Off The Hook With Gage

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By: Gage Kenady

Off the Hook presents a delectable smorgasbord of musical offerings from the dawn of recording to the present day. Ranging from playful pop to daunting musical obscurities, ethnic flights to local lights, Off the Hook aims to tickle your ear-bone with scintillating sounds and the opinionated expertise of host Gage Kenady. Off The Hook: the show that shows.

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Off The Hook ~October 23, 2026
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#272
Today at 2:39 AM

A juggler of sounds under the big top, OFF THE HOOK is all mustachio and cape! * You'll be hypnotized and MYSTIFIED: how does he keep all the sounds in (on) the air? * The BAFFLEMENT that this DIZZYING display brings leads to pure WONDER and delight as you muse on the MAGICAL miraculousness of it all! * His he conjurer or merely con? * Find out KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ and keep your ear on the ball!


Off The Hook ~October 16, 2026
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#271
10/17/2026

JULIE FLIPPED HER WIG last week. * It was later found at a downtown bar marveling at all of the many flavors under one roof. * "So OFF THE HOOK at 1:00 on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ ", it thought.  Off The Hook Fri Oct 16 with Gage Kenady on KXSF-LP 102.5 FM


Off The Hook ~October 9, 2026
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#270
10/10/2026


Off The Hook ~October 2, 2026
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#269
10/03/2026

It's OCTOBER and you'll find Special Programming as crisp as the Autumn air on OFF THE HOOK! * That shouldn't SURPRISE you, HARDLY a week goes by that we don't blow your mind with something novel! * But this week, STRICTLY speaking, our programming is tailored to suit an agenda of heel-kicking rowdy-play and unforeseen game-changing, whether in chaps or wooly scarf! *  https://kxsf.fm/


Off The Hook ~September 25, 2026
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#268
09/26/2026

Your RIGHT TO CHOOSE is kind of a joke when it comes to OFF THE HOOK. * Because, frankly, if you choose any radio program other than OFF THE HOOK, you're not quite right. * OFF THE HOOK bulks up this week with a GANGANTUAN PILE of Birthday Segment slop! * KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/


Off The Hook ~September 18, 2026
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#267
09/19/2026

Before we close the door on Summer and fall into the arms of Autumn, I would like to thank listeners for Springing to the support of OFF THE HOOK and KXSF during our annual fundraiser! * Your generous donations will see us through the frosty glaze of Winter with blankets of WARMING support, and today's OFF THE HOOK will have some AUDITORY INCENTIVES to entice you to help us in Weathering any financial uncertainties. * Plus, some GOOD JAMS, Y'ALL! * It all happens on KXSF 102.5FM!


Off The Hook ~September 11, 2026
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#266
09/12/2026

There comes a time in every radio program's life when it must face itself and admit, "you're not that bad". * OFF THE HOOK doesn't try to force its opinions on you, only the new records it plays. * You can walk away at any time. * Thank you for not. * Walk IN to OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/


Off The Hook ~September 4, 2026
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#265
09/05/2026

POSITIVITY and CURIOSITY are the twin engines that drive OFF THE HOOK! * Unlike other Dumb Radio Shows on Stupid Radio Stations that OFF THE HOOK can't be bothered to check out, OFF THE HOOK approaches new music with a JADED WONDER (and that's not easy to pull off)! * We're Positive you'll find it Curious! * Tune in at KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ Makes its own Tickle Sauce!


Off The Hook ~August 28, 2026
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#264
08/29/2026

THIS TME IT'S PERSONAL! * OFF THE HOOK has had just about enough with the complaints! * ("Your show isn't long enough", "you're not in the Radio Hall of Fame already?", etc.) * But when I'm told "you're TOO HANDSOME for radio", that's when the gloves come off! * OFF THE HOOK will retaliate by playing SONGS SO GREAT your head will explode! * Retribution rocks at 1:00 on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ !


