97.1 The Fan in Columbus listens to their audience. So when they bombarded Jay Taylor, director of programming and operations at The Fan, with messages demanding more local content, he responded.
Starting on Monday, April 4, Tim Hall and former Ohio State and NFL running back Chris “Beanie” Wells will team up for the “Tim and Beanie Show”, weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon. The program will replace ESPN Radio’s Dan Le Batard show which will air in the market on Taylor’s second sports station ESPN 1460.
“This is a great opportunity for our loyal and craving audience to get more local sports talk,” Taylor said. “It also brings another exciting layer to our team on the highest-rated ESPN affiliate in the country.”
Hall and Wells previously partnered on “The Buckeye Show,” weekdays from 6p-8p.
Wells played for Ohio State from 2006-08 and finished fifth all-time in rushing with 3,382 yards. The Akron native was selected 31st overall in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals. He played four seasons in the NFL.
Hall, a Woodbridge, Va. native, has been at 97.1 since October 2012 after stops in Kansas City and Raleigh, N.C.
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.
