Waugh & Evans Come Home To WRNR
• Who says you can’t go home again? Legendary rocker WRNR (WYRE-AM 810 / W228ER)/Annapolis, MD, which returned to the FM airwaves last July at 93.5 FM, announced two very familiar additions to the on-air lineup — Bob Waugh and Carrie Evans!
Waugh notably spent 18 years with WRNR as OM/PD until Feb. 2022. Now a consultant with Paragon, Waugh will now host Saturday middays, starting Feb. 14. Evans, who worked at WRNR in multiple roles, including APD/MD, from 2004-2019, will host RNR Café, weekdays from noon-2pm, starting Feb. 16.
WRNR is locally owned and operated by Cortona Media LLC, headed by managing partners Kirk Litton and Jay Stevens. Waugh said, “When I heard Jay Stevens and Kirk Litton would be tasked with resuscitating WRNR, having worked with both from my time at WHFS, I really wanted to get involved. Also, I’ve been sitting on a treasure trove of material — from Hozier performing at St. Anne’s Parrish, to a memorable chat I had with Billy Idol live at Ram’s Head On Stage, and so much more — I started to think about ways to celebrate our time in Annapolis on Main Street by taking a stroll down Memory Lane. While I love the consulting work I do with Paragon, I have started to miss being on the air and conducting interviews with the artists I admire so much. WRNR’s return provides me with an opportunity to do both! Now, I just have to find my headphones and an RE-20.”
Evans commented, “Wow, talk about a full-circle moment. I’m so happy and humbled to be returning to the air at my favorite hometown station! It’s with so much pride that I say, WRNR’s new owners understand, appreciate and are working their tails off to live up to the station’s storied history. They have offered me an opportunity I no longer imagined possible, and it’s my great honor to be able to work in this unbelievable town once again.”
Litton added, “To be six months into the WRNR relaunch and have an on-air team of Dave Z, Neci, and now Bob and Carrie; plus the programming expertise of Jay and Jason Kidd behind the scenes; it feels like we just won the Powerball. Let’s go!”
