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“After The Morning After” Getting “Outstanding” Download Numbers

St. Louis sports talk personality and producer Ken “Iggy” Strode, along with show personalities Tim McKernan, Doug Vaughn, and imgJackson Berquette have been hosting the “After The Morning After” live at 11:00 am on Hubbard Media’s KPNT-HD2 and streaming on YouTube since April. Iggy tells TALKERS that after getting laid off in the fall of 2024, he wasn’t sure he wanted to get back into radio but decided to give it a go when Hubbard proposed the new show and he’s glad he did. He says, “It has been so much fun, and the download numbers are outstanding.” The show follows “The Morning After” that airs from 7:00 am to 10:00 am.

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WTOP Reimagines Top News Podcast

Hubbard Media’s all-news WTOP, Washington says it is reimagining its “Top News Podcast,” transforming it “into a dynamic, on-demand extension of WTOP’s award-winning on-air imgnews product.” WTOP says the “Top News Podcast” will deliver 12-14 episodes each weekday between 6:00 am and 7:00 pm. WTOP will also produce a video version of the podcast for digital platforms. Head of news and programming Julia Ziegler says, “This new podcast represents a natural evolution of the WTOP brand. It meets news consumers where they are – on more platforms than ever before – allowing us to grow our audience and develop new revenue streams.”