Michael Monks

Cincinnati Public Radio is searching for a producer for Cincinnati Edition, WVXU-FM's weekday noon talk show.

Peter Rightmire, who has produced the station's signature talk show since daily live broadcasts started in 2013, has announced he's leaving the station.

Dan Hurley is good at many things – except retiring. He's failed at it several times, due to his sense of civic responsibility and love for broadcasting.

Maybe this time he can finally kick back after hosting his last Cincinnati Edition talk show 1 p.m. Friday on WVXU-FM. He's been the "three-month interim host" for nearly a year. Michael Monks takes over Monday, Feb. 4, when the show resumes broadcasting five days a week.

If you're going to hear Michael Monks every weekday at noon on WVXU's local news show Cincinnati Edition, you might as well get to know him a little, right? Herewith, Monks shares his top tips for public speaking (he teaches a class on it at Indiana's Ivy Tech, you know); the most memorable local news story he's covered thus far; his favorite lunch spot; and more. 

Michael Monks brings a broad range of experience to WVXU-FM as the new host of Cincinnati Edition, Cincinnati Public Radio's weekday news and information talk show.