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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Jim McGuinn leaving XPN
Jim McGuinn, as photographed by Mark Stehle for Penn Current.

Jim McGuinn, who programmed alt rock in Philly since 1995, is moving to Minneapolis to program The Current, a public station.

McGuinn called the shots on the old WDRE and Y100. When the programming geniuses at Radio One silenced Y100, he helped start Y100Rocks.com, an online successor. The station (and McGuinn) joined WXPN (88.5) in 2004, and last year he became into XPN's afternoon-drive host in addition to programming what is now known as XPN's Y-Rock On XPN service.

XPN music director Dan Reed will take over afternoons, starting in mid-January. Bruce Warren, XPN's assistant general mnager for pogramming, will take over McGuinn’s programming responsibilities for Y-Rock On XPN service, and assistant music director Mike Vasilikos will take on a portion of Reed’s off-air responsibilities, according to a press release, issued Monday, that quotes general manager Roger LaMay.

Here's a Q&A he did last year.
Posted by Michael Klein @ 8:31 AM  Permalink | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:06 AM, 11/25/2008
    Wow. I wish Jim all the luck in the world. He's a great guy, and has been a huge addition to the station, a big reason why I've listened to XPN a lot more since the Y-100 folks were brought aboard to form Y-Rock on XPN. His presence & influence will be missed.
    — Paul B
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:31 AM, 11/25/2008
    Wow bummer, say hello to Paul for me.
    — thecrow
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:46 AM, 11/25/2008
    A tremendous loss for Philadelphia radio. Good luck Jim! Seems like 'DRE was eons ago.
    — wingslax35


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