Off The Hook ~August 21, 2026
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#263
08/22/2026

* CAUTION * Curvy Sounds Next 3 Hours * Take Route 102.5FM to Junction https://kxsf.fm/ * KXSF is not responsible for damage caused by bumpy roads, potholes or potheads while riding OFF THE HOOK Highway * OFF THE HOOK is Off The Map! * Consider insurance before attempting this route.


Off The Hook ~July 31, 2026
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#262
08/02/2026

SICK of having despicable individuals dominate your attention? * OFF THE HOOK's sweet-smelling host "Clumsy Kenady" is honesty-prone and presents you with programs created to make you THINK for yourself! * SUFFER NO MORE the incessant gaslighting of Psychopathic Power Pimps! * Kenady's warts-and-all approach, while not always pretty, respects your intelligence and never leads you down the garden path! * Where the news cycle seems ever more re-cycled, OFF THE HOOK brings Fresh Views for you to discuss and debate with your groovy, openminded friends. * Decide for yourself on KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/ 


Off The Hook ~July 24, 2026
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#261
07/25/2026

Let the Joneses be keepin' up with YOU! * You got it all goin' on: never missing an episode of OFF THE HOOK means you're WAY ON TOP! * Several steps ahead, you don't lord it over others. * No, you MAGNANIMOUSLY share your finds with the Heathen Rabble that gather 'round your feet, pushing and shoving for a better view of their wise and generous benefactor. * The WEEKLY BLESSING (some call a miracle), by which you've attained your status, is called OFF THE HOOK and occurs every Friday at 1:00 on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/  You got it goin' on -just d...


Off The Hook ~July 17, 2026
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#260
07/18/2026

Community Radio. * It's all about COMMUNITY HEALTH. * Keeping the bad away for three hours does a WORLD OF GOOD for your Mind and Mood! * Just three hours: manageable, doable, IMPERATIVE! * The sounds you hear on OFF THE HOOK will keep you from thinking of anything else. * THE MUCK CAN WAIT! * You owe it to the community to be a relaxed and positive member of it. * OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM: The temporary remedy for madness. -> https://kxsf.fm/ 


Off The Hook ~July 10, 2026
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#259
07/11/2026

What if Radio Personality Gage Kenady hosted an OFF THE HOOK program and nobody listened? * He would do it anyway! * And why is he hosting a show alone in the forest in the first place? * Is it because the Ancient Silence provides a pleasingly stark contrast to the NOISY MODERNITY that is OFF THE HOOK? * Or is he just a Little Lamb Who's Lost in the Woods? * Either way, his efforts to bring attention to UNKNOWN AND EXCITING artists, if only to one ear, is to be commended! * Lend an ear (cuz he won't pay) on KXSF 102.5FM https...


Off The Hook ~July 3, 2026
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#258
07/04/2026

Fourteen years ago, on July 2nd, 2012, OFF THE HOOK was UNLEASHED upon an unsuspecting world! * Host Gage Kenady has tried to atone for his sins ever since! * Join us today as we have a wee look back at that first show while keeping one eye firmly affixed on the future! * It's the Yesterday And Today OFF THE HOOK 14th Anniversary Special on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ !


Off The Hook ~June 26, 2026
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#257
06/27/2026

Last Friday, I forgot to mention that on the Last Friday of every month we will be offering FREE access to OFF THE HOOK! * Whether you listen on the Stream at https://kxsf.fm/ or on the Radio at KXSF 102.5FM, you will be FREE to listen to your heart's content, at NO CHARGE to you! * This is in the spirit of keeping FREEform Radio FREE -FREE of charge and FREE of corporate meddling! * We're even throwing in FREE tickets to events that are not ordinarily FREE, and I will most definitely be working for FREE! * So, FREE up...


