Radio from Hell

Radio From Hell is an American radio program broadcast weekday mornings on Salt Lake City, Utah's KXRK 96.3FM, simulcast via a live internet audio stream, and available as an iTunes podcast or downloadable MP3. It can also be watched live on YouTube and the X96 website. The show features hosts Kerry Jackson, Bill Allred, and Gina Barberi. Rolling Stone cited KXRK as one of the top five rock and roll radio stations in the U. S., and reported that Radio From Hell was one of the longest running local radio programs in the U. S.

The show originated on Ogden's KJQ as "The Fun Pigs", hosted by Jackson and Allred in 1986. It was later retitled to Radio From Hell for being "the radio show for people who feel like hell in the morning". Jackson and Allred were among five out of twenty five employees who did not quit KJQ in December 1991. Many members of the former KJQ staff founded a new station, KXRK, which premiered in February 1992. The new station featured Bill Allred and Dom Casual in a morning show called "Project X with Dom and Bill"; they were among many ex KJQ personalities on the initial lineup on KXRK. Kerry Jackson continued to host a morning show on KJQ, working briefly with several other hosts including Mo Mellady (who lasted less than a month) and Clyde Lewis, becoming KJQ program director in May, 1993. Jackson worked for a time on KZHT before joining KXRK on October 18, 1993, where he replaced Dom Casual in the mornings. Reunited, Jackson and Allred resumed calling their show "Radio From Hell." On May 20, 1996, Gina Barberi joined the program. Barberi had been hosting a morning show on KUTQ called "Woody and Barberi" with co host Scott Woodmansee; she had been working as a mid day DJ at KUTQ before moving to this position. Gina had worked at KJQ in the late 1980s when she was 19 and still a student at the University of Utah. Radio From Hell aired its 5000th episode in August 2008, and a 7500th episode celebration was being planned for September 2020. Unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, this event did not happen. The show is still on the air Monday through Friday 6:00 a. m. 10:00 a. m. (MST) As of December 2020, the hosts were broadcasting from their own home set ups (due to the Coronavirus pandemic) while their producer Caity continued to go into the studio. As of July 5, 2021, the hosts returned to the studio and are no longer broadcasting from their home set ups.