/tags/wnop-am WNOP-AM en-US Copyright Thu, 09 Jul 2020 19:49:50 GMT /media/2020-07-09/good-night-captain-nimmo-former-dj-geoff-nimmo-dies Geoffrey Nimmo, a second generation Cincinnati broadcaster who captained the WEBN-FM's airwaves in the 1970s, died Wednesday."In a group of really… Thu, 09 Jul 2020 19:49:50 GMT /media/2020-07-09/good-night-captain-nimmo-former-dj-geoff-nimmo-dies John Kiesewetter /media/2020-02-11/bob-nave-visitation-and-memorial-concert-this-weekend Play It Forward honors Bob Nave, the musician and radio DJ who died Jan. 28, with a memorial show 2-6 p.m. at The Redmoor, 3187 Linwood Ave., Mount… Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:06:04 GMT /media/2020-02-11/bob-nave-visitation-and-memorial-concert-this-weekend John Kiesewetter /media/2020-01-28/radio-jazz-host-and-musician-bob-nave-dies The multi-talented Bob Nave, who died Tuesday at home, is hard to describe in one sentence.I first heard him playing jazz on old WNOP-AM (740), "Radio… Tue, 28 Jan 2020 22:41:58 GMT /media/2020-01-28/radio-jazz-host-and-musician-bob-nave-dies John Kiesewetter /media/2018-11-27/services-saturday-for-walt-harrell-wnop-ams-bunky-tadwell In Cleves, Walter W. Harrell was also known as "Finn" during and after his service as a village councilman and Miami Township trustee.To listeners of… Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:20:00 GMT /media/2018-11-27/services-saturday-for-walt-harrell-wnop-ams-bunky-tadwell John Kiesewetter /media/2017-09-01/comedian-shelley-berman-dies-at-92 Some know comedian Shelley Berman from his Emmy-nominated role as Larry David's father on "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Others will remember him as old Judge… Fri, 01 Sep 2017 19:20:50 GMT /media/2017-09-01/comedian-shelley-berman-dies-at-92 John Kiesewetter /media/2017-08-30/jim-labarbara-from-music-professor-to-township-trustee After nearly four decades on Cincinnati radio, DJ Jim LaBarbara has left the airwaves to enter politics.LaBarbara, the self-proclaimed "Music Professor"… Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:45:00 GMT /media/2017-08-30/jim-labarbara-from-music-professor-to-township-trustee John Kiesewetter /media/2016-04-26/nku-selling-middletown-radio-station Northern Kentucky University is selling Middletown's WPFB-AM (910) to Sacred Heart Radio, the Catholic station broadcasting on WNOP-AM (740).The… Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:00:00 GMT /media/2016-04-26/nku-selling-middletown-radio-station John Kiesewetter /media/2016-03-30/remembering-jazz-expert-oscar-treadwell-who-died-in-2006 You just know that jazz expert Oscar Treadwell is smiling on Cincinnati.Ten years after his death, his adopted hometown provides the background for a… Wed, 30 Mar 2016 15:36:21 GMT /media/2016-03-30/remembering-jazz-expert-oscar-treadwell-who-died-in-2006 John Kiesewetter /media/2015-12-31/all-that-jazz-ended-on-wnop-am-15-years-ago On New Year’s Eve 15 years ago, Cincinnati jazz lovers weren’t celebrating. They were about to lose their favorite station, WNOP-AM, which last broadcast… Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:30:00 GMT /media/2015-12-31/all-that-jazz-ended-on-wnop-am-15-years-ago John Kiesewetter /media/2015-08-19/burning-bridges-composer-walter-scott-dies-at-89 While on a break at the Evendale General Electric plant in 1957, Walter E. Scott wrote the country song “Burning Bridges” which would be sung by Glen… Wed, 19 Aug 2015 18:05:02 GMT /media/2015-08-19/burning-bridges-composer-walter-scott-dies-at-89 John Kiesewetter