Off The Hook ~June 19, 2026
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#256
06/20/2026

PRECISION slapdashery in all its manifold manifestations awaits you on Today's OFF THE HOOK! * Who else works so hard to get it so wrong? * But, you know, wrong in the right way! * It's not like folding a nickel, IT'S MAGIC without the trick! * This preternatural flex has the world's cynics scratching their jaws! * But you can weigh in on the way-out percolations of OFF THE HOOK, a MUSIC PROGRAM, yourself at KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/


Off The Hook ~June 5, 2026
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#255
06/06/2026

The ALACRITY with which your Humble Host accepts his weekly mission is not just alarming, it's DISARMING! * And his fervor is OVERSTUFFED with zeal on today's OFF THE HOOK! * Why?  Why this show today? * Because as May has marched into June, your SPUNKY spelunker has emerged from the cold depths bearing warm UNDULATING waves of sound heretofore unheard! * Uncover the GEMS he has in store today on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ 'Tain't no fool's gold, neither! 


Off The Hook ~May 29, 2026
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#254
05/30/2026

GOOD NEWS for listeners with an ITCH for non-toxic, mostly new music radio programming! * Every OFF THE HOOK show is made from SCRATCH using All-Natural ingredients mixed with 100% SUPERNATURAL flair! * Say goodbye forever to scaly radio with the SOOTHING musical balm specially prepared for you by your crusty-yet-unctuous (but never scrofulous) host, GAGE KENADY! * Don't flake out, tune in to OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/ ! * Your stereocilia will thank you!


Off The Hook ~May 22, 2026
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#253
05/23/2026

ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE! * There are a lot of impersonators out there, but for the real ROOTIN'-TOOTIN' kick-up-your-heels-and-fall-on-your-ass kind of fun that OFF THE HOOK provides, tune into KXSF 102.5 FM https://kxsf.fm/ ! * There is no comparison! * What other show lets you LAUGH at the hapless flailings of a bewildered gent bent on making the most of three hours of unbridled uniquity? * NO OTHER! * Look for the show with its hat slung low and its top ready to blow!


Off The Hook ~May 15, 2026
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#252
05/16/2026

As the Myth of Knowledge comes clattering down your back alleyway to remind you that there ain't NO ONE WRONG WAY to consume your weekly portion of OFF THE HOOK, it encounters the Grift of Experience who chortles and snorts "Ha! We are but FREE-FLOATING JELLY! Your shopworn counsel is a prune to my aspidistra!" * Dejected, but hungry, Mythy covers its wrist and returns to unset its clocks for KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/  It worked!


Off The Hook ~May 8, 2026
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#251
05/09/2026

FREE GAS! * No matter whether you're already tanked up or running on fumes, each week OFF THE HOOK brings the fuel to keep you MOTORVATING through your Friday! * Too cool to pedal push?  Why not go electric with the souped-up programming OFF THE HOOK provides at NO CHARGE? * It's top down time on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ Get gassed!


Off The Hook ~May 1, 2026
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#250
05/02/2026

STRIKING! * That's what OFF THE HOOK is, programming-wise! * All Phat Tracks and NO FAT CATS! * (KXSF jocks don't get paid a dime) * Hit 'em in the wallet -> Working: NAY! * Shopping: NAY! * School: NAY! * RADIO: OK! * Our WORKERS volunteer their time to serve you today and every day! * May you tune in to OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ ? * Yes, you MAY!


Off The Hook ~April 24, 2026
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#249
04/25/2026

Down the chute and into your lap, another OFF THE HOOK is born! * It's got FLAIR, it's got CHARM and it looks just like its father! * Let this rascally little cutie's BURBLING COO totally win your heart and you'll see that all of my week's labor was worth it! * If you fail to fall for this baby, you're simply a monster, that's all! * A proud showing every week on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/


Off The Hook ~April 17, 2026
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#248
04/18/2026

