{"id":374517,"date":"2026-06-25T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374517\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:18:11","slug":"trevor-careys-fresno-area-drive-time-talk-show-loff-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374517\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Carey&#8217;s Fresno area drive-time talk show loff the air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A longtime conservative talk radio host has abruptly vanished from <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/29\/lifestyle\/central-california-metro-among-the-sweatiest-cities-in-the-us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Fresno<\/a> airwaves after a decade behind the mic.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Carey is out as the afternoon drive-time host at Power Talk, where he spent 10 years holding down the 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. slot, he confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article316257809.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">to the Fresno Bee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Carey said he was among several workers caught in a nationwide layoffs Wednesday by parent company iHeartMedia.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0148662;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39791989\" width=\"599\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/trevor-carey-drive-time-talk-132210858.jpg\" alt=\"Trevor Carey, wearing a straw fedora and sunglasses, holding a vintage microphone and making a fist.\" class=\"wp-image-39791989\"  \/>Trevor Carey is out as the afternoon drive-time host at Power Talk, where he spent 10 years holding down the 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. slot. Trevor Carey \/ Facebook<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.57714844;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39791991\" width=\"341\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/trevor-carey-drive-time-talk-132211154.jpg\" alt=\"Trevor Carey, drive-time talk show host at Power Talk radio in Fresno.\" class=\"wp-image-39791991\"  \/>The station had already scrubbed Carey\u2019s page from its website by Wednesday. Instagram\/powertalkfresno<\/p>\n<p>Radio Insight, which first reported the broader cuts, described the layoffs at the company\u2019s largest workforce reduction since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Carey\u2019s final show aired Tuesday on 96.7 FM and 1400 AM, ending a run in which he mixed local and national politics from a conservative perspective.<\/p>\n<p>The station had already scrubbed Carey\u2019s page from its website by Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was almost like going to a living funeral,\u201d Carey said of his final day. \u201cIt is good to have hugs and hear how people really feel about you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carey joined Power Talk in 2016, replacing Christopher Gabriel, who now works as a morning news anchor at Fresno\u2019s KMJ radio. Before his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/26\/lifestyle\/california-cities-ranked-among-the-best-places-to-raise-a-family\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decade in Fresno<\/a>, Carey previously hosted radio in Modesto.<\/p>\n<p>He also recently published an autobiography about his broadcasting career and his battle to overcome addiction.<\/p>\n<p>By Wednesday, Power Talk had filled Carey\u2019s old afternoon slot with the syndicated Houston-based program \u201cThe Jesse Kelly Show,\u201d the Bee reported.<\/p>\n<p>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n<p>California Post News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>California Post Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capostsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capostsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CaliforniaPostSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a><br \/>California Post  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Opinion<\/a> <br \/>California Post Newsletters: <a href=\"https:\/\/email.nypost.com\/#california-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><br \/>California Post App: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Download here!<\/a><br \/>Home delivery: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.californiapost.com\/defaultCAP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/><\/a>Page Six Hollywood: <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/hollywood-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A longtime conservative talk radio host has abruptly vanished from the Fresno airwaves after a decade behind the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[7,967,112,114,113,26494,266,7059],"class_list":["post-374517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-california","tag-entertainment","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-iheartradio","tag-northern-california","tag-talk-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}