Audacy has announced that Rich Eisen will be bringing his daily sports talk show to the airwaves of Infinity Sports Network starting next January. Eisen will be on the air in afternoon drive from 12 to 3 p.m. EST, bringing a blend of expertise, humor and pop culture through insightful analysis, celebrity interviews and other sports content. The Emmy-nominated Rich Eisen Show becomes part of the lineup as Jim Rome takes his program to afternoon drive to be syndicated and distributed by Westwood One, as announced earlier in the day on his show.
Eisen was a longtime host of SportsCenter on ESPN before he became the first on-air talent on the NFL Network roster when the league-owned broadcast entity launched in 2003. Beginning in 2014, he started hosting his own eponymous weekday program, which has received several awards and honors from those across the industry. Eisen was named the Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year at the Marconi Radio Awards in 2023 and also emceed the event from the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
“We are delighted to welcome Rich to the Infinity Sports Network lineup,” Ryan Hurley, brand manager of Infinity Sports Network and WFAN, said in a statement. “Rich has always delivered great content and guests to his audience, and we can’t wait for that to continue starting January 6th.”
With his addition to the Westwood One lineup, Eisen will continue to work on NFL Network on studio programming, including NFL GameDay Morning and on location to host coverage of the NFL Draft, NFL Scouting Combine and Super Bowl. Eisen also hosts coverage of Monday Night Football from Westwood One, which distributes and sells the Infinity Sports Network as part of a partnership with Audacy.
The Rich Eisen Show will continue to stream free on The Roku Channel, SiriusXM channel No. 158 and several radio stations across the country. Infinity Sports Network is part of the newly created Audacy Sports division and has more than 300 U.S. affiliates. The national sports radio outlet was rebranded after being known as CBS Sports Radio for parts of 11 years.
“I’m thrilled to be expanding my relationship with Westwood One and Audacy by providing my show as a tentpole for the Infinity Sports Network,” Eisen said in a statement. “I look forward to all the new possible first-time callers to become long-time listeners and expand my podcast audience along with it.”
The new Infinity Sports Network weekday lineup, which begins on Monday, Jan. 6, commences with Maggie Gray and Andrew Perloff in morning drive from 6 to 10 a.m. EST. Bill Reiter hosts a two-hour show after that before Eisen takes the ensuing three hours to begin afternoon drive. Zach Gelb anchors the 3 to 6 p.m. EST daypart before JR SportBrief, Bart Winkler and Amy Lawrence conclude the day of programming.
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