A 98.5 The Sports Hub rising star who has been floated as a contender for the “Toucher and Rich” host opening has interviewed for the highly coveted job.

Kendra Middleton, who makes regular appearances on the morning show, confirmed on Wednesday that she interviewed for the open position.

Longtime host Rich Shertenlieb left “Toucher and Rich” last month after host Fred Toucher signed a multiyear extension to stay with the morning show.

Middleton on Wednesday joined 98.5’s Mike Felger on the Facebook Live “Off-Air Show,” and Felger asked her if she had interviewed for the morning show.

“I think I got a courtesy interview, so yes,” Middleton responded. “I think because I applied, they brought me in, which was really nice.”

Felger asked why she thought it was just a courtesy interview.

“Just because I think that I’m young and new,” Middleton responded, later adding, “I think (Program Director) Rick (Radzik) took me very seriously. It’s just I think that there’s probably someone who, I don’t know, I think that I’m qualified. It’s just I haven’t been here very long, so I don’t know.”

Felger again asked if she thought she was a serious candidate.

“I would love to be. I just, I don’t know,” Middleton responded.

Toucher on a recent show joked that Felger was joining him on the morning show.

“I think it would go well,” Felger said. “What is a sneaky hard spot is to be in the second chair, to be in the Mazz chair, the B chair, because listening is harder than talking… that would be the only discomfort.”

“I’m just used to running my mouth and setting the pace, and that sort of thing,” he added.

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Jim Murray, also known as “Big Jim” who’s the third chair on “Felger and Mazz,” had been floated as a possible replacement for Shertenlieb.

Felger on a previous Off-Air Show had asked the fan favorite if he was interested in the morning show opening, and Murray vowed that he was “100% not interested.”

A top name being mentioned as a replacement on the morning show has been Rob “Hardy” Poole, who’s on the midday 98.5 show “Zolak and Bertrand.” Hardy has been called a good fit for the morning show with his production work and music background.

Middleton asked Felger who would be the best fit for the morning show.

“Hardy approximates Rich like in a lot of ways,” Felger said. “I know I’m hardly the first one to say that. He has a lot of the same, I feel, on-air sensibilities and same tonality and same skills with the production… Hardy’s outstanding. Talented guy, creative guy. He’s been doing this a long time, and so it’s deserving if he wants it.”

Middleton added that Hardy is “the obvious answer” for the best morning show fit.