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Media Views: Downsized KMOX sports department is a sign of the times

Charlie Brennan didn’t cover athletics at KMOX, the station at which he was a stalwart for more than three decades in its news-talk arm.

But his recent retirement is having reverberations in the once-mighty sports department at 1120 AM, which has a rich tradition — arguably the richest of any radio outlet in the country.

Kevin Wheeler, who has anchored the station’s signature “Sports Open Line” program for the last 17 months in his second stint in that role, is moving to a general talk position

on a new program, “The Show.” It will air from 10 a.