Radio/TV

SAN DIEGO — Five months shy of his 10th anniversary at album-rock radio station KGB-FM (101.5), deejay Pat Martin has been terminated from his 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. air shift, according to Martin and station executives.

Martin came to KGB in August, 1978, fresh from San Diego State University’s cable-only KCR-AM/FM (550/98.9). In February 1986, he followed program director Larry Bruce to album-rocker KMET-FM in Los Angeles, one of the top three radio markets in the country.

But when KMET abruptly switched formats seven months later to “The Wave”--a mix of New Age, light jazz and soft rock--the entire air staff was washed out. Martin was able to return to KGB only after agreeing to a 40% pay cut.

Since then, his relationship with KGB management has steadily gotten worse, as Martin’s continual requests for more money went unheeded. And when recent budget cuts forced the elimination of one daily air shift, Martin’s was the natural choice.