{"id":311260,"date":"2025-11-24T18:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/311260\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:24:14","slug":"matt-cord-to-succeed-pierre-robert-in-middays-at-wmmr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/311260\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Cord To Succeed Pierre Robert In Middays At WMMR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mattcord-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Cord 93.3 WMMR 102.9 WMGK Y100 Philadelphia\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-322025\"  \/>Beasley Media Group Rock <a href=\"https:\/\/wmmr.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">93.3 WMMR<\/a> Philadelphia has named Matt Cord as its new midday host starting Monday, December 1.<\/p>\n<p>Cord will take the timeslot that has been held by the late <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/316174\/radio-remembers-pierre-robert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Robert<\/a> and was the last person to hold middays other than Robert. Cord originally came to Philadelphia in 1994 to host middays at WMMR during Robert\u2019s brief stint in mornings. He then had a long run in afternoons at Alternative \u201cY100\u201d WPLY until returning to the station in 2005 hosting nights and afternoons. He moved to mornings at sister Variety Hits \u201c95.7 Ben-FM\u201d WBEN-FM <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/109930\/matt-cord-kristen-herrmann-to-host-mornings-at-ben-fm-philadelphia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in January 2017<\/a> and then to middays at Classic Rock <a href=\"https:\/\/wmgk.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">102.9 WMGK<\/a> in January 2020 before moving to mornings there <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/257604\/wmgk-to-debut-the-matt-cord-show-with-steve-vassalotti-in-mornings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in August 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cord commented, \u201cAlthough no one can step into those sparkling high-top Converse and fill them, I\u2019ve known Pierre for 35 years. I was honored to do the midday show from 1994-1995 when Pierre moved to mornings \u2013 in the \u2018wake up and smell the karma\u2019 days. Along with MMR\u2019s loyal listeners, I\u2019ve shared so many cool moments with \u2018The Duke.\u2019 The people who have worked at the station over the years have formed a brotherhood and sisterhood. Pierre was at the heart of it. And like all brotherhoods and sisterhoods, when one falls, those remaining carry on as a tribute to the fallen. Nobody replaces Pierre- let\u2019s make that clear. But this will be my third stint at MMR, and I\u2019ve never been too far away, working at BEN-FM and MGK, and I saw my friend every day. I promise to carry his amazing spirit into the studio bearing his name and do my best to make him proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Program Director Chuck Damico commented, \u201cDealing with the sudden and tragic loss of the legendary Pierre Robert is something nobody at WMMR had ever imagined we would have to face, and then trying to figure out how we move forward and who could possibly be the next midday host has proven to be incredibly challenging as well. Everyone at the station is so grateful that our longtime friend and radio family member Matt Cord is willing to take that on. Matt is a 40-year Philadelphia radio veteran, very talented, very welcoming, very trusted and beloved by the Rock community. No one can replace Pierre, but I know that Matt can do him proud and Pierre would absolutely 100% approve of this. We will all continue to honor Pierre in everything we do forever. And the way to start healing and moving forward is by bringing Matt back home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WMGK will announce its new morning show host in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beasley Media Group Rock 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia has named Matt Cord as its new midday host starting Monday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-311260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}