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Kidd Chris
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| Born | May 15, 1974  Chittenango, New York |
| Occupation | Radio Talk Show Host |
| Website | www.kiddshow.com |
Christopher Derek 'Kidd Chris' Foley (b. May 15, 1974) is an American shock jock, who has hosted talk radio shows throughout the United States during the late-1990s and early 21st Century. Until recently, his show aired during afternoon-drive for the Philadelphia rock station WYSP. The show now airs on the same station from 6-10am on weekday mornings.
Born in Chittenango, New York, Foley got his start in radio in the nearby town of Syracuse, where he was known as the Kitten Destroyer. He soon shortened it to Kidd. His controversial radio show had a home in Wichita, Kansas (KICT T-95FM, KDGS Power 93.9FM, KANR FLY 92.7FM) which raised the ire of local church groups. Many religious organizations attempted to band together and remove Kidd Chris from the airwaves, but he remained on the air.
Chris then moved onto Sacramento, California where he hosted a morning show on hip-hop station KSFM. After several months at KSFM, he moved into an evening show on talk station KXOA. Kidd Chris's four-hour talk show was one of the highest-rated radio shows on the Pacific coast. While in Sacramento, Chris gained national attention by sending a series of prank phone calls made to O.J. Simpson to the popular Opie and Anthony and Howard Stern nationally syndicated shows.
In the fall of 2002, Kidd Chris took a hiatus from radio and retired to upstate New York. There, he rejuvenated himself and prepared for his return, which occurred on the morning of January 5, 2004 in San Antonio, Texas. He hosted a highly-rated show at San Antonio's K-Rock 102.7 FM KSRX until early August 2005.
With rumors flying that Kidd Chris, a former contributor to Howard Stern's radio program, would replace Stern when Stern's contract expired with Infinity Broadcasting, Kidd Chris signed with Philadelphia's rock station, WYSP FM. The Kidd Chris Show began broadcasting on WYSP 94.1 FM in Philadelphia on Monday, August 29, 2005. While Chris has made remarks that the show is "gay" and that "it'll be gone in six months," that incarnation show lasted for over two years, and WYSP exercised their right to extend his contract for one more.
On August 21, 2006, it was announced that The Kidd Chris Show had been syndicated to WRKZ 93.7 FM, a rock station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The show entered syndication on August 28, 2006. On Monday March 19, 2007 It was announced that 93.7 FM has dropped the Kidd Chris Show. Ironically, the station soon flipped formats to become a Free FM known as "Pittsburgh's Man Station". The station didn't last, and in October of 2007, the air staff was fired as it flipped to a former format under the name "B94".
On Monday November 13, 2006, Kidd Chris announced he got engaged to long time girlfriend Lené Conner. They were married in Las Vegas on May 26, 2007.
On September 13, 2007, WYSP announced a format change from all talk to a rock/talk hybrid. The official change, which left Kidd Chris on during the drive-time hours of 3pm-7pm, was announced during the Kidd Chris Show. Moments before the announcement, Chris, with Opie and Anthony in studio, commented that "It would be a hoot if they fired us live right after the big announcement." After announcing the format change, the station dropped to music and the Kidd Chris show did not return to the air, causing confusion on multiple listener-run message boards as to their fate. On September 14, 2007, Chris appeared on the Opie and Anthony show and there was no mentioning of a firing.
The show returned to the air on September 17, 2007, but with old recordings in-between music, leaving fans of the show confused as to its fate. Soon after, Chris stated that they needed to "establish the rock first. The show WILL be back", which confirmed the statements made by other sources that the show will be returning to its original form.
On The Howard Stern show on Oct. 22nd, 2007, Kidd Chris called in around 7am to discuss Bruce Springsteen & Billy Joel. Howard quickly turned the topic of conversation to Chris' employment at WYSP, claiming a "pretty good source" told him Chris would take over the morning slot from Opie & Anthony relatively soon. Chris had no comment on the rumor.
On October 23rd, 2007, WYSP ended their syndication of Opie and Anthony's morning show. There was no mention of it on-air by Chris. Kidd Chris ended his show that night unexpectedly with "Journey's Don't Stop Believin'." He has stated on-air in the past that if anything were to "go down" in regards to the show, he would play that song (though he originally claimed the song would play in the background and he would continue on as if nothing was happening). Since this date, no morning or afternoon show has aired on WYSP (though WYSP's website still advertises "The Kidd Chris Show" airing from 3 to 7 PM).
On November 6th, 2007, Kidd Chris was called by possible evening DJ Tic-Tac at WYSP about his future with the station. In so many words, he stated that he "will be back", but claimed not to know when or in what time slot. Callers asked whether he was joining the Howard Stern Show staff and he said that would be impossible since he is staying in Philadelphia. He reminded fans that if he was fired, he would no longer be featured on the WYSP website.
During the week of November 18, Chris's website was changed to a countdown with the tagline "Are You Ready?", set to end on Monday, November 26 at 6 AM. The countdown also appeared on his Myspace. Prior to this, WYSP began to air short recordings featuring the "Are You Ready?" tagline, as well as the opening of "The Game" by Motorhead (the theme song of The Kidd Chris Show). The recordings varied; they included short clips from the show, clips from Brad the Cripple interviews, recordings of callers asking what happened to the show and if he was going to return in mornings and Howard Stern discussing the future of Kidd Chris in morning drive. However, there was no official voiceover to these clips, no direct mention of "The Kidd Chris Show" or any date of return.
The Kidd Chris Show officially returned to the 94.1 WYSP airwaves on Monday, November 26, 2007 at 6 AM EST. Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Michael Klein reported in his Sunday column of the return of the Kidd Show.[citation needed]
- Chris Foley (a.k.a Kidd Chris, a.k.a "Cobra", a.k.a. Slammer C.) - The host of The Kidd Chris Show. Sometimes refers to himself as Slammer C which was his pro wrestling alter ego back in high school.
- Thomas Kitajima (a.k.a. Thomas From The Kidd Chris Show) Sidekick to Chris, Thomas is often the target of callers due to him being half Japanese and slightly overweight. He is also known to get very loud and heated with certain frequent callers. Often made fun of for having a "lisp".
- Yetichi (a.k.a. Yeti From the Kidd Chris Show) Newest higher to the show, he is known for having a sick sense of humor.
- Tommy Avallone (Stage name- Rock Hard Killa) - Answers the phones. Recently has been used to perform many out-on-the-street stunts. He is also a member of the hip hop/rock band Nitty Gritty from Haddon Heights, NJ. Usually opened for by Bob Levy when performing at firehouses and bar mitzvahs.
- Rowdy Yates - Legendary show producer.