Audacy Conservative Talk 1210 WPHT Philadelphia will expand its local programming output next month.
Morning host Rich Zeoli will move to afternoons from 3-7pm starting Monday, October 3. Zeoli has been with WPHT since 2010 and hosted afternoons from 2015 until moving to mornings in May 2019.
Nick Kayal will return to the market to take over the morning show. Kayal has previously spent his entire career in Sports radio including six years at “97.5 The Fanatic” WPEN-FM Philadelphia from 2009 to 2015 where he spent time hosting nights and co-hosting middays as well Philadelphia 76ers pre and post-game shows. He later hosted mornings at “102.5 The Game” WPRT Nashville and has been serving as a fill-in host at WZGC Atlanta and WGFX Nashville.
Current co-hosts Greg Stocker and Dawn Stensland will remain on the morning show. The remainder of the weekday lineup stays the same with Stensland hosting 10am-12pm, Dom Giordano 12-3pm, and syndicated talkers Mark Levin and Dana Loesch at night. The station will drop the Sean Hannity Show, which is currently heard in afternoons from 3-6pm.
Audacy (NYSE: AUD) unveils a new weekday programming lineup for Talk Radio 1210 WPHT (WPHT-AM) in Philadelphia. As part of the update, the station welcomes Nick Kayal as new morning show host alongside Dawn Stensland and Greg Stocker. “Kayal and Company” will air weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. ET. Concurrently, morning show host Rich Zeoli will now host afternoons from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET. All changes are effective October 3.
“For the first time ever, WPHT will be live and local from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., which further cements this fan favorite as the voice of Philadelphia and a reliable destination for our listeners,” said David Yadgaroff, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Audacy Philadelphia. “We’re excited to welcome Nick, who is trading in his sports background for his passion for politics, to our morning drive, and move Rich and his highly-successful program to entertain and inform listeners as they wind down their days.”
Kayal is a talk radio host and media personality who has been in radio for 16 years. He was born and raised in Easton, PA and graduated from Temple University in 2006. From 2009 to 2015, Kayal served as a host for 97.5 The Fanatic before leaving for SiriusXM. Other on-air roles include ESPN 102.5 The Game in Nashville (2018-2022) and Audacy’s 92.9 The Game in Atlanta (2020). Kayal was acknowledged as one of the Top 20 Morning Show Hosts in America in 2018 by Barrett Sports and News Media.
New Talk Radio 1210 WPHT weekday lineup is as follows.
6:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. ET: “Kayal and Company”
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET: “The Dawn Stensland Show”
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET: “The Dom Giordano Program”
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET: “The Rich Zeoli Show”
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. ET: Mark Levin
9:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. ET: Dana Loesch