Ever wonder what the inside of a vacuum cleaner sounds like? * Every week OFF THE HOOK SUCKS up musical debris from across the internet, applies its SPECIAL FILTER, and delivers to you PRISTINE beauties that your ear will appreciate! * Tired of SUCKY radio? * Then SUCK up to the CONSCIENTIOUS HOOVERINGS of OFF THE HOOK on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/


Off The Hook ~April 10, 2026
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#247
04/11/2026

Unofficial, Unauthorized, ROGUE. * Do you really want your OFF THE HOOK authorized and officiated? * Isn't OFF THE HOOK the last bastion of WILD AND FREE non-corporate radio? * Why, you'd no sooner put OFF THE HOOK on watch than you would your child in manacles! * The chaos of the world is refracted into BEAUTIOUS  Inspiration through the CRACKED crystal of OFF THE HOOK! * It's a prism for the un-imprisoned! * So, break free and let the bonds of conformity SNAP!  https://kxsf.fm/




Off The Hook ~April 3, 2026
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#246
04/04/2026

Every Friday is a GOOD FRIDAY on OFF THE HOOK! * That's because of the SACRIFICE that goes into the making of each and every show! * OFF THE HOOK sacrifices sleep, good health practices, social obligations and financial stability in order to NAIL DOWN the best possible program for you every week! * Each one is loaded with EASTER EGGS and your Faith in radio is always RESURRECTED when you tune in! * So, hop like a BUNNY to KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/ !


Off The Hook ~March 27, 2026
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#245
03/28/2026

Well, I've cleaned off all of the cat hair and all of the BEARD HAIR, so OFF THE HOOK will be recognizable once again! * My CACHE OF COOL tunes is replenished and so am I! * Be prepared for a relaxed new face with the same old frantic voice you've come to accept! * We're back in business and business is pleasure on OFF THE HOOK, baby! * Live corn pops on OFF THE HOOK! * KXSF 102.5FM  https://kxsf.fm/


Off The Hook ~March 13, 2026
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#244
03/14/2026

What does FRIDAY THE 13TH have in common with any other Friday on KXSF? * It's your LUCKY DAY! * If it comforts you to have a RABBIT'S FOOT in your pocket, fine. * But, OFF THE HOOK wards off all BAD JUJU every damn week! * You'll be CHARMED by our MAGIC and our groovy MOJO will keep you from FOMO, MOFO! * Our three-hour SPELL is heard on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ !


Off The Hook ~March 6, 2026
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#243
03/07/2026

Lousy with SPARKLE, rank with splendor, OFF THE HOOK turns heads * Inside-out. * Still the pre-doom OFF THE HOOK you've always loved, OFF THE HOOK startles with nonchalant urgency! * Dotted with tease, crossed with eyes, OFF THE HOOK falls into your lap on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/, baby!


Off The Hoof ~February 27, 2026
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#242
03/01/2026

YOU'RE CURIOUS.  I like that about you. * You need to know about the LATEST in SOUNDS. * Luckily, OFF THE HOOK, The Show That Shows, is here to help you out! * A three-hour journey of discovery, OFF THE HOOK satisfies your need to STAY ON TOP of things! * Your friends may describe you as "curious" for having musical FOMO, but just look at those boring antiquities living in the past. * You need new friends. * OFF THE HOOK is your new friend and you're not a cat, so scratch that itch with Off The Hook on KXSF-LP 102.5 FM, it won't kill yo...


Off The Hook ~February 20, 2026
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#241
02/21/2026

Just as hosting a radio program in a FROSTY studio is akin to feats of endurance in the Winter Olympics, we know that listeners need a proper blankie in order to fully appreciate the amazing SPECTACLE that is OFF THE HOOK! * OFF THE HOOK blankets you with a coziness that WARMS FROM WITHIN! * It's like a STEAMING cocoa-coffee and a hot toddy rolled into one! * And then there's the RADIANT WARMTH blasting from your chattering host! * Or, you may get HOT under the collar at the agitating sounds heard on OFF THE HOOK! * Either way, you'll leave less frozen...


