{"id":424361,"date":"2026-01-23T05:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/424361\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T05:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:10:09","slug":"kroq-host-uses-live-radio-show-to-help-fans-recover-wifes-stolen-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/424361\/","title":{"rendered":"KROQ host uses live radio show to help fans recover wife\u2019s stolen car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The host of popular Southern California radio show used the power of the airwaves to find his wife\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/11\/us-news\/woman-evades-police-in-180-mile-car-chase-through-california-before-escaping-into-mexico\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stolen car.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KROQ\u2019s Kevin Klein, co-host of Klein\/Ally Show, revealed live on air Wednesday that his wife\u2019s car had been snatched from the front of their home that morning. So he called on his listeners to help, using the show as a real-time command center to track down the missing vehicle.<\/p>\n<p> Kevin Klein<\/p>\n<p>KROQ radio host Kevin Klein called on his listeners for help after his wife\u2019s car was stolen from their home. Youtube\/KROQ<\/p>\n<p>After checking the car\u2019s recent GPS activity, which showed its last parked location, Klein broadcast the address to his army of listeners and asked if anyone was in the area. <\/p>\n<p>Fans then sprang into action, locating the unmanned <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/13\/entertainment\/alec-baldwin-crashes-range-rover-into-tree-in-the-hamptons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Range Rover<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/12\/us-news\/la-residents-fume-over-sprawling-homeless-encampment-with-tennis-court-bbq-pit-and-garden\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">near Koreatown.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA couple of listeners were hanging out on the street blocking the car so it didn\u2019t get moved,\u201d Klein told The Post, adding that he didn\u2019t even bother to call police.<\/p>\n<p> Kevin Klein<\/p>\n<p>Checking the car\u2019s recent GPS activity helped fans locate the SUV. Kevin Klein<\/p>\n<p>The fans stood guard until Klein\u2019s wife arrived with her keys and simply drove the car home. The case was closed before his morning show had even ended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was kind of incredible how quickly and how many people helped track it down,\u201d Klein told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe California Post is coming soon. Sign up for updates.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet in early. Be the first to know about launch and home delivery.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>While security footage at his house didn\u2019t record the theft, Klein suspects thieves took the Range Rover around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday because his dog started barking around that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was no exterior damage to the vehicle. But the thieves had ripped into the roof to take out GPS tracking wires, apparently after Klein had clocked its last-known coordinates.<\/p>\n<p>While the ordeal caused a headache, it wasn\u2019t all bad. The car\u2019s gas tank was nearly empty when it was stolen, but fully filled when it was recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The family has since cleared out some boxes in their garage to make space for the vehicle instead of parking it on the street. Klein\u2019s wife also had her car stolen in early 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s LA,\u201d the host said on his show. \u201cYou haven\u2019t lived here long enough if you haven\u2019t had your car stolen at least twice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The host of popular Southern California radio show used the power of the airwaves to find his wife\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2356,6906,88,3031,216,194],"class_list":{"0":"post-424361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-car","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}