Gene Baxter
Gene "Bean" Baxter, Radio Hall of Famer who co-hosted KROQ Los Angeles' Kevin & Bean morning show for 30 years and now hosts SiriusXM's Lithium channel and the "A Cup of Tea and a Chat" podcast from the UK.
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Oct 23, 2026
HollyHOST
So with Kevin, when you said, hey, we should do this morning thing, did you already know that you had the kind of call it chemistry that you did? Or did you just know you wanted to work together?
Gene BaxterGUEST
You know, we did different shows in Phoenix, but there was a program that was on weekends, a Saturday night show called the Saturday Night Party Patrol.
Gene BaxterGUEST
DJs would go out, Phoenix is very flat, and they would go out in a van with a Mardi tower that they could raise on the top of the van and just beam the signal to the tower, right? Right to KZZP.
43 MINS LATER
DaveHOST
But they hadn't written together in 10 more years than that.
HollyHOST
So with Kevin, when you said, hey, we should do this morning thing, did you already know that you had the kind of call it chemistry that you did? Or did you just know you wanted to work together?
Gene BaxterGUEST
You know, we did different shows in Phoenix, but there was a program that was on weekends, a Saturday night show called the Saturday Night Party Patrol.
Gene BaxterGUEST
Phoenix is very flat and they would go out in a van with a Mardi tower that they could raise on the top of the van and just beam the signal to the tower right to right to KZZP.
44 MINS LATER
DaveHOST
But they hadn't written together in 10 more years than that.