'Today was a tough one for some of my colleagues & very sad,' Boxer wrote on Twitter. Boxer indicated that he would be continuing his afternoon show at WCOL. Riley was not immediately available for comment.Īccording to the WTVN website and schedule, 'The Boxer Show' ran from 5 to 9 a.m. Kristin Foley, South Ohio region president for iHeartMedia, said it is the company's policy to not comment on personnel changes. Just hours later on the same social media site, another area radio host - Brandon Boxer, who does the afternoon slot at country station WCOL-FM (92.3) - announced he'd be taking over the morning duties on WTVN, effective Tuesday. doing that morning show was my dream job and you being a part of it made it special every day.- Joel K Riley November 2, 2020 Just wanted to say thanks very much to all of you who listened. They say it wasnt performance related, just a corporate bean counter decision. 'Doing that morning show was my dream job.' They say it wasn't performance related, just a corporate bean counter decision,' Riley wrote Monday on Twitter. Riley had worked at the radio station for about two and a half decades. To listen to the whole interview, click on the WTVN logo below.Longtime morning radio show host Joel Riley took to social media earlier this week to announce that he has been let go from his post at news channel WTVN-AM (610). Each individual family in their household is going to have dinner and we are going to get together virtually over Zoom.'įor tips on how to celebrate the holidays safely, click here to visit the OhioHealth Blog. It's not worth it for us to get together and potentially expose them. They are in their 80s and we need to protect them. It is going to break my mother and father's hearts, but we are not getting together this year. We get together and there are about 60-70 people. What people are doing in their private lives is really driving the COVID-19 cases that are going up.'Īnother yearly opportunity for gathering that needs to be considered? Thanksgiving. Things like private gatherings, birthday parties and getting together to watch football games. 'I do think that clearly in the public there are oppotunites for improvement with compliance for mitigation strategies,' said Dr. We also clearly have more hospitalized patients in Ohio.' 'We're not at the peak of the mountain yet. 'We are still going up the mountain,' said Dr. On November 16, he talked with host Brandon Boxer about how Ohio is currently experiencing a surge of positive cases, and the numbers are continuing to rise. Every Monday morning, around 6:07 a.m., Joseph Gastaldo, MD, OhioHealth system medical director of infectious diseases, is live on 610 WTVN with the latest COVID-19 news you need to keep you and your family safe.

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