PERRYVILLE — Donze Communications out of Perryville announces the signing of Randy Raley through 2023. Donze also announces Randy has been promoted to the position of Music Director.
“We’ve pretty much let Randy have the keys to our music on KBDZ (93.1FM.)” General Manager Kevin Russell says. “We don’t have a corporate playlist and with Randy’s 47 years in the business as a consultant, music director and program director, we feel he’s uniquely qualified to bring a fresh musical approach to what is a very stale classic rock market. The changes he’s made since being here has caused a great deal of talk and excitement among our listeners.”
“I think we’ve become the “cool” radio station in the market,” Raley says. “We have the 300 songs everyone else is playing but we’ve added quite a few more that makes us stand out in the market. No one plays Three Dog Night or Chicago anymore, but we’ve sprinkled in some of those great old top 40 songs with deeper tracks from bands like The Allman Brothers Band, Elton John, Rod Stewart, The Stones, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin and the like.”
Raley continues, “I’m having great fun in the business again and I’m very grateful to the Donze’s for allowing me to musically take care of their baby. I mean, you’ll know 90 percent of the tracks we play, it’s just tracks that classic rock radio has forgotten after all these years. We are appealing to an older demographic because that demographic has been so underserved lately.”
Raley has also signed with the station doing morning drive until at least the end of the year. “It’s a no bullshit morning show. No games or contests, no funny ha-ha stuff, it’s just you, me and the music. No politics at all And by the way, I think the music sounds great.”
Russell added, “The talk on the street in these parts is what a great broadcaster Randy is. And what a great job he does sounding like your buddy on the radio and what that can do as a part of everyone’s morning. Randy is even calling high school play by play for us. We’re very pleased to have him.”