Toledo Radio: Johny D Brings Talk Show to WSPD

Johny D

For a dozen years Johny D. broadcast on WVKS-FM 92.5 (KISS-FM) in the afternoons and mornings, until he was fired from the station in 2007 and replaced by Andrew Zepeda and his Andrew Z in the Morning show.

Johny D. also logged time at WTWR-FM, 98.3 in Monroe, and then worked in Detroit, where he hosted an AM and FM talk show and sports talk show.

Most recently he served as program director and weekday host at WCKY-FM 103.7 in Findlay.

With the November departure of its controversial and politically divisive afternoon talk-show host Brian Wilson, Clear Channel's WSPD-AM 1370 recently announced the 44-year-old Johny D. as Wilson's replacement in the 3-to-6 p.m. weekday slot, according to the Toledo Blade.  With the hiring, the station takes a three-hour break from its mostly conservative talk-show-driven format in favor of a less political programing.

Added Kellie Holeman, Clear Channel regional market manager: "It's all about being relevant to the lifestyle. There's a lot of great people that live in this community doing a lot of great things and we're really just trying to talk about the things that matter to Toledoans, whether that's community events, charity, politics, family, sports, news, weather, traffic."

In the same conference-call interview with WSPD management, Johny D. referred to his program as "an overall show ... not just based on politics.

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