Tim Tebow is coming home.
Tebow, the former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from the University of Florida and Nease High School, will join 1010XL’s The Drill morning show every Tuesday from 8 – 8:30 AM. Beginning this morning, October 7th, and throughout football season, Tim will join show co-hosts Dan Hicken and Jeff Prosser on Jacksonville’s top sports radio station for a weekly Tuesday’s With Tim segment to discuss the Southeastern Conference football season.
Tebow, a current SEC Network analyst and contributor to ABC’s morning show Good Morning America, will bring his expert analysis on the past and upcoming week’s SEC football games, and other key college football games, and share his perspective on the major players and stories of the football season. Award winning sports personalities Hicken and Prosser will share their opinions and facilitate listener questions through calls and the stations’s texts and twitter feeds.
“We are proud to welcome Tim Tebow to the 1010XL team, ” said Steve Griffin, 1010XL President and General Manager. “We are excited for our listeners and sports fans who have followed Tim’s career and will enjoy hearing his expert opinions on the SEC. We are proud to be the flagship station of the Jacksonville Jaguars, the home station for JU and UNF athletics, and to be part of so much that matters to the fans of Jacksonville. 1010XL is excited to be a part of bringing Tim back to Jacksonville.”
In addition to being the flagship radio station of the Jaguars, 1010XL is the local voice of the Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles and Georgia Bulldogs fans. Station programming includes ESPN Radio’s coverage of the NBA and Major League Baseball, Jacksonville Dolphins football and men’s basketball, North Florida Ospreys baseball and men’s basketball, and Georgia Bulldogs Football, Jacksonville Giants basketball, and local High School sports.
1010XL is Jacksonville’s live and local sports radio station, broadcasting on both WJXL-AM and WJXL-FM. The station’s passionate listeners are engaged throughout the day, absorbing the thoughts and opinions of the market’s leading sports authorities, sharing their own opinion through their calls, Tweets and Facebook posts and actively responding to our partners who have addressed the business need of Marketing to Men.
1010XL’s broadcast team, with over 185 years of Jacksonville sports experience, includes Jaguars Play by Play announcer and afternoon drive host Frank Frangie as well as Action News’ Dan Hicken and Brent Martineau. It also includes Jeff Prosser, Joe Cowart, Mike Dempsey, Rick Ballou, Ryan “The Hacker” Green, and Anthony “T-Wigg” Wiggins.
Jason Barrett is the President and Founder of Barrett Media since the company was created in September 2015. Prior to its arrival, JB served as a sports radio programmer, launching brands such as 95.7 The Game in San Francisco, and 101 ESPN in St. Louis. He also spent time programming SportsTalk 950 in Philadelphia, 590 The Fan KFNS in St. Louis, and ESPN 1340/1390 in Poughkeepsie, NY. Jason also worked on-air and behind the scenes in local radio at 101.5 WPDH, WTBQ 1110AM, and WPYX 106.5. He also spent two years on the national stage, producing radio shows for ESPN Radio in Bristol, CT. Among them included the Dan Patrick Show, and GameNight.
You can find JB on Twitter @SportsRadioPD. He’s also reachable by email at Jason@BarrettMedia.com.
