http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2013/01/ ... talk-1160/
We gained a new radio format and lost one this year already.
“Real Talk 1160″ WQRT-AM fired its local staff today after Dean Miuccio finished his “Cincinnality” morning show. Also gone are newsman T.C. Summers, and afternoon sports hosts Dennis “Wildman” Walker (3-5 p.m.) and Jeff Piecoro (5-7 p.m.). They will be replaced by syndicated shows through Monday. The station will go dark — go off the air — after the Notre Dame football game Monday night. A new format will debut Feb. 1.
In recent years, “Real Talk 1160″ has tried to compete with the Clear Channel talk empire with Andy Furman, Eric Deters, Wildman Walker, Piecoro and Miuccio. They gave up today, when the old MOJO/WCFN-FM (100.3) launched the Cincinnati Fan FM sports talk format and the CBS Sports Radio Network programming. 1160 operations manager Rob Williams and sports talk host/producer Rick Ucchino quit and jumped to WCFN-FM (100.3) for today’s start-up.
Jon Yinger, owner of the Michigan-based Christian Broadcast System Ltd., said in an email to me:
“We’ve decided to change directions with WQRT. Clearly, this was not the success that we though it would be. Having given it a really good run, we’ve decided to pull the plug. The live programs are gone as of today. We are fulfilling our obligations through 1/7/12 (Notre Dame). I’ll let you know as soon as we have everything lined up for the format change 2/1/12…. Thanks.”
Yinger says he might announce a new format as early as Friday. It’s not clear what will happen to NKU basketball games broadcasts.
Cincy's Real Talk 1160 is gone
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Re: Cincy's Real Talk 1160 is gone
To follow up on this, I read that the Christian radio format and WCVX call letters from 1050 moved to 1160 on February 1, with 1050 debuting an urban gospel format under new call letters WGRI.
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