PHILADELPHIA, Pa (June 21, 2012) The award-winning GolfTalk Live radio show has gone into syndication and its first affiliate station is WOND 1400-AM, South Jersey’s No. 1 talk radio station. The agreement begins July 1, 2012.
WOND will work in syndication with GolfTalk Live and WNTP 990 AM– the show’s flagship station, licensed to the city of Philadelphia. GolfTalk Live will continue to air on WNTP on Saturday mornings from 7 to 8 a.m. and then air on WOND every Saturday afternoon from 3 to 4 p.m. WOND will also air the GolfTalk Minute commentaries 20 times each week, beginning on Thursdays.
The GolfTalk Live radio show is hosted by Tony Leodora, an award-winning golf writer and columnist. The show began in March of 2007 and has been voted the No. 1 golf radio show in America by the International Network of Golf.
“All of us at WNTP are so proud of Tony and his award winning radio show. It is no wonder he is going into syndication,” said Russ Whitnah, vice president and general manager of WNTP. “Tony takes his live show on the road to hundreds of the best golf courses around the country, and sometimes even out of the country. We are thrilled about our partnership with Tony and are really excited about reaching thousands of news listeners in Atlantic City and Cape May with such a great show!”
WOND first signed on the air in July of 1950 and evolved from a variety music format to a middle-of-the-road format in the 1970’s. Finally in the 1980’s the station settled into its current role as the news-talk leader in South Jersey.
Serving Atlantic and Cape May Counties, WOND is Southern Jersey’s source for around the clock live and local news and weather.
“We are excited to partner with GolfTalk Live and bring America’s leading golf program to the South Jersey area,” said Dave Coskey, president of Longport Media. LLC. “Golf is a popular pastime in this region, with so many great courses that are available to both our residents and those visiting the Shore. We feel very confident that GolfTalk Live’s all-interview style and award-winning content will be of great interest to the WOND listener.”
Leodora echoed the sentiments of the two new partnering radio executives.
“We are entering a very exciting stage in the history of GolfTalk Live,” said Leodora. “In the five-and-a-half years since we dared to bring an all-interview style of golf show to the air, the show has grown at an amazing pace. Aside from being a staple of the Philadelphia golf scene, people all over the country and the world are listening to our weekly podcasts of the show via our website (www.golftalklive.net).
“The affiliation with WOND was a natural one,” Leodora continued. “The station has a great history in South Jersey and I have had a great relationship with owner Dave Coskey for almost 30 years.”
The GolfTalk Live radio show, hosted by Tony Leodora, is the award-winning weekly radio show that again was named No. 1 Golf Radio Show in America by the International Network of Golf at the recent PGA Merchandise Show. It was the third time in four years GolfTalk Live took the award. The show airs 52 weeks a year from 7 to 8 a.m. each Saturday on WNTP 990-AM and on www.wntp.com, GolfTalk Live also can be heard any time following each show on its official website, www.golftalklive.net.
For more information about the GolfTalk Live radio show, contact TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220 or go to the website at www.golftalklive.net.
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