John Carney is an American radio talk show host. He was named 2010 Best AM Radio Personality by the ''
Riverfront Times
The ''Riverfront Times'' (''RFT'') was a free progressive weekly newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri, that consisted of local politics, music, arts, and dining news in the print edition, and daily updates to blogs and photo galleries on its websit ...
''.
Career
Carney joined
KTRS when it changed to a talk format in 1997, and worked the late morning slot until March 5, 1998. He then worked at
KMOX
KMOX (1120 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio station in St. Louis, Missouri, owned by Audacy, Inc. The station is a 50,000 watt List of North American broadcast station classes, Class A clear-channel station with a omnidirectional ante ...
in
St. Louis
St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio ...
,
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
from 1999 to 2011.
Carney worked at
KEZK
KEZK-FM (102.5 Hertz, MHz) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station licensed to St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. It broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. From mid-November through the Christmas holi ...
from 2011 to 2012.
In June 2012, he rejoined
KTRS. Together, with
Martin Kilcoyne
Martin J. Kilcoyne (born March 17, 1968) is the sports director at KTVI-TV FOX 2 in St. Louis, Missouri. Kilcoyne anchors the 5, 6 and 9 p.m. sportscasts on Sunday through Thursday nights.
From 2006-2010, Kilcoyne was FOX 2's play-by-play ann ...
, he co-hosts the noon - 1 PM hour of The Martin Kilcoyne Show with John Carney. Then from 1PM-3PM he hosts the John Carney Show with his producer Josh Gilbert.
Family
He is the son of
Jack Carney
Jack may refer to:
Places
* Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas
People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, inclu ...
.
References
External links
*http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/01/kmoxs_john_carney_moving_to_fr.php
American radio personalities
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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