Mere weeks after the JOX Roundtable signed off for the last time WJOX 94.5 in Birmingham has announced their new morning show. According to All Access, McElroy & Cubelic in the Morning is the station’s latest offering from 7-10 a.m. locally starting July 12th.
Greg McElroy and Cole Cubelic are headlining the new show. McElroy famously won Nick Saban his first national championship at Alabama as the quarterback steered the ship for the 2009 Crimson Tide. While Cubelic sharpened his skills as an offensive lineman at Auburn University.
“I have worked with Greg on multiple occasions across different platforms and am thrilled to share the airwaves with someone who has accomplished all that he has in this field,” Cubelic said to All Access about the pairing. “I truly believe, with the JOX brand behind us, that Greg and I can develop the most informed college football show on the planet!”
The seasoned veterans on the gridiron have also been consistent forces on the radio since hanging up their football helmets. Cubelic is a co-host on WJOX’s 3 Man Front, while McElroy co-hosts The First Team each weekday morning on ESPNU on SiriusXM.
“After seven years on satellite, I’m so excited to come to work in my adopted hometown of Birmingham,” McElroy said. “College football is my passion and being able to cover it from my own backyard will be incredibly rewarding. WJOX has long been the home for college football, and I’m fired up to join their lineup of talented hosts. Also, I’m very excited to finally have the opportunity to team up with Cole to share our love for football with the best CFB fans in America.”
This pairing has been bandied about for awhile, and the JOX Roundtable exit gave the station a window to make it happen.
“This is a show that I have wanted to put together for a long time, and I am excited to get started,” WJOX program director Ryan Haney said. “Greg and Cole are two of the top college football minds in the country. Having them in mornings on JOX 94.5 in America’s number one college football market is huge.”