Sports Rap Radio is set to launch on WXYT 1270-AM with a diverse lineup of all-Black hosts. Co-owned by former Detroit News columnist Rob Parker, the new sports-talk format has revealed its show schedule for the station’s switch at 7 a.m. on May 16th.
Lindsey Hunter, a retired Pistons guard and member of the 2004 NBA championship team, will team up with Detroit native Montezz Allen to co-host “The Pitbulls” afternoon drive show from 3-7 p.m. Parker had announced the addition of Allen in a release last week.
B.J. Armstrong, another co-owner of “Sports Rap Radio,” will take over the mid-morning slot from 10 a.m. to noon, hosting solo. A Detroit native, Armstrong is also a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. The midday show, “The Bad Boys,” will feature Detroit native Martin Weiss and JR Gamble as co-hosts.
“We’ve had this idea and I’m just really looking forward to having something where, you know, the people can be proud,” Armstrong told the Detroit News. “Finally, here we are. We’re getting close.”
The original lineup of shows for “Sports Rap Radio” will run daily from 10 in the morning to 7 in the evening, with the nationally syndicated show “The Odd Couple” hosted by Chris Broussard and Rob Parker airing from 7 to 10 at night. Parker and his business partners, including NBA agent Armstrong, former Connecticut football and track-and-field athlete Dave Kenney who now works as an asset manager, and former Michigan and Detroit Country Day receiver Maurice Ways who is employed at ESPN, have leased airtime and office space at 1270-AM in Southfield, Michigan.
“diverse lineup of all-Black hosts”
Doesn’t look very diverse to me.