{"id":287820,"date":"2026-02-17T05:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/287820\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T05:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:40:11","slug":"shawn-tempesta-enters-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/287820\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Tempesta Enters Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[4][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shawntempesta.jpeg\" alt=\"Shawn Tempesta 96.3 KKLZ 102.7 VGS Mix 94.1 Las Vegas\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-317790\"  \/>Just four months after moving to mornings at Beasley Media Classic Hits <a href=\"https:\/\/963kklz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">96.3 KKLZ<\/a> Las Vegas, Shawn Tempesta has exited the station.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Tempesta commented, \u201cThroughout the last three and a half years with the company, I helped launch 102.7 VGS and took it from 20th to 1st in mornings in less than a year, helped KKLZ successfully transition after the departure of the legendary Mike O\u2019Brian, created thousands of social media videos, and designed and implemented digital video systems for several stations throughout the company \u2013 including 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston \u2013 that continue to generate tens of millions of views and bring in significant new-found revenue. Here\u2019s to what\u2019s next!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tempesta had joined KKLZ in November after Beasley <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/317780\/shawn-tempesta-moves-to-kklz-aimee-thomas-shawn-stevens-to-host-mornings-at-kcye\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eliminated the morning show<\/a> he hosted with Aimee Thomas in November as <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/317288\/107-9-coyote-country-102-7-vgs-las-vegas-to-swap-frequencies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">part of a frequency swap<\/a>. He and Thomas had debuted in mornings on then Hot AC \u201c102.7 VGS\u201d KVGS in June 2022 following a ten year run as APD\/afternoon host at Audacy Hot AC \u201cMix 94.1\u201d KMXB. He previously worked at KMXB in 2006-07, and also co-hosted KTNV-TV Las Vegas\u2019 \u201cThe Morning Blend\u201d from 2010-22 along with tracking middays at AC \u201cMagic 106.7\u201d WMJX Boston from 2020 until exiting Audacy at the end of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Tempesta can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/shawntempesta.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ShawnTempesta.com<\/a> or (617)771-3760.<\/p>\n<p>Carla Rea and producer Christopher \u2018Morty\u2019 Sampaio remain in mornings at KKLZ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just four months after moving to mornings at Beasley Media Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ Las Vegas, Shawn Tempesta&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-287820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}