Austin Radio: N/T KLBJ Revamps Station Lineup

New morning show starting September 14

NewsRadio KLBJ 590 AM / 99.7 T-FM is unveiling a new personality lineup effitive September 14 featuring 10 hours of live, local programming each weekday.

The biggest chang for the Emmis station: Hosts Todd Jeffries and Don Pryor are taking over the morning drive shift.

The station’s morning show has been in a fluid state in recent weeks, since co-host Sgt. Sam Cox retired. Cox’s former co-hosts, Mark Caesar and Ed Clements, are sticking with the station, but will be heard later in the day, according to Austin360.

Caesar will helm a show from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. alongside Charlie Hodge. Hodge was previously on sister station 93.7 KLBJ-FM.

Clements, meanwhile, will team up with longtime NewsRadio KLBJ afternoon host Jeff Ward from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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“Austin’s diverse and rapidly growing population deserves an outlet for meaningful, insightful conversation, and we believe this lineup serves that interest with the most compelling and entertaining hosts in Austin and beyond,” said Chase Rupe, vice president of programming and operations for Emmis Austin Radio, NewsRadio KLBJ’s owner.

A new show from 93.7 KLBJ-FM’s Dale Dudley is being added weekdays at 2 p.m. and will continue to co-host the 93.7 KLBJ-FM morning show, as well.

The nationally syndicated “Dana Show” featuring syndicate talker Dana Loesch, will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The full NewsRadio KLBJ lineup, effective Monday:

6 a.m.: “The Todd & Don Show”
9 a.m.: Mark Caesar and Charlie Hodge
11 a.m.: Rush Limbaugh
2 p.m.: Dale Dudley
3 p.m.: Jeff Ward and Ed Clements
7 p.m.: “The Dana Show”
9 p.m.: “Ground Zero” with Clyde Lewis