Life After News in Podcasting

AlexRon_5719293_ver1.0.jpg

Former WFAA (Dallas) Anchors Ron Corning and Alexa Conomos are together again, but don’t look for them on the Tegna station.

The two have teamed up to launch a podcast.

Corning and Conomos have partnered with On-Air Media to launch “Morning After with Ron and Alexa”, a once-a-week show that debuts at 10 a.m. this morning.

Unlike network television, this show is "for mature audiences only," Corning joked, right after one of their guests cussed.

"Ron and I were always known for telling it like it is," Conomos says of their time co-anchoring the morning show together on WFAA from 2014 to 2017. But with Morning After, which will air on Facebook, iTunes and all major podcast networks, "there are no boundaries," she says.

Both Corning and Conomos consider the jump from traditional media to on-air podcasting interesting and intimidating. The team at On-Air Media understands the leap, as the company was co-founded by Chris Jagger, a radio DJ at 102.1 FM "The Edge" among his 40 years of experience, and Melissa Plaskoff, host of parenting podcast Carpool Talk Show.

"They have worked really hard on their personal brand," Plaskoff says, "and I think that is a reason people are branching out and podcasting on their own. Talent — and people with a passion — means they can monetize based on their expertise."

The duo tackles the most pressing question within minutes of Episode 1: Why did Corning leave WFAA? Corning announced on March 11 that he planned to exit his job, and his departure came days after that. There was no "goodbye" segment — which Conomos got when she left the year before, as do most Dallas TV anchors. Viewers were confused.

Corning is careful when he talks about the split, saying he "was ready to move on." He says he'll dish a little more on Morning After.

Ahhh… the man knows how to tease.

H/T Dallas News