it really was "KOOL". I generally liked all the other DJ's there as well, especially Bill Gardner (but he talked too much) and weekend guy "Sammy", but too much time has passed to remember them all. It flipped and so did I and KOOL has been off my pre-sets for years now.
I now listen to KAZG via its FM translators (one in HD) when in the car and to WKCE on the Internet when at home on the computer. I enjoy seeing Beth on the KSAZ AZ/AM morning show segments but can't stand KEZ's music which is unfortunate and haven't found any other Valley radio station worthwhile - especially those that wake up my wife with a dozen stopsets in a row. (Yes, I actually counted them a few days ago.)