Pittsburgh Radio: Wendy Bell Goes Solo On KDKA-AM

KDKA's Wendy Bell and Marty Griffin

After eight months sharing Entercom's News Radio KDKA 1020 AM’s on-air afternoon commute slot together, Wendy Bell and Marty Griffin are now each taking the driver’s seat for their own shows, reports The Tribune-Review.

Starting Tuesday Sept. 3, Griffin will return to the 9 a.m. to noon slot, with Lynne Hayes-Freeland moving from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to broadcasting from noon to 3 p.m., and Bell taking over from 3 to 6 p.m.

“I’m thrilled with the opportunity to do any time slot,” Griffin says. “I think they (KDKA management) want to kind of spread out the talent, quite frankly.”

“I’m going back to my old slot. I’m more effective and can get more done,” he says.  The new line-up gives each of them a chance, he says, “to spread our wings a little bit.”

“I love Wendy. She’s fabulous,” Griffin says.

On Jan. 3, Bell assumed midday and afternoon host duties with station veteran Griffin, who had recently returned to work following treatment for throat cancer.  Griffin says he’s had four cancer screenings since completing treatment and is now cancer-free.

A long-time WTAE news television anchor, Bell was fired from her position with the station in 2016 over a controversial Facebook comment.