Jim Carney retired May 8 after 35 years of
being a darn good reporter and all-round nice guy for the Beacon Journal.
His retirement didn’t last long. He’s
taking up a new job, which really is a return to his pre-BJ job, by
substituting for host Jasen Sokol on 1950 WAKR, starting Monday, for a week, in
the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. slot.
35 years at the BJ. 35 years since Jim worked in radio. Nice symmetry.
Jim’s Facebook post:
“Back
to the future! Next week, I will be filling in on 1590 WAKR for Jasen Sokol who
will be taking over for Ray Horner from 6 to 10 am while Ray is on vacation. I
will be doing interviews with folks from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through
Friday for one week.
"I’m quite excited about this. Last time I worked in radio
was March 1979 at WHLO News Talk 64 before I started working at the Akron
Beacon Journal.
"It will be a fun week. The staff there is terrific! Please go
to WAKRAkronNewsNow Facebook page for more info. Thanks, friends!”
I followed Jim’s suggestion and went to WAKR’s Facebook page
and found this:
Ray
Horner starts his vacation at 10:01 this Friday morning (we're giving him the
benefit of a doubt it isn't earlier in his head) and getting set for next week.
Jasen will be in for Ray and in for Jasen will be our good friend, former Akron
Beacon Journal writer Jim Carney. Starting Monday!
And so Jim is back where he started before he switched
from radio to newspapers.
Tune in Monday for the adventures of Patrick Carney’s
father!
Jim is back where
he started years ago, after a 35-year hiatus to be a BJ reporter.
“"Jimmy will be the Charlie Rose of Akron this coming week
-- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday -- on WAKR -- 1590 AM -- this coming
week. So excited. Please go to AWAKRAkronNewsNow FB page for more info! and
consider liking that page. Thank you peeps. He is very excited. Go to http://www.akronnewsnow.com
for info. on how to listen on the Interwebs if you are not in town.”
Good point, Katie,
about listening on the Internet if you can’t get Jim’s hosting stint via your
radio. I’m going to tune in, I tell you that.
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