{"id":674098,"date":"2026-11-03T22:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T22:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/674098\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T22:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T22:24:08","slug":"buffalos-kiss-98-5-adds-nikki-preston-to-morning-show-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/674098\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo\u2019s \u2018Kiss 98.5\u2019 Adds Nikki Preston To Morning Show. | Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Audacy CHR \u201cKiss 98.5\u201d WKSE Buffalo, NY, has added Nikki Preston as morning co-host, joining Nicholas Picholas and Wease for \u201cNick, Nikki &amp; Wease\u201d in AM drive.<\/p>\n<p>Preston, a native of Rochester, NY, most recently hosted middays on Anaheim Broadcasting classic rock KCAL-FM Riverside, CA (96.7). Over the past several years she\u2019s also co-hosted and produced Audacy modern\/alternative rock \u201cAlt 94.9\u201d KBZT San Diego\u2019s \u201cThe Dana and Jayson Show\u201d and the \u201cJesse Duran Show\u201d on Anaheim Broadcasting classic hits KOLA San Bernardino, CA (99.9).<\/p>\n<p>Preston launched her career in Rochester as host on Stephens Media Group modern\/alternative rock \u201c94.1 The Zone\u201d WZNE and co-host of WHEC News 10\u2019s \u201cGet Out of the House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to welcome Nikki Preston to Audacy Buffalo,\u201d Audacy Regional VP Sue O\u2019Neil says. \u201cHer on-air, podcast experience makes her a strong addition to mornings. We look forward to teaming her up with Nicholas and Wease to wake up listeners every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Preston adds, \u201cI\u2019m beyond excited to be returning to Western New York after more than a decade on-air in Southern California. I can\u2019t thank Sue O\u2019Neil and the entire team enough for welcoming me back and allowing me to get behind the mic and do what I love, in a place that has always felt like home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Audacy CHR \u201cKiss 98.5\u201d WKSE Buffalo, NY, has added Nikki Preston as morning co-host, joining Nicholas Picholas and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,710,61,60,278,43],"class_list":["post-674098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-free","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}