{"id":3690,"date":"2026-07-01T20:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2026-07-01T20:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:35:27","slug":"raleigh-morning-show-co-host-announces-abrupt-departure-from-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3690","title":{"rendered":"Raleigh morning show co-host announces abrupt departure from station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/996559236613085\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Daughtry announced<\/a> on Sunday, June 28 that she is no longer a part of 94.7 QDR\u2019s Q Morning Crew.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3688\">NC&#8217;s long-awaited state budget clears first vote on a fast track to becoming law<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daughtry, who has been on the show for five years, shared the news to her 23,000 Facebook followers and 11,600 Instagram followers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t wanted to do this all week,\u201d Daughtry said in a video posted to her Facebook accounts. \u201cI was hoping to be able to tell you this on the big microphone, but that wasn\u2019t an option. The season changed a little sooner than I expected, but I\u2019ve learned by now that not every ending is a bad one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daughtry joined Curtis Media Group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.947qdr.com\/\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">WQDR station<\/a> in 2021. She co-hosted Q Morning Crew with Mike Wheless until her abrupt departure.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3686\">RDU Airport resumes flights after truck, corporate jet collide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans of the Johnston County native took to the comments to express sadness for her absence on the air waves. One said that they will no longer listen to the station without Daughtry\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her job with Curtis Media, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amandadaughtry.com\/about\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">Daughtry spent 10 years<\/a> in Nashville performing at bars, opening for bands on tour and releasing albums, according to her website. In 2014, Amanda<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnstoncountync.org\/blog\/post\/joco-has-talent-meet-amanda-daughtry\/\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\"> won Female Country Artist of the Year<\/a> from the Carolina Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The News &amp; Observer contacted Daughtry and individuals at Curtis Media Group on three occasions this week requesting more information, but as of time of publishing there has been no reply.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3684\">NC budget bill ends one incentive for data centers, keeps other tax breaks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans react after Amanda Daughtry revealed her exit from Q Morning Crew at Curtis Media Group\u2019s 94.7 QDR, ending her five-year run on the Raleigh morning show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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