Hannah and Fred Show Press Release STRN

S M A R T T A L K R A D I O N E T W O R K The SmartTalk Radio Network introduces "The Hannah & Fred Show" "Two great friends, two generations, two different sides of the world. One radio show that brings them together." Listen Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central Evanston, IL — Nine months after launching the popular Sunday morning talk show "Gabby Road with Hannah, Fred & Justin," Hannah Stanley and Fred Weintraub have said their on-air goodbyes to co-host Justin Kulovsek and launched a new, eponymously named gabfest, "The Hannah & Fred Show." The two-hour program continues to air on the SmartTalk Radio Network and the affiliated WCGO Radio Chicago Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central. The network and the station stream the show live on their respective websites, and WCGO makes its broadcasts available on the TuneIn and SimpleRadio apps; additionally, a video feed of "The Hannah & Fred Show" goes out over Facebook Live @WCGORadio and @HannahFredShow. “'The Hannah & Fred Show' is really not any different than what it’s been for the last nine months," Fred says, "and really not any different than what Hannah and I have been doing for many years as a radio duo. We're journalists, so we’re interested in the facts of the day on a Sunday morning, and we really want you to grab a cup of coffee and sit with us, come on in to the radio and have a good conversation." Hannah and Fred combine 60 years of broadcast experience and have worked together since Fred became a regular guest on Hannah's previous radio show, sharing news and gossip on a topic they mutually adore: England's Royal Family. In 2019 they set out to create "something positive" and launched "Gabby Road"; after 39 episodes working as a trio, co-host Justin Kulovsek left the show to devote more time to his media consulting business. "We are thrilled that WCGO and the SmartTalk Radio Network remains our home," Fred says. "We look forward with respect and gratitude to be able to talk with the listeners around the country each week." SmartTalk General Manager Chuck Duncan says the program has become one of the network's "franchise shows on the weekend. Each week you can expect everything from celebrity interviews to serious conversation about what's worrying Americans. Two smart broadcasters who have their pulse on America, and we are thrilled that they are part of our radio family." Good friends off the air, Hannah says the two are "different people with very strong opinions," a result that stems in part from the difference in their ages and generations — Fred's a Baby Boomer, while Hannah is Gen X. "We are definitely taking advantage of the fact that we have such breadth of our own history and interviews and experiences, but we’re also able to put our spin on things," Hannah says. Another key difference that separates the two hosts: time zones. Hannah broadcasts from WCGO's Evanston studio, while Fred, a part-time resident of Chicago, London, and Singapore, is usually somewhere on the other side of the world. "I’ve been in the Maldives; I’ve been in Cambodia," Fred says about past broadcasts. "When we say we’re global and we’re syndicated, we mean it in a way that no other show can mean." Over the past nine months, Hannah and Fred (and their former co-host Justin) have chatted with an impressive list of celebrity guests, whose names include Jerry Springer, Nora Dunn, Dwayne Kennedy, D.B. Sweeney, Tom Dreesen, Sandy Duncan, Ron Insana, Ginger Zee, Tim Kazurinsky, and Katie Kadan, as well as Chicago notables Wayne Messmer, Brad Edwards, Jarrett Payton, and "gator getter" Frank Robb. "I think that what we want to do every week is we want to up our game," Fred says. "And the way to up our game is to have great guests." For more information about the show and its hosts, please visit smarttalkradionetwork.com/the-hannah-and-fred-show. Find a complete interview transcript at smarttalkradionetwork.com/hannah-and-fred-interview. For stations interested in adding “The Hannah & Fred Show” to their weekend lineup, please email Chuck Duncan at [email protected]. 2100 Lee Street The SmartTalk Radio Network is a services provider to the Evanston, IL 60202 radio syndication community offering top-quality technical 847-475-9246 operations services and satellite distribution for talk radio programs across the country. We believe that talk radio Website: smarttalkradionetwork.com should not be about the lowest common denominator but a Email: info@smarttalkradionetwork free flow of information. It’s radio that inspires..

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