Wheeling Radio Station Loses Second Employee in 2 Weeks

Our condolences, again, to employees of RCK 1 Group talk WKKX/1600 in Wheeling WV, as a second member of their radio family has passed away.

West Virginia Media CBS/ABC/Fox affiliate WTRF/7 and sister newspaper The State Journal report that WKKX talk host and newsman Tod Jeffers has died at the age of 67.

Among the stations on Jeffers' resume according to AllAccess - Columbus' WBNS-FM/97.1, which recently changed from hot AC to sports as "97.1 The Fan".

WKKX is mainly a Wheeling-centric station, and doesn't cover nearly as much of the Ohio side of the Ohio Valley region as Clear Channel talk competitor WWVA/1170 (or the two local TV stations, WTRF and Cox NBC affiliate WTOV/9 Steubenville OH).

But we did note the passing of Ohio Valley broadcast legend George Kellas...who was a co-worker of Jeffers at WKKX. That means the Wheeling talk station's employees are now grieving over the second staff member death in under two weeks...