Indy Radio: WIBC’s Ed Wenck Leave Air for Sales

Ed Wenck

Indianapolis radio personality and former stand-up comedian Ed Wenck is out as afternoon drive-time guy on WIBC-FM 93.1.

But Wenck hasn’t left the building, according ibj.com.  In fact, he’d be happy to sell you an ad on sister station WFNI-AM 1070/FM 107.5 “The Fan.”

In one of the more unusual recent staff changes at local Emmis Communications Corp. stations in recent years, Wenck has joined the sales staff of sports talker The Fan. He said he wanted an opportunity to be more entrepreneurial, while still exercising some creativity.

The move “is something I wanted to do," Wenck told IBJ on Friday. "I’d spoken with the guys here about a year and a half ago [about a change]."

Wenck took the WIBC afternoon slot in early 2010 after being part of the “Wank & O’Brien” show on Emmis country station WLHK-FM 97.1.

To some listeners, the newsier time slot might not have seemed the best showcase for Wenck’s comedic talents. In the late 1980s and early '90s, Wenck opened for comedians including Drew Carey, Ray Romano and Dennis Miller.

“I want to thank Ed in particular for his hard work over the last three years on WIBC. He stepped into a completely new and difficult format and fully embraced the challenge,” David Wood, WIBC’s new program director, said in a memo to Emmis staff.

Temporarily filling Wenck’s on-air slot is WIBC’s Ray Steele.

Wenck, 50, said he expects to still be on the air occasionally as a fill-in personality and in commercials.

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