Jon Burton has been announced as the new co-host of the late morning show on Nashville’s WNSR 560 AM and 95.9 FM.
Burton joins incumbent host Greg Pogue and replaces “Big Joe” Dubin on the show, which airs from 9 – 11am each weekday. Pogue and Dubin filled the 9 – 11am timeslot on 560 for over four years until “Big Joe” departed earlier this month, taking on an expanded role at WSMV-4 as morning show co-host.
New host Jon Burton, a New York native, is familiar to the Nashville audience, having worked as a fill-in on WNSR and serving as a lead sports anchor for NewsChannel 5. With his new full-time role on WNSR, Burton will continue his work for NewsChannel 5.
“Jon had been filling in for vacationing people here from time to time and we realized that Jon was way more than you see on Channel 5, that he has a personality that is contagious,” WNSR station general manager Ted Johnson told Mike Organ of the Nashville Tennessean. “When the opportunity came when Joe told us what he was going to do at Channel 4 I said, ‘The one we need in here is Jon because he loves it here, he’s done a great job with us,’ and we’re so fortunate that he and Channel 5 agreed to it.”
WNSR features four local shows in their weekday lineup with The Bill King Show from 6 – 9am, Greg Pogue and Jon Burton from 9 – 11am, George Plaster from 2 – 4pm and The Johnny “Ballpark” Franks Show in afternoon drive from 4 – 7pm.
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