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1500ESPN Cutting Ties With Pioneer Press, Star Tribune Columnists
The two popular media personalities have been on the Twin Cities airwaves for decades.
TWIN CITIES, MN — Two giants in the Twin Cities media landscape learned this week they would be losing their radio gigs. Pioneer Press columnist Joe Soucheray’s "Garage Logic" will discontinue Sept. 7. The show airs from 1 to 3 p.m. weekdays on ESPN1500.
Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse's "Sports Talk" and "Ride with Reusse" shows, broadcasted on ESPN1500 as well, will also end Sept. 7.
The two popular media personalities have been on the Twin Cities airwaves for decades.
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Garage Logic (1-3 p.m.), Sports Talk (3-4 p.m.) & Ride w/ Reusse (4-6 p.m.) will end Sept. 7. First Monday Night Sports Talk was Sept. 12, 1983, so that's very close to 35 consecutive yrs Joe and I will have been on air together. Hubbards have been fabulous employers.
— Reusse (@1500ESPN_Reusse) August 10, 2018
I will make this guarantee: When I return Monday, @ChrisReuvers, @MannyHill84 & I will work extra-hard to make the last month of The Ride a fine radio show. Of course, if we had worked extra-hard earlier ... who knows?
— Reusse (@1500ESPN_Reusse) August 10, 2018
"I cannot say I’m completely surprised. I’m going to feel a loss for the gang and the listeners," Soucheray told the Pioneer Press.
"The AM radio format is changing. More and more young people are not tuning into the AM dial. The way that content is going to be delivered is changing, with more digital platforms."
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Soucheray plans to do a "Garage Logic" podcast.
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