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| Andy Parks |
Mr. Parks launched his new show two years ago from inside
The Times’ newsroom, integrating reporters and breaking news from the newspaper
with his well-known commentaries and newsmaker interviews.
“Andy Parks Live from The Washington Times” launched in the
3 p.m. to 6 p.m. afternoon drive slot on WTNT 730 AM. He is
perhaps best known for his award-winning morning drive show on WMAL with former
Congressman Fred Grandy that commanded big ratings for years.
Next Monday, the show will move into the 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
midday slot on WRC, extending its audience reach. Salem recently announced it
is upgrading WRC’s daytime signal to 35,000 watts and has struck rebroadcast
deals with smaller stations into central and southern Virginia and northern
Maryland.
“Andy’s show created the perfect marriage between a
newspaper newsroom with breaking-news capabilities and deep policy expertise
with one of talk radio’s most entertaining intellectual thought leaders,”
Washington Times President and CEO Larry Beasley said. “It was an instant hit
and the move to WRC now allows Andy to reach even larger audiences right in the
middle of the day.”
“Andy packs a lot into his show and his show will be a
distinctive yet complementary addition to Salem’s great lineup of talents that
includes Bill Bennett, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, Michael Gallagher and
Hugh Hewitt. We’re thrilled to be in such great company,” Mr. Beasley said.
Mr. Parks‘ show will slide into a slot between Mr.
Gallagher’s and Mr. Prager’s shows, continuing a recent push by Salem to inject
local talk radio talents into its nationally syndicated lineup of shows. New
Salem hosts in Houston, Dallas and Chicago have proved to be instant successes
in those local markets.
“We are thrilled to bring the ‘Andy Parks Live from The
Washington Times’ show to WRC 1260 AM,” said Thomas Moyer, the manager for
Salem’s three flagship stations in Washington, D.C., the Christian-formatted
WAVA FM and AM and the news talk-formatted WRC AM.
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