One of the worst-kept secrets in the radio industry was revealed today when Infinity Broadcasting announced that former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth will be one of several hosts who will fill the void left on the company’s airwaves when Howard Stern makes the jump to SIRIUS Satellite Radio.
As part of what Infinity refers to as its “Howard Stern replacement strategy,” Roth will take over the morning-drive time slot at Stern’s flagship New York City radio station (WXRK), as well as in Boston (WBCN), Philadelphia (WYSP), Dallas (KLLI), Cleveland (WNCX) and West Palm Beach (WPBZ).
Stern’s final live broadcast on terrestrial radio is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 16, and, as it has done each year during Stern’s holiday vacation, Infinity will fill the gap leading up to Roth’s Jan. 3 debut with pre-recorded best-of segments culled from the “Stern Show” archives.