Springfield MO Radio: Ned Reynolds OUT At KWTO-FM

Ned Reynolds

Legendary sports broadcaster Ned Reynolds was let go Friday from his morning sports-talk radio show "Sports Reporters" on KWTO JOCK 98.7.

Reynolds confirmed to the News-Leader Friday afternoon that he is no longer with Meyer Communications.

"It's part of life in our business," Reynolds said. "You accept these decisions for what they are."

Reynolds didn't elaborate.

Reynolds, 76, was in good spirits and said he'll continue to be on KY3 once a week in addition to broadcasting Springfield Cardinals games on TV.

His retirement in December 2014 as sports director of KY3 TV ended nearly 48-year run in which Reynolds not only won numerous awards and covered some of the Ozarks’ most memorable events.

During four decades, the Ozarks TV watchers would eat their weeknight dinners as Reynolds delivered the 6 o’clock sportscast and again at 10 p.m. Often, his opening line was, “Hey, Gang!” a terrific way to connect.

Reynolds dedicated his time to numerous charities and, in the late 1990s, volunteered to assist the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in producing video tributes for its annual enshrinement ceremonies, events that often draw 1,600.

Reynolds anchored morning sports talk radio on KWTO 98.7 FM beginning in 1982 and continued the “Sports Reporters” show that began in the late 1990s.