Chronicle: Empire KRTY/San Jose midday host Randy Jones passed away unexpectedly yesterday (11/30) at the age of 68. Jones joined the station in Oct. 1999 as a part-time fill-in personality and segued to full-time middays in 2001. “[Randy] was the emcee for literally hundreds of country shows at the Rodeo Club and Shoreline over the past 20 years, [and] he will be deeply missed by his country family,” GM Nate Deaton tells Country Aircheck. Services are currently pending, but Deaton and the KRTY staff will host a celebration of life at the Rodeo Club in January.