Cincy Radio: WQRT Stops Talking, Will Go Dark

“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.

According to a story at Cincinnati.com, the station will go dark — off the air — after the Notre Dame football game Monday night. A new format will debut Feb. 1.

Dean Miuccio

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 Wednesday, when the old WCFN-FM  Mojo 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-FMfor today’s start-up.

Jon Yinger says he might announce a new format as early as Friday. It’s not clear what will happen to NKU basketball games broadcasts.

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