Altanta Radio: The Zone Drops Local Sports Talk

Sports talk station WQXI 790 AM The Zone is going all syndication with ESPN, effectively throwing in the towel against two much stronger competitors, according to Radio/TV/Media blogger Rodney Ho at ajc.com.

The station’s website now just shows the ESPN Radio lineup. Staff was told at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.

This means the local morning show with JP Peterson and Alge Crumpler is out and so is afternoon host Mike Bell, the remaining link to the good old days, and his on-air partner Dave Archer. (Bell’s contract was good for at least another year.) John Michaels is a casualty as well.

In many ways, the arrival of 92.9/The Game in October 2012 was the beginning of the end for 790/The Zone.

Either way, it’s been a sad, steady decline for the Zone.

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