LOS ANGELES – The Sound – KSWD-FM – today announced the addition of Andym Chanley as the new afternoon host of 100.3FM The Sound.

Andy is a native of Indiana, and Los Angelenos may remember him as the morning host on the former Channel 103.1 (now Indie 103.1).

Andy will join The Sound on June 2, working with Program Director Dave Beasing.

"As the first deejay on The Sound," Beasing said, "Andy Chanley now secures a place in our history – and future. He's quite possibly the smartest – and nicest –deejay in radio. Of course he belongs on The Sound."

Chanley began his broadcasting career in 1989 while still attending Purdue University. A few years later, he found his way back to Indianapolis where he hosted the morning show at an alternative rock station.

In 1997, Chanley moved across the country in search of creative opportunities in Los Angeles. After two years of mid-days at modern rocker Y-107, he learned the meaning of World Class Rock while hosting the "Music in the Morning" program for two years at AAA outlet Channel 103.1.

In his nearly two-decade career, Chanley has interviewed an alphabet soup of artists, from Tori Amos, James Brown and Johnny Cash all the way to Warren Zevon. In the last seven years, he's lent his voice to countless commercials, TV series, motion pictures, and video games.

"I love radio, but I also love L.A.," Chanley says. "I've held out for the perfect station to materialize here. And it only took seven years."

Of the team Bonneville VP of Programming Greg Solk is building to lead The Sound, Chanley says, "I passed up a chance to work with (Music Director) Haley Jones several years ago -- I'm not making that mistake again. Add in the programming smarts of Dave Beasing and the marketing mind of Sammy Simpson, and this is going to be fun. Greg, Dave, and Sammy talk about ideas and ideals that I've never heard mentioned inside a radio station before. It's finally safe to take your finger off the 'scan' button in Los Angeles."

The Sound (100.3 FM) is all about the best "rock" music ever made. On The Sound you'll hear everything from the geniuses that gave birth to the seminal rock of the '60s and '70s to the ever-evolving offspring of that music, including great stuff that came out last year...or even last week. And, the early response from listening audiences, both over the air and online, has been phenomenal and enthusiastic.