Following their cuts across Iowa in May, Alpha Media has relaunched a local morning show at Hot AC “Energy 106.7” KRTI Grinnell IA.
Joe Swanson, who served as cluster Production Director while hosting middays on Country 95.9 KCOB-FM and afternoons on KRTI until exiting in the May cuts, has returned to the cluster to host mornings with Sarah Jorges. Jorges, who also works as an Account Executive at the cluster, had remained in her off-air role following the staff purge. She previously spent eight years in mornings with former Program Director Jaime Grout.
Swanson told the Newton News, “In the two weeks we’ve been doing the show, half of the day is the morning show, which really doesn’t feel like work. I enjoyed everything I was doing before, but it was a lot of work and a lot of prep. Whereas this feels like hanging out in the morning with a friend. Half the day is fun and hanging out.” Jorges added, ““It’s still very much people from this community working very hard and giving it their all to continue having local radio. As we build upon these ideas and make these changes — they will happen and new things are coming — we’re going to do everything that we can to make that stay in the community.”