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“The ironic thing is the one car we have, the radio broke
the week after we got fired, I swear to God,” Zepeda told Srah Ottney at toledofreepress.com. “So I haven’t really listened to terrestrial radio since I
left. I don’t have the money to get it fixed. Actually I use my phone. That’s
what I use for all my entertainment now.”
Fittingly, Zepeda plans to relaunch “Andrew Z in the
Morning” on Feb. 25 via a free mobile app called Toledo’s APP Station.
The show will stream live 6:30-9:30 a.m. Monday
through Friday. Afterward, the show will replay on a loop all day. The show
will be the first Toledo radio station exclusively available via smartphone,
Zepeda said. The app is available for Android and will be available for iPhones
soon.
Zepeda said he is confident people will seek out the show
because “it is still the best show in Toledo.”
To start, the show will broadcast from Zepeda’s Perrysburg
home, but he hopes to find more sponsors and studio space soon. Zepeda also
alluded to another project in the works featuring more traditional media that
would be announced soon.
Zepeda said he was “blindsided” Dec. 26 when he was told
“Andrew Z in the Morning: The People’s Show” was being dropped by Cumulus
Media.
The firing came six days after Zepeda was sentenced to 30 days at the Wood County
Justice Center, with permission to apply for work release, and five years’
community control, including no bars or alcohol.
In October, Mayberry found Zepeda violated his intervention
in lieu of conviction by participating in a Sept. 13 celebrity charity boxing
match at which alcohol was served. The violation meant Zepeda was convicted of
three felony charges related to a 2010 break-in at his former business in
Perrysburg. An appeal is pending.
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