Freedom 96.9 in Oklahoma City is adding market veteran Lee Matthews to host afternoon drive on the Champlin Broadcasting news/talk station.
Matthews joins the station after previously working as the Director of Talk Programming for iHeartMedia Oklahoma City. He programmed and hosted afternoons at 1000 KTOK in Oklahoma City and 1300 The Patriot in Tulsa. He departed the cluster late last year as part of the widespread cuts enacted by iHeartMedia, which ended all local programming on two Oklahoma news/talk outlets.
In a video published to social media, Matthews revealed the news, stating “As of today, I am going to inaugurate an all-new version of The Drive with Lee Matthews.”
“We’re going to continue with some of the great guests that we have. All of them talking about what’s going on in the area, here in Oklahoma, whereas many of the other stations, many of the other companies, have given up on local radio and local talk, we have not,” he concluded.
Matthews’ first day with Freedom 96.9 will be Monday, January 20th. His show will replace the final hour of The Dana Show from Dana Loesch, and the first two hours of The Joe Pags Show.
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