{"id":2091234,"date":"2025-10-14T20:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2091234"},"modified":"2025-10-14T20:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:53:10","slug":"john-boy-and-billy-show-to-cease-production-at-the-end-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/john-boy-and-billy-show-to-cease-production-at-the-end-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018John Boy and Billy Show\u2019 to cease production at the end of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">CHARLOTTE, N.C. (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qcnews.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:QUEEN CITY NEWS;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">QUEEN CITY NEWS<\/a>) \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/john-boy-billy-show-leaving-233036507.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:After being dropped from their flagship station;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>After being dropped from their flagship station<\/strong><\/a> almost one year ago, \u201cThe John Boy and Bill Show\u201d will sign off the airwaves for good, WIMZ 103.5 announced in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/job\/wimz-morning-show-opening-go-live-and-local-in-knoxville\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:job posting;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>job posting<\/strong><\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The show\u2019s duo, John Isley and Billy James,\u00a0launched in 1981 when they started airing mornings on 107.9 WBCY Charlotte before moving to 99.7 The Fox (WRFX) in 1986.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The show reached its peak of over 100 stations when it moved to Premiere in the early 2000s. Now, the show airs on 37 stations across the South and Midwest. It\u2019s still syndicated on WSFL-FM\/Greenville, New Bern; WRCQ-FM\/Fayetteville; WOBR-FM\/Nags Head; WROQ-FM\/Greenville; WIWF-FM\/Charleston; and WMXT\/Florence. <\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_j1p56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_j1p56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_j1p56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The show will cease production at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qcnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Queen City News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Queen City News. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. 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