Cincinnati talk radio with a wide swing.
Sterling on 700WLW runs on live, caller-ready Cincinnati conversation. A single primary voice moves briskly between Reds coverage, tri-state civic frustration, security worries, space reporting, movie chatter, and stray holiday arguments about jelly beans or chocolate bunnies.
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Sterling on 700WLW is built like a long local conversation that keeps finding new exits. Cincinnati is the home base. The Reds, FC Cincinnati, opening day, the Findlay Market Parade, the Banks, holiday traffic, and the pull of 700 WLW all give the show its geography. From there, the range widens fast. One segment may be about adults and kids getting out of hand downtown, with the larger question becoming responsibility in a culture that wants everything immediately. Another may turn on the legal line between marijuana use and gun rights. Another may ask how close the country is to more terrorism after war in Iran raises anxiety around mosques, churches, temples, shuls, and synagogues. The show can be grave when the subject calls for it. It can also be dry and restless, especially when technology starts sounding both useful and absurd. Robot caregivers, robot masseuses, AI companions, and the strange possibility of bringing a robot to a ballpark become comic material and civic anxiety at the same time. Sports updates and guests keep the program tied to the day’s schedule, but the show’s shape comes from the on-air argument. It likes a question with heat in it. Who is responsible? Where is the line? What happens when convenience outruns judgment? The pacing is brisk, with phone numbers, station resets, and live-radio fragments giving it a porous, in-the-moment feel. Callers are not decoration. They sharpen the edges, especially on everyday moral questions like tipping, public behavior, and whether a weird new thing should be welcomed or feared. The show also leaves space for lighter turns, including Easter candy, Passover travel, movie chatter, Oscars talk, and spaceflight wonder. Mike DiWall brings space context, Kevin Carr appears around film and entertainment, and other named guests fill in marijuana, sports, and terrorism angles. Still, the center is the Cincinnati talk-radio voice pushing through the noise. It is skeptical without being detached, playful without losing the news, and local even when the topic has gone wider.
Made for: For listeners who want local Cincinnati talk that can handle Reds baseball, civic arguments, politics, caller disputes, and strange technology in one run. It fits people who like live-radio looseness more than polished narrative podcasting.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its ability to turn almost any headline or oddity into a practical public question. Sports, policy, callers, guests, and local frustration all pass through the same conversational pressure test.
Hear Sterling weekends on Cincinnati's News Radio 700WLW
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A Sunday WLW hour that moves from war and security to tipping, then settles into Oscars talk.
Sterling on 700WLW spends the Sunday afternoon hour moving from war in Iran and domestic security into the more ordinary strain of tipping. Mark Encelaco of the University of Dayton gives the first stretch its shape, as Sterling presses on threats around mosques, churches,…
An AI companionship talk that turns novelty into a practical, uneasy question.
The episode turns a future where Love Doll, Love Robot, AI masseuses, and AI caregiver robots no longer sound like jokes but like practical possibilities.
Cannabis rights, a robot masseuse, and Kevin Carr give the hour a loose but steady live-radio shape.
The episode begins with cannabis rights and the Supreme Court, as Morgan Fox of Normal weighs whether legal marijuana use should affect a person's right to bear arms. From there, it finds its strongest line in the move from D.C.
A Cincinnati talk hour weighs a difficult public question, Reds roster risk, and a very local weekend forecast.
Sterling starts with a charged local question: should crowdfunding a defense for an accused violent offender be restricted by law? By tying that unease to an Ohio House bill and the case involving Hamilton County Sheriff's deputy Larry Henderson, the hour gets a clear…
A Cincinnati legal flashpoint turns into a Reds roster read on WBC risk.
Sterling starts with a hard local question in Ohio: whether the public should be able to crowdfund a defense for someone accused in connection with violence.
Sterling turns Cincinnati Opening Day disorder into a pointed local debate about responsibility, policing, and blame downtown.
Sterling frames Cincinnati's Opening Day as more than a busy civic ritual, using the day downtown to press a familiar but charged question: who is responsible when public spaces start to feel out of control?
A foggy Cincinnati sports hour opens into Predator talk and a sharper-than-expected debate about grocery-store chaos.
Sterling on 700WLW uses a foggy Cincinnati Friday night as the frame for a brisk local sports-and-talk hour. The Bearcats' 74-64 win over Georgia State gives the show its first scoreboard hook, with Sterling noting Wes Miller was glad to win but not especially pleased with how…
Combative talk radio at sermon speed.
Friendly Bay Area morning-radio snapshots.
Los Angeles news with the wheels loose.
Sports talk with the heat lowered.
Opening day gets treated like a holiday, and the host is bothered by what Cincinnati may remember instead.
Fog first, then fights.
This episode discusses election interference issues, focusing on the FBI's seizure of ballots in Atlanta's Fulton County, Georgia, with analysis from legal and political experts.
This episode discusses recent sports results, including the Bearcats' basketball win and the Bengals' NFL victory, along with upcoming Big 12 and AFC North matchups.
This episode features a discussion with political science expert Dr.
This episode discusses a recent space mission where astronauts are closer to the moon than Earth, marking the first time humans have left low Earth orbit since 1972, with insights from Space.com editor Mike DiWall.
A radio host interviews Kathleen Fuller from ODOT Cincinnati about the ongoing winter storm cleanup efforts and the challenges faced by road crews.
This Easter Sunday episode covers sports updates, entertainment news, a military rescue, geopolitical tensions, and lighthearted holiday traditions like jelly beans and chocolate bunnies.
This episode discusses the historic space mission where astronauts are closer to the moon than Earth, featuring an interview with Mike DiWall from Space.com about the significance and surreal nature of the event.
The host discusses societal issues of responsibility and instant gratification, focusing on adults and children misbehaving during Cincinnati's opening day celebrations and spring break.
The host discusses societal issues of responsibility and instant gratification, focusing on adults and children misbehaving during events like Cincinnati's opening day and spring break.
This episode features advertisements for Volkswagen, Weedman lawn care, and underage drinking prevention, followed by a preview of topics including satellite vulnerabilities, meteorite hunting in Ohio, and discussions on Project Hail Mary and Cincinnati Children's.
Sterling starts with a heavy Sunday.
The hour opens on cannabis rights.
The host starts by musing out loud about whether this kind of tech could make sense if it were cheaper and always available at home.
The show opens with a question about crowdfunding a defense for someone accused of violence.
Sterling opens on a hard question about crowdfunding a defense for an accused violent offender.