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2 Live Stews Sign 3 Year Deal
Ryan and Doug Stewart of the 2 Live Stews have signed a new contract that guarantees three more years on 790/The Zone Atlanta and their syndicated radio show on the Sporting News Network. The contract also includes an additional two year option.
The 2 Live Stews air in 35 markets nationwide, including San Francisco, Fort Lauderdale and [...]
Citadel Media Signs ABC News Radio, ESPN Audio to Multi-Year Extensions
In the wake of parent company Citadel Broadcasting’s Chapter 11 filing on Sunday, Citadel Media announced today that it has signed a long-term agreement with ABC News Radio and a multi-year extension with ESPN Audio. Under the terms of the agreements, the network will continue to provide advertising sales support and affiliate relations for ABC [...]
Mike and Mike Aboard USS New York
ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike In The Morning broadcast live today from the deck of the USS New York anchored in New York Harbor. The ship, built with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow will be used to transport U.S. Marines and their equipment around the world. [...]
Compass Media Signs Sports Imaging “MVP”
Road Kill Creative and Compass Media Networks have launched MVP, a new Sports imaging and audio production service co-founded by broadcast veteran Gabe Hobbs and RKP founder Nate Lundy. Designed exclusively for Sports radio, Lundy says MVP will include “the absolute best production voices in the business” and be a “turn key and compelling sports [...]
Dan Patrick, Tony Bruno Shows Sold to DIRECTV
DIRECTV has acquired the Dan Patrick and “Into The Night with Tony Bruno” radio shows from The Content Factory. The shows will move to a new division of DIRECTV, the DIRECTV Sports Group. The Content Factory’s Chris Crane and Ken Kohl will also move to the new company. Patrick’s show simulcasts on DIRECTV’s 101 channel, [...]
Rush Limbaugh Bids to Buy NFL Franchise
The St. Louis Rams have moved from shopping the team to evaluating bids and Premiere Radio Network talker Rush Limbaugh has confirmed that he has an offer on the table to buy the NFL franchise. In a statement issued to his St. Louis affiliate KMOX, Limbaugh acknowledged that he and St. Louis Blues owner Dave [...]
ESPN Deportes, Ford, ATT, others partner for new version of “Dream Job”
ESPN Deportes Radio will be part of a multimedia partnership between ESPN Deportes and Ford, AT&T, Burger King, and Infinity Auto Insurance to market Dream Job: El Reportero, the Spanish-language version of ESPN’s popular Dream Job. The ESPN Deportes competition will offer aspiring sportscasters a chance to compete to become a soccer reporter for the [...]
Media Syndication Services Launches “Game Day Weather” Feature
Media Syndication Services and Red Zebra Broadcasting have launched a daily feature that looks at NFL matchups and how the weather may affect the game. “Game Day Weather” began airing on Red Zebra DC-area stations Tuesday. The 60-second feature airs three times a day Monday-Saturday or as weather news happens. “The two greatest conversation starters [...]
“The Sporting Life” Added to ESPN Radio Lineup
ESPN Radio is adding a weekly one-hour show “The Sporting Life” with reporter and “E:60″ correspondent Jeremy Schaap for Friday’s at 10p ET, beginning September 11th. “The Sporting Life” will include sports features, profiles and narratives, and follows in the footsteps of Schaap’s late father Dick Schaap who hosted a syndicated radio show of the [...]
Tony Bruno Added to Fox Sports Radio Lineup
Industry website All Access is reporting that Fox Sports Radio is in talks with The Content Factory to add “Into The Night With Tony Bruno” to their lineup from 10p-1a ET. The move, similar to the network’s deal for The Content Factory’s “Dan Patrick Show,” will move current evening host J.T. “The Brick” to 1-6a [...]
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