In 2001, Christian radio personality Jon Rivers, along with his wife Sherry, became the K-LOVE Morning Show hosts, and broadcast from their ranch in Texas. The "K-LOVE Morning Show" became popular and continued with Jon and Sherry for seven years until March 28, 2009, when it was announced that Jon and Sherry Rivers would no longer be hosting the morning show, due to family issues. Host Lisa Williams assumed the duties of hosting the program, and was later joined by Eric Allen. Other DJs also joined the K-LOVE team during this time such as Scott Smith and Kelli Caldwell, which eventually became the afternoon show. On October 1, 2008, Mike Novak was named CEO and President of EMF, K-LOVE, and Air1, replacing Dick Jenkins, and as a result stopped having a regular on-air shift.