MetroNews Hotline

Hotline Feature - Baseball Writer Jen Ramos Eisen 25.08.2026 8:24 ↓

Dave welcomes baseball writer Jen Ramos Eisen to the program for the first time.  They discuss MLB labor talks, minor league baseball, and hte Women's Professional Baseball League. https://jenramose.online/

Hotline Feature – Advocacy in Action from Huntington Bank: Hope's Point Baptist Church 24.08.2026 7:53 ↓

Dave Weekley launches Huntington Bank's new recurring segment, Advocacy in Action, with Chad Prather of Huntington Bank and Pastor Dan Vaughn of Hope's Point Baptist Church in Weston. With Lewis County still reeling from devastating flooding, Pastor Vaughn describes the shift from emergency cleanup to long-term rebuilding — 24 families still in hotel rooms, 47 to 48 homes completely destroyed, and...

Hotline Feature – Kristyn Burtt: Shelley Fabares, Hayden Panettiere Investigation, and 9/11's 25th Anniversary Coverage 24.08.2026 10:01 ↓

Entertainment reporter Kristyn Burtt joins Dave Weekley with a wide-ranging Monday Hollywood segment. The show opens with a tribute to Shelley Fabares, who passed at 82 after a brief illness — best known for the Donna Reed Show, Coach, and her number one hit Johnny Angel — and her nearly 42-year marriage to Mike Farrell. Burtt then addresses the ongoing investigation into the circumstances of Hayd...

Hotline Feature – Chef Paul Smith: Chopsticks Proficiency, West Virginia's Greatest Food Debate, and Splitting the Check 24.08.2026 10:42 ↓

Chef Jeff Paul Smith joins Dave Weekley for the weekly food segment with a conversation that ranges from chopstick etiquette to West Virginia comfort food. The discussion opens with a listener survey showing only 15 percent of Americans consider themselves proficient with chopsticks, prompting Paul to weigh in on whether chopstick skills are a prerequisite for a serious food lover — and to confirm...

Hotline Feature – Tony Trischka: Earl Jam, Rediscovered Earl Scruggs Recordings, and Mountain Stage Preview 21.08.2026 14:01 ↓

Legendary banjo player Tony Trischka joins Dave Weekley ahead of his Sunday appearance on Mountain Stage at the Culture Center in Charleston. Trischka details Earl Jam, his project built around more than 200 previously unheard recordings of Earl Scruggs jamming with John Hartford between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s — tapes that arrived on a thumb drive from a friend in Syracuse and revealed a loos...

Hotline Feature – Abrar Al-Heeti: Pixel 11's Live Translate, Foldable Phones, and Apple's All-Glass Anniversary iPhone 19.08.2026 9:57 ↓

Tech reporter Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Dave Weekley for a phone-heavy segment timed to Google's Pixel 11 launch day. Al-Heeti breaks down the new Live Translate feature on the Pixel 11, which now dubs YouTube videos in real time into a handful of languages — including Spanish — going beyond captions to full voice translation. She previews her embargo-dropping Pixel 11 Pro Fold review, calling...

Hotline Feature – Chris McKittrick: Frank Beard of ZZ Top, the Eliminator Legacy, and the Band's Future 19.08.2026 11:28 ↓

Music author Chris McKittrick joins Dave Weekley to pay tribute to Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of ZZ Top, who passed away at 77 after a year away from touring with the band. McKittrick — who wrote Gimme All Your Lovin, a book about Billy Gibbons — breaks down what made Beard's drumming so essential to the band's sound, particularly his masterful shuffle on La Grange and his ability to adapt...