New sports talk show debuts Monday
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“The Sports Zone,” a daily sports talk show, will premiere Monday at 2 p.m. on WAKI, 1230-AM.
The show, according to McMinnville Clear Channel general manager Bryan Kell, will provide local listeners a chance to hear the latest up-to-the-minute sports news, as well as a venue to voice their own opinions.
“At the beginning of the year, we started thinking of different things we could bring to the table — different needs we could fill in our listening community,” said Kell, who along with Jeff Barnes will serve as one of the show’s regular hosts.
“A lot of people in this area have to wait until late afternoon to find out their sports news from a radio perspective. So myself and our program directors Jeff Barnes and Jeff Edwards decided a locally produced sports talk show would be the way to go.”
The new show will air from 2-3 p.m. Monday through Friday, immediately following WAKI’s airing of the Rush Limbaugh show.
“There was already a block of talk in the mid-afternoon with Rush, so we decided to go in immediately after that with our new show would be the best way to do it,” Kell said. “From there, we lined up a great group of sponsors, and things are ready to go.”
The Sports Zone will feature discussions on a wide array of topics, from national and regional sports news to local action.
“I think it’s important to give people a broad range of topics, and not pigeonhole yourself on just one subject,” Kell noted. “Plus, we’re giving people the opportunity to call in and discuss whatever topics they want to talk about.
“The most important thing with a show like this is to have fun, and I’m excited about it — not only because it’s a sports show, but because it’s a chance to have local afternoon talk, and have fun with it. As far as I know it’s the first daily afternoon local sports show we’ve had in this community, so hopefully it will be a hit and be around for a long time.”