KROQ Weenie Roast
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Oct 28, 2026
John LandmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We're going to be in good hands and being taken care of and not asked to do things we don't want to do.
Bethany CosentinoHOST
For a long time, radio stations had been doing these big summer and winter concerts, from K-Rock's Weenie Roast in L.A. to Q101's Twisted Christmas in Chicago.
Bethany CosentinoHOST
These ideas would get franchised across a whole network of stations owned by Clear Channel, CBS, or Cumulus.
Bethany CosentinoHOST
To cut costs, stations would ask record labels to pay for the bands to travel to the show and waive any fee for playing.
Gene BaxterGUEST
And it ended up working and not making a difference.
Gene BaxterGUEST
And I would just fly down a couple of times a year for a breakfast with an artist or a weenie roast or something like that.
Gene BaxterGUEST
And other than that, I just stayed at home.
Gene BaxterGUEST
I love being at home.
24 MINS LATER
Gene BaxterGUEST
So forgive me if any of our teabaggers, as our listeners are called, if they're listening to this, they've heard this story.
Gene BaxterGUEST
So...
Gene BaxterGUEST
the weenie roast and the acoustic Christmas are the greatest nights of your life.
Gene BaxterGUEST
If you're a music fan, I don't know if you ever went to any, or if you ever paid attention to what those lineups were, but they were insane back when these shows used to be able to be done.
Gene BaxterGUEST
And it ended up working and not making a difference.
Gene BaxterGUEST
And I would just fly down a couple of times a year for a breakfast with an artist or a weenie roast or something like that.
Gene BaxterGUEST
And other than that, I just stayed at home.
Gene BaxterGUEST
I love being at home.
24 MINS LATER
Gene BaxterGUEST
And it's funny because this came up recently on our podcast.
Gene BaxterGUEST
So forgive me if any of our teabaggers, as our listeners are called, if they're listening to this, they've heard this story.
Gene BaxterGUEST
So the Weenie Roast and the Acoustic Christmas are the greatest nights of your life if you're a music fan.
Gene BaxterGUEST
I don't know if you ever went to any or if you ever paid attention to what those lineups were, but they were insane back when these shows used to be able to be done, right? So in 1997, The Cure was on the bill.
John FrostGUEST
So I'm sure I did, but they also I'm sure played Weenie Roasts and Acoustic Christmases, and, uh, they, they were all over for us, and it was really amazing.
DaveHOST
Do you have a favorite KROQ show, like, you know, Weenie Roast or, or the Acoustic Christmases that's...
DaveHOST
Anything that sticks out in your mind?
John FrostGUEST
I did propose to my first wife on stage at one of those Weenie Roasts.
John FrostGUEST
God knows which Weenie Roast that was.
John FrostGUEST
I have no idea.
John FrostGUEST
Um-
John FrostGUEST
So I'm sure I did, but they also I'm sure played weenie roasts and acoustic Christmases, and, uh, they, they were all over for us, and it was really amazing.
DaveHOST
Do you have a favorite KROQ show? Like, you know, Weenie Roast or, or the acoustic Christmases that's...
DaveHOST
Anything that sticks out in your mind?
John FrostGUEST
I did propose to my first wife on stage at one of those Weenie Roasts.
John FrostGUEST
God knows which Weenie Roast that was.
John FrostGUEST
I have no idea.
John FrostGUEST
Um-