J. Love has exited his post as Operations Manager for Connoisseur Media’s San Jose, CA, radio cluster, a year after taking the job.
Love announced the move in a Facebook post over the weekend, thanking colleagues and Bay Area listeners but not detailing his reasons for leaving or his next career step. “My time with Mix 106.5 and Bay Country has come to an end,” Love said in the post.
Love joined the cluster — “Bay Country 94.5/92.1” KBAY/KKDV Gilroy/Walnut Creek, CA, and hot AC “Mix 106.5” KEZR San Jose, CA — as Operations Manager in July 2025, when Alpha Media owned the stations. Connoisseur Media completed its acquisition of Alpha’s properties last September, making Love a Connoisseur employee.
His departure comes as KBAY prepares to move its Bay Country programming to 98.5 FM, effective Wednesday, as part of Connoisseur’s previously announced $2 million sale of the 94.5 signal to K-Love, Inc. That deal, which does not include the KBAY call letters or country format, remains subject to FCC approval and is expected to close in early fall.
No replacement for Love has been named.