Free Republic

The "revolution of talk radio" and "Homer: The Sports Animal" are trading places. Clear Channel Cincinnati, which owns eight stations locally, announced Friday it is swapping the dial positions of its liberal talk and sports talk stations. Effective July 7, the liberal talker, which carries Jerry Springer's 9 a.m.-noon "Springer on the Radio," will move from WCKY-AM (1530) to the significantly less powerful WSAI-AM (1360). Homer, meanwhile is moving from WSAI to the WCKY frequency. For tri-state fans of each station, the move doesn't mean much except having to perhaps reset some car radio buttons. But it is significant in...

Clear Channel/Cincinnati's WSAI (1360Homer, The Sports Animal) on July 7 will swap dial positions with liberal Talk clustermate WCKY, a move that puts "Homer" on a booming signal audible throughout much of the East Coast after sundown. "Moving Homer to 1530AM will enable us to broadcast The Sports Animal at 50,000 watts," said CC/Cincinnati Director/AM Operations Darryl Parks. "Increasing the station's reach gives us the opportunity to better serve the huge demand for Sports radio in the region."