The Jack Diamond Morning Show first left WRQX in April 2013, when Diamond’s contract ran out. It came back in November 2015, when Cumulus Media brought back the “Mix 107.3” name, and it ended for good on May 31, 2019. That was the day Mix 107.3 signed off after Cumulus sold the 107.3 FM signal to Educational Media Foundation. As of 2026, Jack Diamond hosts mornings on 106.9 The Eagle (WWEG) in the Frederick, Maryland area, with longtime partner Jimmy Alexander. His 2011 co-host Brooke Ryan went back to Mix 95.9 in Charleston, South Carolina, and became its program director in 2025.
The posts below are from late summer and fall 2011, when the show was on air every weekday morning in Washington, DC.
Free For All Friday, September 9, 2011
Aly’s “Solution” to a Dead Car Battery
Brooke left her car lights on all day, and the next morning the battery was dead. Co-host Aly Jacobs offered a joke fix on air: a rope and a sparkler. A rope and a sparkler will not charge a battery. What actually works is jumper cables and a second car, a portable jump starter or a battery charger. If you’re not sure how to do it safely, call roadside assistance.
Click Here To Hear Aly Explain Her Theory
Marc Anthony Opens Up About the Split
Marc Anthony talked publicly about his split from Jennifer Lopez. The couple announced in July 2011 that they were separating after seven years of marriage. They have twins, Max and Emme, born in 2008. The divorce became final in 2014.
2011 Peace Celebration
The show promoted a 2011 peace celebration listed on Mattie Online, the website that honors the late child poet and peace advocate Mattie J.T. Stepanek: http://mattieonline.com/L_whatsnew.htm
Listeners’ Workout Playlist
Listeners called in with their favorite workout songs. Here is the list they built, with each title spelled correctly.
| Song or album | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky IV soundtrack | Various artists | 1985 |
| “Lose Yourself” | Eminem | 2002 |
| “Pump It” | The Black Eyed Peas | 2006 |
| “Centerfield” | John Fogerty | 1985 |
| “Good Girls Go Bad” | Cobra Starship | 2009 |
| “Stronger” | Britney Spears | 2000 |
| “Learn to Fly” | Foo Fighters | 1999 |
| “Firework” | Katy Perry | 2010 |
| “Enter Sandman” | Metallica | 1991 |
| Top Gun soundtrack | Various artists | 1986 |
Brooke’s Latest Addiction: Words With Friends
Brooke admitted on air that she was hooked on Words With Friends, the mobile word game. Zynga bought the game’s maker in 2010. Plenty of listeners felt the same way. One of them, Judy, emailed to say she had 20 games going at once. She also got annoyed when opponents were slow to play, and she sometimes sent them “resign or play” messages. She did add that the game had improved her vocabulary.
Inside Kim Kardashian’s Wedding
Kim Kardashian married NBA player Kris Humphries on August 20, 2011, in Montecito, California. E! aired the wedding as a TV special. The marriage was short. On October 31, 2011, 72 days after the wedding, Kardashian filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences.
Free For All Friday Comedy Guests
On Free For All Friday the show often had stand-up comics on as guests. Dov Davidoff came on ahead of a weekend of shows at the DC Improv. Richard Lewis also appeared, promoting two nights at the Synetic Theater in Crystal City, Virginia. Lewis died in February 2024.
Station Contests in 2011
In 2011, Mix 107.3 ran a call-in contest called the Secret Envelope Game. The same year, the morning show started playing at least 10 songs in a row during its 9 a.m. hour. Both were station features of their time and ended long ago.
Foods Said to Boost Your Love Life
The nutrition facts in this segment hold up. The romance claims are mostly folklore. No food has been shown to work like a prescription drug, so treat the list as a guide to healthy eating rather than a cure.
Strawberries and other berries. Red has long been linked with romance, from roses to sports cars to red dresses. Strawberries also carry real nutrition. They are high in folate, a B vitamin that helps prevent neural tube birth defects, and in vitamin C. Blueberries and blackberries contain plant compounds thought to help blood vessels relax and improve circulation.
Dark chocolate. Dark chocolate contains phenylethylamine, a compound often linked with feelings of attraction. The 2011 segment credited the Journal of the American Dietetic Association with this research. That journal is now the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The heart benefits have better support: researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (now the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) linked cocoa to better blood flow, less sticky platelets and lower LDL cholesterol.
Oysters and other shellfish. Oysters are known as the classic aphrodisiac, and they really are rich in zinc. Zinc plays a part in testosterone production, healthy sperm and circulation. The 2011 version of this item said six oysters gave double a 15 mg daily allowance. That figure is outdated. The National Institutes of Health now sets the adult zinc RDA at 11 mg a day for men and 8 mg for women. Its fact sheet lists 3 ounces of raw farmed Eastern oysters at 32 mg, which is nearly three times the daily value.
Oatmeal and other whole grains. Oats contain L-arginine, an amino acid that has been studied as a treatment for erectile dysfunction. The segment also said oatmeal helps support testosterone, a hormone that affects desire in both men and women.
Fatty fish. Sexologist and Women’s Health columnist Yvonne K. Fulbright, PhD, was cited as saying that the omega-3 fats DHA and EPA in fish help raise dopamine levels in the brain. Fish also has well-studied benefits. Its fats fight inflammation, help protect against blood clots and irregular heart rhythms, and support brain health.
