Beasley Cuts Evening Local Shows at “97.5 The Fanatic”
Several reports indicate that Beasley Media Group has cut the local weekday evening show at WPEN-FM, Philadelphia “97.5 The Fanatic” in what is a budget-related move with Kevin Cooney exiting the station. 
Kevin Kinkead at Crossing Broad reports, The station will be ending local weekday programming at 6:00 pm, airing a two-hour “best of” show from 6 to 8, and then shifting to national programming afterward. That’s according to super-secret sources. It means the Fanatic will broadcast its normal daypart lineup – Kincade and Salciunas in the morning, Marks and Brace middays, and then ‘Unfiltered’ with Bill Colarulo and Ricky Bo in the afternoon, but there will no longer be Fanatic hosts doing local shows after 6 p.m. For instance, no Kevin Cooney or Brendan Gunn on the evening shift, which had been generically branded as “Philly Sports Tonight.” Read the Crossing Broad story here.