R.I.P.: Steve Meredith, Longtime Bowling Green, KY Radio Voice

Steve Meredith

Steve Meredith, host of the 5 to 6 p.m. “Drive Time” show on WKCT 930 AM / 104.1 FM Bowling Green, Kentucky died Saturday.

He was 54-years-of-agem reports bgdailynews.com. 

“Steve will be greatly missed,” said Alan Cooper, general manager of the WDNS and WKCT stations that make up the Daily News Broadcasting Co. “I know he loved being here. Working in radio was his thing. We were blessed to have him.”

Another longtime associate, WDNS-FM (D-93) morning show host Tony Rose, said Meredith’s contributions to the radio stations went well beyond serving as “Drive Time” host.

“He was like the Swiss Army Knife of the radio stations,” Rose said. “He could fill in for me or for Chad Young (the morning talk show host on the AM station). He could do commercials and community events. He could do every single job in the building.”

Young, who devoted Monday’s morning broadcast to hearing audience members’ stories about Meredith, also praised his co-worker’s variety of skills.

Rose said Meredith’s impact extended beyond the walls of the radio stations. He was influential, Rose said, in starting the Stuff the Bus event that has evolved into a full-fledged nonprofit foundation that provides school supplies, grants and scholarships to students and educators throughout southcentral Kentucky.