Friday, April 23, 2021

St. Louis Radio: KMOX Announces New Midday Show

Carol Daniel, Ryan Wrecker, Bo Matthews

Audacy has announced a new weekday programming lineup for News Radio KMOX 1120AM / 98.7FM in St. Louis, effective May 3. The station will introduce a new local midday show, “St. Louis Talks,” featuring KMOX personalities Carol Daniel and evening talk show host Ryan Wrecker alongside long-time St. Louis Radio personality Bo Matthews. The trio will be heard weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT.

The station’s evening timeslot from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. CT will continue to consist of the station’s in-season flagship broadcast coverage of Cardinals baseball and St. Louis University Billikens basketball, as well as “Sports Open Line.” The remaining lineup, including “Our American Stories” from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. CT, “America in the Morning” from 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. CT, “Total Information AM” from 5:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. CT, “The Charlie Brennan Show with Amy Marxkors” from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. CT, and “The Dave Glover Show” from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. CT, will remain the same.

“Now is the time to expand our local content offering for the people of St. Louis, and we are thrilled to have three established, well known and trusted St. Louis voices to help usher in this new era for our station,” said Becky Domyan, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Audacy St. Louis. “We look forward to Carol, Ryan and Bo working in tandem with the KMOX newsroom to report and react on local, regional and national topics that affect our community as we continue building on our position as the voice of St. Louis.”

“This is a dream come true for me to host a show on a historic radio station with talented, funny and curious people like Bo and Ryan,” said Daniel. “My goal is to bring listeners stories about the people, places and things in the region we all love but want so much more out of.”

An award-winning reporter and anchor, Daniel most recently celebrated her 26th anniversary with the station.

“This is our chance to do something new and exciting through one of the most significant radio stations in America,” said Wrecker. “I can't wait to work alongside Carol and Bo.”

Ryan Wrecker has served as host of the station’s evening show “Overnight America” since 2017. Prior to joining the station, Wrecker was Program Director for WOWO-AM in Fort Wayne, IN.

“Getting the opportunity to share the stories of St. Louis and hear about the people that make it the special place that it is will be an honor,” Matthews said. “To get to do that with Carol and Ryan makes it even better. This is proof that you can dream big, but God dreams even bigger and makes them come true.”

Bo Matthews started his career behind the microphone when he was 18 years old and has called St. Louis home since 1988. He has served as a part time host on the station since 2019.

Listeners can tune in to News Radio 1120AM 98.7FM KMOX in St. Louis on air, as well as nationwide on the Audacy app and website. Fans can also connect with the station on social media via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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