Syracuse DJs remember late radio host Kane: ‘He was a special guy’
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Posted Mar 09, 2021
Radio personality Kane speaks onstage during HOT 99.5 s Jingle Ball concert on December 15, 2014 in Washington, D.C.Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for iHeartMedia
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Syracuse DJs are sharing their memories of “Kane,” a Syracuse University alumnus and former HOT 107.9 (WWHT-FM) radio host who died this past week.
“He was a special guy to all of us,” said Skip Clark, who worked at Y94FM (WYYY-FM) while Kane was hosting late nights next door at HOT 107.9 in the same building in 1998. “He had an exceptional talent.”
SU alum, former Syracuse radio DJ ‘Kane’ dies at 43
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021 The Kane Show host Peter Deibler, aka Kane, attends the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for iHeartMedia
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Syracuse University alumnus Peter Deibler, best known as nationally syndicated radio host “Kane,” has died at age 43.
Radio Insight and All Access report Deibler died Friday, March 6, after a long illness at the Shady Grove Adventist Medical Center in Maryland. Additional details were not disclosed.
Deibler began his on-air career on SU’s student-run radio station Z89 (WJPZ-FM), and was one of the first DJs on HOT 107.9 (WWHT-FM) in Syracuse, hosting late nights on the iHeartRadio station in the late ‘90s.
Peter Deibler, better known to thousands of morning radio listeners across the D.C. region as 'Kane,' died Friday after a long illness, his representatives announced Monday.
‘Kane Show’ Host Peter Deibler Dies After Longtime Illness
Peter Deibler, who hosted the Hot 99.5 (WIHT) program “The Kane Show” from November 2006 through April 2020, died at Shady Grove Adventist Medical Center on March 6. He was 43.
The radio host known to fans as “Kane” died from a “long illness,” according to a statement from his representatives Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A. The statement says he is survived by his two daughters Sam and Sophie.
Deibler was a resident of Montgomery County. It is unclear what kind of illness he was battling.
Hot 99.5 tweeted about Deibler’ death, writing, “Kane has been an important part of our iHeart family for years, from his early days at WFLZ, to his network of stations at HOT 99.5 + Club Kane. Please keep Kane’s family and girls in your thoughts and prayers.”
Peter "Kane" Deibler, host of "The Kane Show," passed away Friday "after a long illness" at Shady Grove Adventist Medical Center in Rockville, according to the law firm that represented him. The Kane Show had for years "been among the DMV's most-listened-to morning radio programs," the statement says, "playing the latest hits and popular segments. " It was pulled from the airwaves last spring. Kane leaves behind two daughters who were often.