{"id":282897,"date":"2026-01-13T23:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/282897\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T23:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:58:13","slug":"mix-96-5-houston-swaps-jessie-watt-jagger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/282897\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix 96.5 Houston Swaps Jessie Watt &#038; Jagger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jessiewatt-200x200-jpg.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"Jessie Watt Mix 96.5 KHMX Houston\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-334100\"  \/>Audacy Hot AC \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/mix965houston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mix 96.5<\/a>\u201d Houston is swapping its midday and afternoon shows as Jessie Watt moves to afternoons and Mike \u2018Jagger\u2019 Thomas heads to middays starting Thursday, January 15.<\/p>\n<p>Watt has been with KHMX since January 2020 mostly serving as morning co-host before moving to middays following the <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/303320\/jay-michaels-exits-khmx-kkhh-wmyx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exit of Jay Michaels<\/a> last June. Prior to arriving in Houston, Watt spent three years as promotions coordinator and later producer at Country 99.5 WYCD Detroit. She will now be heard from 1-6pm weekdays.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[3][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jagger.jpeg\" alt=\"Jagger 95.7 The Vibe KCHZ Kansas City\" width=\"148\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-277480\"  \/>Jagger had joined KHMX last year remotely hosting afternoons in addition to eventually taking on mornings at Country \u201c<strong>106.5 The Wolf<\/strong>\u201d WDAF-FM Kansas City. He previously has held roles as PD\/afternoon host at Cumulus CHR \u201c<strong>95.7 The Vibe<\/strong>\u201d KCHZ Kansas City, PD of \u201c<strong>Kiss 95.7<\/strong>\u201d WKSS Hartford from 2016 to 2020 and held the dual role of Music Director of \u201c<strong>Z100<\/strong>\u201d WHTZ and night host at 103.5 WKTU New York from 2006 to 2016, while also hosting weekends at WHTZ in 2004-06 and 2017-20. Jagger has also served as MD at KZHT Salt Lake City, APD\/MD of WCKZ Fort Wayne, MD of WKCI New Haven, WYOK Mobile, WEDA Birmingham and WHOT-FM Youngstown. He has also hosted the syndicated \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/gognetworks.com\/entertainment\/weekend-throwdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Weekend Throwdown with Jagger<\/a>\u201d since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>KHMX Brand Manager JR Ammons said in a memo, \u201cJessie\u2019s personality and energy is flat-out contagious, and having her live in afternoons strengthens a critical daypart for Mix. Jagger is one of the best air personalities in the country, and this move puts him in a position where we can still take advantage of his talent as he continues to build relationships with our listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KHMX will continue to feature The Dana Cortez Show in mornings and KAMX Austin\u2019s Sean Mack at night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Audacy Hot AC \u201cMix 96.5\u201d Houston is swapping its midday and afternoon shows as Jessie Watt moves to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-282897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115890507361639306","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}