Mike O'Meara will return to radio Wednesday on WVRX-FM (105.9)

Mike O'Meara, who for years was half of the "Don & Mike" radio team, will return to Washington's airwaves next week with a new morning show and co-host.

O'Meara, 51, will team with radio veteran Kirk McEwen on WVRX-FM (105.9) starting Wednesday, the station announced Friday.

With partner Don Geronimo, O'Meara was one of the top-rated personalities in Washington for more than two decades. Geronimo left the partnership in 2008, leaving O'Meara as a solo act on WJFK-FM (106.7). O'Meara continued until last summer, when the station changed to a sports-talk format. He has produced his own program as a podcast since then.

McEwen has been an on-air personality since the mid-1980s on Washington rock station DC101 and Baltimore's 98Rock. He joined WVRX in November as the afternoon-drive host.

McEwen, the brother of former CBS weatherman Mark McEwen, said Friday that the new program, airing from 5 to 9 a.m. weekdays, will feature talk, news and some music. WVRX plays classic rock.

"I've always admired Mike from afar," McEwen said. "I think this is like Led Zep and the Stones coming together for an album."