Kate Hudson’s New Baby
Kate Hudson and Muse singer Matt Bellamy shared the first photo of their son, Bingham, on Twitter when he was 5 weeks old. Bingham was born in July 2011. Hudson and Bellamy ended their engagement in 2014.
Other Headlines That Summer
The show’s celebrity segments in 2011 also covered a Taylor Swift wardrobe malfunction and a new trend started by Rihanna.
Beltway Roulette
Beltway Roulette was a 2011 station contest. Contestants boarded a bus that drove the Capital Beltway, and the station posted live updates and photos starting at 6 a.m. Nobody knew where the bus would stop, and one stop at Exit 29 brought Jack on board. The contest ended long ago, along with the station that ran it.
Ways to Scare Your Man Away
The original list promised eight ways but only gave four. Here they are, rewritten in plain English.
- Talking about having or naming babies. Unless you’re pregnant or already have a baby, the “what would we name our kid?” game can scare a new partner. A baby means being tied to someone for life, and most men don’t think that far ahead early in a relationship.
- Talking about marriage and the future too often. The segment said many men want marriage too, just later. Some women have planned their wedding for years, while a man early on is mostly trying to figure out whether the relationship works in the short term.
- Announcing a “ladies night.” The segment’s take was that a sudden girls’ night, especially right after a fight, can feel to a man like his case is going to a jury of her friends. Spending time with friends is healthy. It’s the timing and the announcement that make people nervous.
- Saying “We need to talk.” That phrase almost never leads to a casual chat. It tends to send the other person back through recent weeks trying to work out what went wrong.
The B-52’s at the National Zoo
The B-52’s played a concert at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington. Fans who missed it could Click Here to watch the video the show posted.
Who Are You Thinking About?
The show asked listeners whether it’s okay to fantasize about someone else while you’re with your partner. In a poll cited on air, 51% said yes and 49% said no.
Too Soon?
Arnold Schwarzenegger was photographed riding a bike in Santa Monica wearing a shirt that read “I survived Maria.” TMZ reported that Maria Shriver’s own staff made the shirts as a joke for a farewell party in November 2010, at the end of his time as California governor. The year 2007 was crossed out and replaced with 1977, the year the couple started dating. Shriver filed for divorce in July 2011, and a Los Angeles judge finalized it on December 28, 2021, more than 10 years later.
David Beckham and Baby Harper Seven
Victoria Beckham tweeted a photo of baby Harper Seven, her daughter with David Beckham, cuddling her dad. Harper was born on July 10, 2011, David and Victoria Beckham’s fourth child and first daughter.
John Mulaney at the DC Improv, August 5, 2011
On August 5, 2011, comedian John Mulaney, then a writer for Saturday Night Live, came on the show ahead of a weekend of sets at the DC Improv. The club still runs a full comedy schedule at www.DCImprov.com
Brooke and Aly’s Marine Corps Ball Plea
In fall 2011, Brooke Ryan and Aly Jacobs made a running joke out of trying to get invited to a Marine Corps Ball on November 12. Balls held around the Marine Corps birthday, November 10, are a big local tradition in the Washington area. They asked listeners to help find them dates and promised in advance that the answer would be yes.
FAQ
What happened to the Jack Diamond Morning Show on Mix 107.3?
Cumulus took Jack Diamond off WRQX in April 2013 when his contract expired, and The Bert Show replaced him that May. He returned when the station relaunched as Mix 107.3 in November 2015. The show’s final broadcast on the station was May 31, 2019, the day the station signed off.
What is on 107.3 FM in Washington, DC now?
Cumulus sold the 107.3 signal to Educational Media Foundation in 2019. Mix 107.3 signed off at 7 p.m. on May 31, 2019. The frequency now carries K-LOVE, a Christian adult contemporary format, under the call letters WLVW. Cumulus kept the WRQX call sign and parked it on an AM station in Youngstown, Ohio.
Where is Jack Diamond now?
As of 2026, Diamond hosts mornings on 106.9 The Eagle (WWEG), which serves Frederick, Maryland, with co-host Jimmy Alexander. Between his 2013 exit and his 2015 return to DC, he worked on stations in Miami, San Diego and Chicago, including WLS-FM.
What happened to Brooke Ryan?
Brooke Ryan spent about four years on the Mix 107.3 morning show before going back to Mix 95.9 in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2014. There she rejoined the “Two Girls and a Guy” morning show. Saga Communications named her program director of Mix 95.9 in April 2025.
Did Mix 107.3 always play adult contemporary music?
No. The frequency started in 1948 as WMAL-FM, playing easy listening and classical music. As WRQX it ran Top 40 as “Q107” before switching formats in 1990. In August 2013 it briefly became “All The Hits 107.3,” then went back to “Mix 107.3” in November 2015.
Sources
- Jack Diamond Hosts Final Morning Show on WRQX (Inside Radio)
- Bert Show Replaces Jack Diamond at DC’s WRQX (RadioInsight)
- Jack Diamond Returns to WRQX (Washingtonian)
- WLVW (Wikipedia)
- How Jack Diamond’s Journey Shows Local Radio Still Matters (Barrett Media, 2026)
- Brooke Ryan Named Program Director at Mix 95.9 Charleston (Barrett Media)
- Zinc Fact Sheet for Health Professionals (NIH Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Schwarzenegger and Shriver Divorce Final After 10 Years (ClickOnDetroit/AP)
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