Off The Hook ~February 13, 2026
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#240
02/14/2026

Are you a SUPERSTITIOUS VALENTINE? * Well, OFF THE HOOK, for one, is not! * No CANDY HEARTS brought to you by a BLACK CAT today! * The Show That Shows has business to attend to and will not let CUPID'S ARROW turn it into a wobbly, drunk-with-desire, BESOTTED blob! * Our infatuation is with presenting a LOVELY program of Brilliant New Sounds! * And ladders?  We walk right under them! * Cracks?  We step right on them! * So, no themes, but you will have great LUCK and will FALL IN LOVE with OFF THE HOOK when you tune in:  https://kxsf.fm/


Off The Hook ~February 6, 2026
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#239
02/07/2026

Save the head-butting for Sunday! * OFF THE HOOK doesn't need to compete -whether you're a bunny or a rock, OFF THE HOOK hands off something to everyone! * Its GOAL is to clinch your hearts with new audibles that will make you SNAP! * Our non-confrontational half-time event (called The Birthday Segment) will be a bonanza for oldies fans! * There's only one team, so join OFF THE HOOK, in association with KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ for a BLITZ where everyone scores!


Off The Hook ~January 30, 2026
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#238
01/31/2026

OFF THE HOOK WANTS YOU! * Curious listeners sought for a ROUSING program of auditory self-improvement! * Feeling draggy from listening to mediocre radio? * OFF THE HOOK sharpens the senses and brings a PROFOUND sense of well-being! * Its varied selection ensures your rapt attention and puts pep in your step! * Enrollment on a walk-in basis between KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/  No one turned away!


Flappy's Den ~January 23, 2026
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#237
01/24/2026


Off The Hook ~January 23, 2026
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#236
01/24/2026

It's sure to pick you up! * Sit back and let Uncle Gagie fix you up with the GOOD STUFF! * Mainline the latest from his weekly HIT Parade and settle into a SERENE SWOON that'll have you nodding in appreciation! * "Where do I get this Direct Injection of ADDICTIVE Fun?", you ask. * On KXSF 102.5FM or https://kxsf.fm/ * First one's free -they all are! * You won't be OFF THE HOOK much longer!


Off The Hook ~January 16, 2026
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#235
01/17/2026

KICKIN' BACK IN THE CUBICLE! * You've got better things to do! * Point out to old man Bossman that the PLEASING AND STIMULATING sounds of OFF THE HOOK make for a warmer, more focused workplace! * It's a bunch of hooey, of course  -or is it? * Cram a bunch of co-workers in there for a "SPECIAL PROJECT" and see if the mood of GOOD WILL and camaraderie isn't heightened! * No work will get done, but you'll have a GLORIOUS last day and a BRIGHT FUTURE centering your life around OFF THE HOOK on the couches you'll be flopping on! * Your future s...


Off The Hook ~January 9, 2026
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#234
01/10/2026

YOU'RE INVITED! * Kenady lets you listen in on his MASTERFUL culture-culling for the purpose of building his own personal library of GREAT NEW SONGS he doesn't already have! * Music for people with time on their hands! * It's called OFF THE HOOK, The Show That Shows and it starts at 1:00 on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ ! * Take advantage (?) of his industrious hobby!


Off The Hook ~December 19, 2025
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#233
01/09/2026

There's nothing TERRIBLY STRANGE about playing CHRISTMAS MUSIC a week before Christmas, but the Christmas music you'll hear on Today's OFF THE HOOK might be! * New, unfamiliar Carols will give a FACELIFT to the saggy puss of Christmas Past and your jowls will snap to attention when we STUFF YOUR STOCKINGS with a sleighful of the Brightest Stars in the Birthday Segment! * All in all, it's gonna make Christmas itself look puny and pathetic! * Join the party on KXSF 102.5FM https://kxsf.fm/ Our gift to you!