The station, which has operated without on-air personalities in midday and afternoon slots since it transitioned to Top in May 2021, is set to introduce two new voices.
The inaugural event will feature special guests Fred, morning host at iHeartMedia’s 103.5 Kiss FM in Chicago, and James Howard, Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeart Chicago.
"ESPN has the talent, the access and the rights to own that conversation every day. Rather than treating the 2 p.m. hour as a seasonal football play, the network should turn it into a year-round destination for football fans."
"Technology is cool. But being a human is so much cooler. People feel connection. We all understand the financial impacts of AI, but the legal aspects are starting to catch up."
"We like to make fun of tropes like Sports Talk shows that pair two guys from two different cities together. We exaggerate the characters so one is some meathead who played sports but doesn't know what he's doing and the other is super announcer-y."
"There's a time where, whether it was a hip hop, rock song, or even country, people would say that's my jam, and I want to bring the essence of that back,"