RETRO ROCK REWIND
WITH RHETT BUTLER
RETRO ROCK REWIND
WITH RHETT BUTLER
Rhett started his broadcast career in Jackson Tennessee at WKBJ AM (Milan, TN) as a board op on Saturday mornings, and engineer for Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 on Sundays. Within 2 months he was “Promoted” to overnights on the am jams sister FM station “The Nu 92 FM” (WYNU). He moved back to Memphis keeping his overnight gig and picked up Weekend overnights at Rock 103 (WZXR). HE considers his first “Big Time” gig in the Biz to be the first job that made him move in order to accept, which was 99.5 KRIX Brownsville TX. He also began working in the Rio Grande Valleys high-energy dance Station (KRGV/KRGE) as the “Z-Man”.
When he moved to the Monterey Bay Area in California he was again in the right place at the right time, because the local classical radio station flipped from KBACH (KBOQ) to K-ROCK 103.9 (KRQC), where he landed his first F/T Morning Drive shift and kept it while commuting to the University of the Pacific in Stockton. It was at UOP he met Darren McGavin, Ralph Guild, and Jon Crabbe (all UOP Alums), as they recognized his commercial broadcasting experience as well as a natural real-world business style, they handed him the task of building a new campus radio station of, by, and for the students. He built KPAC – “The Runaway Radio Station” which is currently known as “The Roar of the Pacific“ and the next semester he created KPAC-TV as well.
Rhett was the epitome of a “Road Warrior” as he literally travelled around the world (over 7 times mileage wise) while working in the High-Tech industry in Silicon Valley since the dawn of the 21st century. Fast forward to January 2020…… He constructed and launched KRIR-db “RetroRock Internet Radio”. A web music entertainment network with 11 different Formats & 7 Globally Syndicated shows that run throughout the week on a 24/7 broadcast schedule.
Join him for his “Afternoon Drive with Attitude” show on RetroRock Internet Radio Weekdays 2pm Pacific || 5pm Eastern. Additionally, the show is SIMULCAST DAILY on; WVEX Midland, MI X-105.3 fm ‘Everything that ROCKS!” || WGGQ 96.7 fm Fond Du Lac, WI “The ROCK of Fond Du Lac” || WODY-db Harford County, MD “Odyssey Radio … Taking the Journey TOGETHER!” || WNYC-db New York City Oldies Radio Live 365 Manhattan, NY || WIRE-db Savannah, TN “Ghost Radio 99” || WHFR-db Staten Island. NY || KRNC-db “The Real Rock of Nor Cal” Santa Clara, CA
His show is also Syndicated as “The RetroRock Rewind” on 22 networks across the USA, UK, Bolivia, Kenya, Greece, Ireland, Mauritius, The BVI, Canada, and the Philippines!
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Monday
12:00 am 4:00 am