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Author (when available): Lance Venta
After suffering a stroke in early January that left him in a coma and pneumonia, Matt Pinfield has been released from the intensive care unit and transferred to a rehabilitation center.
Pinfield released the following statement, “I am so grateful to be alive. The general consensus was that I wasn’t going to make it and here I am! I am overwhelmed and humbled by your love. I am beyond grateful for those that have stuck by me. My radio family includes my listeners, my dear friends and the wonderful radio companies that continue to support me. It means the world to me. I cannot wait to get back to hosting Flashback, KLOS and SoCal Sound. We were told I might not speak or walk again and my voice is back and I am doing five hours of physical therapy a day and my walking continues to improve. There is nothing like my radio community. I love you all.”
Prior to the stroke Pinfield was hosting afternoons on AAA “The Socal Sound” 88.5 KCSN Northridge/KSBR Mission Viejo in the Los Angeles market, a weekly new music show on Rock 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles and Westwood One’s syndicated Flashback.
Best known for his time as host of “120 Minutes” at MTV from 1995-1999 and 2011-2013, Pinfield began his career in radio at “FM 106.3” WHTG-FM Eatontown NJ from 1984-94 and would later spend time at “92.3 K-Rock” WXRK and 101.9 WRXP New York, multiple SiriusXM channels, and mornings at 104.5 KFOG San Francisco.
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