ABOUT SKRATCH N SNIFF
Since blasting onto Southern California airwaves back in 2003, Skratch ‘N Sniff has been a renegade, pulse thumping radio program where riffs, beats, and blown-out expectations collide. What started as a local experiment grew into a national phenomenon, now airing across 62 affiliates each week, delivering a nonstop party mix stitched from rock’s past, present, and future. Malcolm Ryker is the driving force behind the weekly two-hour mix show, creatively mixing and hosting the show with Christen Limon, one of Los Angeles’ sharpest, most dynamic alternative voices.
Ryker, the show’s fire-starter and resident mad scientist, has been one of the most influential creative forces in rock radio. As Creative Services Director for LA’s ALT 98.7 and Senior Creative Director for Rock and Alternative at iHeartMedia, he's helped define what modern rock sounds like — whether listeners realize it or not. Skratch ‘N Sniff is his playground, a place where genre rules melt and rock collides with electro, hip-hop, punk, metal, and whatever else he wants to set on fire that week.
Limon arrives with the momentum of a decade-plus grinding through the beating heart of Los Angeles radio — hosting on ALT 98.7, producing for Carson Daly’s show, serving as music coordinator, and carving out her reputation as one of modern rock’s most tuned-in tastemakers. She brings the energy of someone who genuinely lives the culture: a fan first, an architect second, and endlessly curious about where alternative music is heading.