Bob Conners
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Bob Conners is an American
United States
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 radio personality on Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
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, Ohio's
Ohio
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 610 WTVN
WTVN
WTVN is a full-service AM radio station in Columbus, Ohio located at 610 kHz. It has news, talk, and sports programs, is the dominant AM station in the Columbus market and is consistently rated either #1 or #2 by Arbitron...

. He has been on the air in Columbus for over forty years. Because his morning show has been around for so long, Conners is known as "The Morning Monarch." Other hosts on the station often refer to him simply as "BC".

Bob Conners in the Morning

Bob Conners in the Morning airs each weekday morning. His show has been a mainstay of Columbus radio since 1979. The show intersperses news, weather, and traffic reports between segments discussing issues of varied interest, as well as interviews with authors and local personalities. Bob Conners in the Morning airs weekdays on WTVN
WTVN
WTVN is a full-service AM radio station in Columbus, Ohio located at 610 kHz. It has news, talk, and sports programs, is the dominant AM station in the Columbus market and is consistently rated either #1 or #2 by Arbitron...

 from 5:35 a.m. to 9 a.m.

BC's Saturday Morning Open Phones

On BC's Saturday Morning Open Phones, callers can speak about any topic they wish, which can be as simple as announcing a charity event or can be a minutes-long political rant. There are several regular callers who banter with Conners over politics or the latest Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

 football game. BC's Saturday Morning Open Phones airs on Saturdays on WTVN
WTVN
WTVN is a full-service AM radio station in Columbus, Ohio located at 610 kHz. It has news, talk, and sports programs, is the dominant AM station in the Columbus market and is consistently rated either #1 or #2 by Arbitron...

from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Conners will warn long-winded open-phones callers that their time is running out by prompting, "I need a take home..."

Retirement

On Monday, October 24, 2011, Conners announced just prior to the 7:40am Sports segment that he would be retiring and his last official day on-air would be November 30, 2011.

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