Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano, the soon to be full-time WGN-AM 720 hosts, are warming up the pipes in anticipation for their eventual debut to weekdays. As for now, they are simply filling in for the vacationing Mike McConnell. The couple filled in yesterday from 12 to 3 p.m. and will be on again tomorrow and Monday from 10 a.m. to noon.
Though WGN President and General Manager Jimmy de Castro acknowledged the couple’s hiring to Chicago media journalist Robert Feder, no official start day or time slot has been announced.
Larz at ChicagolandRadioandMedia.com has repeatedly hinted that McConnell, who now holds down the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. slot (while the 2 p.m. hour is occupied by various part-time hosts) is likely on his way out in the coming weeks, leaving the entire 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. time up for grabs. Sirott and Murciano would likely inherit a two or three hour show within those hours while the remaining time could go to either Bill Leff, the station’s overnight host, or Steve Cochran, who recently returned to the station as a fill-in host.
Sunday night host Brian Noonan, who has been deemed a rising star, recently announced that he had accepted a full-time job outside of radio, thus eliminating him as potential replacement for middays.
At this time, the only sure thing is that Sirott and Murciano will soon be heard five days a week on WGN. Anything outside of that is simply rumor or speculation. For all we know, de Castro may have a few more aces up his sleeve, leaving the potential for this to play out completely different.
i posted on another thread but… anyone else find them completely, mind-numbingly BORING?
bob should retire. he sounds like he does not want to be on the air, at all.
in fact today he mentioned how he would like to be off eating lunch somewhere while he was working.
great, please go eat lunch and SHUT UP and do it all while becoming retired from radio.