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Cincinnati arguments, sports heat, local stakes.
Eddie & Rocky on 700WLW mixes Cincinnati sports chatter with sharp local-news reaction. Recent episodes move from Reds frustration and Bengals draft talk to police leadership turmoil, downtown safety, the Pike County murders, markets, and Middle East headlines.
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Eddie & Rocky on 700WLW is built like a live Cincinnati conversation with the radio clock still visible around the edges. It is brisk, local, and comfortable changing speeds. A segment may begin with a joke about camping, then slide straight into Bengals draft strategy with Richard Skinner from Local 12. Sports carry a lot of the show’s personality. The Reds are treated as daily civic weather, with losses, errors, uniforms, scoring droughts, bench-clearing moments, and player-by-player frustration all open for argument. The Bengals get the hopeful, anxious version of that attention. Draft boards, free-agent moves, positional needs, and mock picks are not abstract roster talk here; they are part of how Cincinnati measures whether the next season might finally turn. The show also spends real time on city trouble. Recent episodes have worked through downtown opening day chaos, public-safety restrictions near the Banks, taxpayer-funded legal disputes, police leadership fallout, and the long shadow of the Pike County murders. Those segments usually depend on guests who can bring reporting or firsthand detail. Jason Williams from TheEnquirerCincinnati.com, Burl Love, Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Jim Mooring, Steve Cotton, and Richard Skinner all appear in recent excerpts as people who help ground the conversation. The hosts’ side of the exchange is less polished analysis than pressure-testing. What does this mean for businesses downtown? Who pays for this? Could the city have handled it cleaner? Why does a crowd-control idea sound simple until 43,000 people leave Great American Ballpark? That practical skepticism gives the show its shape. National news enters when it hits money, markets, or everyday anxiety, as in a ceasefire discussion tied to the Dow, oil prices, and Steve Cotton’s financial read. The tone can be blunt, especially around sports fights, public disorder, and political judgment. It is not detached. It assumes local listeners have opinions already and want the facts put in language that sounds like the city talking back to itself.
Made for: For Cincinnati-area listeners who want sports, city politics, public safety, and major headlines filtered through plainspoken local reaction. It suits people who like guest-backed reporting but still want the room to argue about what it all means.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its mix of caller-friendly bluntness and sourced local detail. It moves easily from Reds and Bengals talk to city government, downtown business concerns, crime history, and market reaction without losing its Cincinnati center.
Eddie and Rocky, weekdays 3p-6p on Cincinnati's News Radio 700WLW
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Eddie and Rocky connect Cincinnati civic affairs to national events through direct interviews focused on practical consequences.
Eddie and Rocky move easily between Cincinnati civic affairs and wider current events, using conversational interviews to make policy and public institutions feel immediate.
Cincinnati City Hall meets I-75 gridlock; your appetite for local detail has found its natural habitat.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A blunt, fast-moving local news-talk hour with traffic, weather, and headline updates.
PlayNext frames this live local news-talk hour as a quick pass through the commute, the weather, a national headline, and a medical-legal update, and that plain forward motion is what gives it shape.
A broadcast-style news segment centered on Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, Pierre Thomas, and the Justice Department transition.
The piece follows Pam Bondi's firing as attorney general, Todd Blanche stepping in as acting attorney general, and Pierre Thomas laying out the Justice Department transition and its politics.
Local politics with live-radio friction and enough reporting to stay grounded.
The episode stays close to local politics, with Eddie and Jason Williams turning downtown City Hall chatter into a blunt, easy-to-follow exchange.
A live, loose hour that ties market swings, Iran, and chatbot flattery into plain talk.
The hour moves briskly from a market that is up over a thousand points to Iran, then into a longer stretch on how people are turning to AI for advice.
Loose local talk-radio, with traffic, weather, headlines, and enough personality to carry the hour.
This hour stays close to familiar talk-radio ground: banter, a quick laugh about vacation glow, a guest segment with Tanya, and traffic-and-weather updates that keep pulling it back to the day-to-day.
Prison K2 and gas prices anchor a blunt, grounded talk hour.
The hour keeps a tight grip on two practical concerns: drugs in prison and gas prices. Eddie and Rocky work through the Cincinnati.com coverage on K2, with Tom Sinan, Newtown's chief of police and co-chair of the Interdiction Committee at the Hamlin County Office of Addiction…
Ohio Valley talk with sharp local elbows.
A sports talk show discusses camping experiences and previews the NFL draft with a focus on the Cincinnati Bengals' potential picks.
Two hosts discuss a recent baseball fight between the Reds and Giants, reminiscing about old-school sports brawls and comparing it to hockey fights.
This episode discusses the controversial handling of Police Chief Theresa Fiji's situation by city government, including wasted taxpayer money on legal fees and salary, with insights from executive editor Burl Love.
This episode reflects on the 10-year anniversary of the Pike County murders in Ohio, discussing the impact on the community and the ongoing questions surrounding the case.
The hosts discuss the reimposition of restrictions in the Banks area after opening day violence and interview Jim Mooring, owner of the Holy Grail, about security measures and the lack of a curfew.
This episode discusses the upcoming NFL draft, the Bengals' free agency moves, and includes sports commentary with guest Richard Skinner.
Eddie and Donna discuss the Cincinnati Reds' 8-1 loss to the Marlins, including issues with scoring runs and errors, and share opinions on the team's new red uniforms.
The hosts discuss the recent ceasefire declaration, its impact on financial markets, and interview financial strategist Steve Cotton for analysis.
The episode features investigative reporter Laura Bischoff discussing a series on drug trafficking in Ohio prisons, including drone deliveries and overdoses.
Eddie and Jason discuss ongoing economic concerns like inflation, rising prices, and stock market uncertainty, influenced by the Iran conflict, before introducing financial expert Bill Dendy for insights.
Eddie and Jason discuss ongoing economic concerns like inflation, rising prices, and market instability, influenced by geopolitical events like the Iran conflict, before introducing financial expert Bill Dendy for insights.
["Eddie & Rocky on 700WLW spends much of April 2, 2026 on Cincinnati's police-chief dispute, where a city-paid FBT Gibbons report for $49,000 says the chief is an \"ineffective chief.\"", "Jason Williams and Scott Worman walk through the report's 32 witnesses, the lack of named violations, and the labels \"rigid,\" \"authoritarian,\" and \"old school.\"", "Eddie, Jason, and Scott push on whether politics is driving the leave, while Councilwoman Mika Owens says the report reads like facts and the city manager holds final hiring-and-firing authority.", "The show also jumps to John Matarese's price check on Easter candy, Indiana gasoline at $4.04 to $4.09, and airfare to New York City around $600 round-trip."]
Eddie and Rocky open with Jason Williams and keep the tone loose.
Eddie and Rocky open on a volatile market day.
The hosts open with easy banter and a little end-of-day glow.
Eddie and Rocky open on a Cincinnati.com story about drugs in prison.