Charlie Kirk has been tightly linked with the RNC and Trump campaigns. He has also been an ardent supporter of Carlson's, especially since his high-profile exit from Fox News in April of last year.
The station hit the airwaves in 1927 on the AM band at 710 before moving to 97.3 in 2008. On July 15th, 1974, the station moved to its news radio format that it has held for 50 years.
"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."