Charlotte Radio: Al Gardner To Join WZGV

Al Gardner

Longtime WBT-1110 AM / 993. FM morning host Al Gardner will be back on local radio next week as a Monday co-host on WZGV-730 AM ESPN.

Accoridng to The Charlotte Observer, Gardner will begin next Monday on "The Bottom Line" show, which airs at 6 p.m., with Lanny Ford.

Ford said Monday that Gardner, who was host of "Charlotte's Morning News" on WBT for 14 years before leaving at the end of 2011, will discuss local sports and his own two passions -- boxing and golf.

Gardner, 66, said that he looks forward to being part of ESPN 730 because it is a locally owned and focused station. "They're going to grow locally," he said. "That's what I want to be part of."

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