Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Boston Radio: WRKO To Move Jeff Kuhner Into Rush Time Slot


Entercom/Boston is planning to move current morning show host Jeff Kuhner into the Noon-3pm slot when its WRKO 680 AM stops airing Rush Limbaugh sometime during the summer.

Rush Limbaugh
WRKO will launch a new morning show next month.

Entercom brought Limbaugh’s syndicated show back in August 2012 after it had been off the station for two-and-a-half years. During that time, Limbaugh aired on then-Clear Channel's WXKS 1200 AM.

Ratings never developed for the station and it eventually dropped Talk 1200 content for a Business format.

Rush had previously been heard on WRKO until 2010.

Kuhner has been at WRKO since January 2012 and on mornings since October 2012. Previously,

Kuhner hosted a show WTNT 570 AM  in Washington, DC.  The show was canceled after WTNT became a sports station in September 2010.

Meanwhile, market watchers on speculating on the next outlet for Rush Limbaugh.  Currently, there are two other Talk stations in the Boston Market.  They are WCAP 980 AM in Lowell, MA, which is located northwest of city proper.  The other talker is WMEX 1510 AM.  The 50 Kw-Day station has a signal-challenged coverae area.   There hasn't been a Talk format on FM, since GreaterMedia dropped Talk on 96.9 FM to launch Urban WBQT in early 2013.