Tara Servatius will host “The Tara Show” from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday on WORD 106.3.
The new lineup for morning drive programming fills the time slot left when Russ Cassell, died Oct. 11 of a heart attack. Cassell held the 8 a.m. – noon time slot with the “Russ Cassell Show”.
Radio veteran Servatius will host “The Tara Show” from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday. Current member of the WORD 106.3 staff, Vince Coakley will host “The Vince Coakley Radio Program” from 10 a.m. to Noon Monday through Friday.
Servatius previously was the host of "Tara on TMA" in Charleston. She hosted talk shows in Myrtle Beach, and Charlotte. Servatius is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill's School of Journalism.
Coakley is a radio personality and television news anchor with almost 20 years in Charlotte. Coakley has been the host of “The Vince Coakley Program” that aired Sunday’s from 2 - 5 p.m. on WORD 106.3. In addition, Coakley filled in for Cassell and Bob McLain for the past year.
Before joining WORD 106.3, Coakley was a radio host on WBT-AM/WLNK-FM in Charlotte. Before radio, Coakley was a news anchor and reporter for WSOC-TV. In 2014 he was the Republican candidate for the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina.
Lee Rogers will continue as the news anchor for “The Tara Show” on WORD 106.3.
The Monday-Friday lineup is:
6-10 a.m., “The Tara Show”
10 a.m. – noon, “The Vince Coakley Radio Program”
Noon – 3 p.m., Rush Limbaugh
3-7 p.m., Bob McLain
7-9 p.m., Dave Ramsey
9 –midnight, Sean Hannity