Johnny Dare Morning Show on 98.9 The Rock, hosted by Johnny Dare, is ending after airing for almost 32 years. This is happening due to huge layoffs from Audacy, which will leave an impact on hundreds of employees, aiming to implement cost savings, as reported by KMBC News on March 6.
Notably, Johnny has worked on various radio stations such as KQRC and KBEQ throughout his career. All of these have even contributed to his wealth over the years, and the value of his fortune is estimated to be almost $6 million, as stated by Celebrity Net Worth.
According to Distractify, Johnny Dare Morning Show aired in 1993 and maintained high ratings. Apart from Dare, two more radio personalities from 99.7 The Point, Nikki Vivas and Brian Hudgens, are also out now due to the layoffs.
As per Hollywood Reporter's March 7 article, a spokesperson for Audacy stated that the layoffs are intended to bring a better future for their business and continued:
"We are streamlining resources to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving media landscape and to best position Audacy to continue serving listeners and advertisers with excellence."
The final episode of Johnny Dare's show will air on March 7, 2025. Dare shared a statement about the same on his official Facebook page on March 6, which reads:
"No one is more surprised than us that its lasted this long but after 32 years, we got smoked. Tomorrow will be the final morning show for us on the Rock.. join Nycki, Gregg, Jake, Kyle and I tomorrow morning starting at 6am for one final show."
Now that his show is coming to an end, let's take a look at the radio show host's net worth. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Jonny Dare has amassed a fortune of $6 million through his career in radio.
Johnny Dare's net worth: Radio career and more
The Memphis, Tennessee, native managed to find a huge fanbase for himself for his work on different radio stations. Apart from all these, Johnny has also been involved with many philanthropic activities, as per Celebrity Net Worth.
The outlet also stated that Johnny Dare launched an initiative called Hope for the Holidays, which helped multiple families living in Kansas City, and this also helped radio to get recognized as a medium to work for community building and making donations to certain causes.
Compared to other personalities, Johnny has hardly revealed anything about his early life over the years. However, he appeared for an interview with The Pitch magazine in June 2022, saying that he does not know a lot of things about sports, adding that he would like to ban the "sport superfans."
Although Johnny Dare worked with various radio stations, he became popular after coming to KRQC-FM during the '90s and his show, Johnny Dare Morning Show, also gained recognition among the general public at the same time. He was joined by four more co-hosts, including Jake, Gregg, Kyle, and Nycki.
The radio show aired for all the days except Saturday and Sunday from 6 am to 10 am. While speaking to KC Confidential in 2016, a media observer claimed that Johnny's radio station was also included in the list of top five stations for five years and remained in the top position in Kansas.
The positive response towards the show continued despite the format going through a lot of changes. He also has a TV show in his credits, Full Throttle Saloon, where he served as the narrator. Celebrity Net Worth stated that he even worked in some other radio stations like Z Rock and KBEQ.
Johnny keeps in touch with everyone through Instagram, where he is active with around 49,000 followers and keeps on sharing photos and videos from different occasions.