Dave Coombs Wakes Up In Springfield
• Dave Coombs, who co-hosts the Beth & Dave morning show with his wife Beth on Townsquare AC WLZW (Lite 98.7)/Utica, NY — and does middays solo on Classic Rock sister 96.9 WOUR — surprised a few folks this week when he announced via Facebook that he was stepping down and moving to Springfield, MA to do mornings on Saga Active Rock WLZX (Lazer 99.3 & 98.5), starting next Wednesday, Nov. 4. RAMP has confirmed that Coombs will succeed former Lazer morning personality Pat Kelly, who recently crossed the hall to do afternoons on Classic Rock WAQY (Rock 102), replacing Bob Kester, who has left the company.
Beth will continue to hold down mornings at Lite FM — at least temporarily, as Coombs wrote, “Beth will remain here for now as the morning host along with Dave Wheeler of Lite 98.7. We hope you’ll tune in to our final week of shows (with Wheels taking the baton) October 26-30… and then stay tuned! Meantime, Beth & I will be putting some miles on our cars going back and forth as we navigate the extra-socially-distant 2-1/2 hour drive. So, we’ll still see you around!”
Coombs has spent the bulk of his radio career in upstate New York, with previous stops at WUTQ/Utica, WQBK/Albany, WTKW (TK99) and WAQX (95X)/Syracuse and WCMF/Rochester, along with stints at WBOS/Boston and KFNZ/Salt Lake City.
