Cincy Radio: Brian Douglas Exits Q102

Brian Douglas

Brian Douglas of WKRQ 101.9 FM exits Q102 Friday to take a shot at becoming a full-time photographer.

After moonlighting as the official photographer for “Marauders,” Mariah Carey’s “A Christmas Melody” and Don Cheadle’s “Miles Ahead,” Douglas opened his show at 3 p.m. Thursday by telling listeners his last day is Friday.

“The past 28 years have been the absolute best years of my life. I have been blessed beyond belief to work at Q102 in my hometown of Cincinnati,” said Douglas, who will do some part-time fill-in shifts at Q102, as his schedule permits, according to Cincinnati media writer John Kiesewetter.

The popular afternoon DJ with Laura Powell had been shifted to mornings with a revolving door of co-hosts before the station hired Jeff Thomas and Jenn Jordan in 2002. Douglas and Powell have been No. 1 in the afternoon Nielsen ratings since 2011 for women ages 25-54, the station's target demographic.

Douglas also is Q102’s music director, winning national recognition from Billboard magazine in 1995 and a new Porsche in 1993 in an Active Industry Research (AIR) contest for predicting how well new records would sell.

Douglas started in radio at WCNW 1560 AM. Q102 hired him in December 1987. He has paired with Powell for eight years. Q102 will celebrate his radio career before he signs off 7 p.m. Friday.