PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (March 6, 2009) – The award-winning GolfTalk Live radio show, hosted by Tony Leodora, has begun its fourth year on the air.
GolfTalk Live, which airs 52 weeks a year from 7 to 8 a.m. each Saturday on WNTP 990-AM and on www.wntp.com, is an interview-driven golf show that has grabbed national attention. At the PGA Merchandise Show in 2008, GolfTalk Live was voted America’s Best Golf Radio Show by the prestigious International Network of Golf.
Now it begins its fourth year with a promise to continue growing the show, as it has the last three years, and bringing listeners throughout the Delaware Valley the best in golf coverage, golf entertainment and golf lifestyle.
“The show model has evolved over the last two years into a reflection of the lifestyle and interests of avid golfers, while supplying enough general entertainment and information to keep even the casual golf fan interested,” explained Leodora, who also serves the golf world as editor of GolfStyles Philadelphia magazine and a contributor to golf blogs across the country. “As always, our show is a work in progress and we never stop trying to improve the product.”
While the show primarily is broadcast from different locations around the Greater Philadelphia area, a few more exotic sites also have become part of the GolfTalk Live itinerary. The show already has gone to the Snake River Lodge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this January and will make its first visit to the southwest with a stop at the new Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain in Arizona.
Of course, GolfTalk Live also will broadcast from the Philadelphia area’s favorite golf courses and golf events throughout the season. Look for the local schedule to start in April with a visit to Play-a-Round Golf in Malvern. As always, there will be plenty of shows from the Jersey Shore, with our home-away-from-home at the Sheraton, Atlantic City leading the way. Other major events on the schedule include the first GolfTalk Live Invitational Tournament from Downingtown CC on June 13 and the Montgomery County Amateur Championship from Raven’s Claw GC on August 1.
Throughout most of the winter months, GolfTalk Live holds “Breakfast with the Golfers,” a live broadcast from Ray’s Diner and Malt Shop on Germantown Pike in East Norriton. The large, 1950s-style diner is the perfect cold-weather site for golfers who insist on talking about the game when they are unable to play it.
The biggest advancement over the past year has been our website, www.golftalklive.net. Each week’s show can be heard via podcast for the entire following week. Also, Tony Leodora’s popular Golf Blog can be found, as well as information on sponsors, competitions and events.
Finally, the extremely popular GolfTalk Minute commentary which airs 20 times a week, during prime time, on WNTP 990-AM, also can be heard on the www.golftalklive.net website. These lively commentaries by show host Leodora air on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They also will be archived so they can be heard on www.golftalklive.net.
“This partnership has been a very successful one for our radio station,” said Russ Whitnah, general manager of WNTP. “GolfTalk Live brings the best in local programming to our station. Tony’s success, both locally and nationally, is good for the game of golf, good for Philadelphia and good for our station. We look forward to a long relationship.”
For more information about the GolfTalk Live radio show, contact TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220.
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