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Megyn Kelly, David Webb Hosting SiriusXM Shows From Milwaukee During Republican National Convention

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Megyn Kelly, David Webb Hosting SiriusXM Shows From Milwaukee During Republican National Convention

SiriusXM has announced its coverage plans for the upcoming Republican National Convention, which includes Megyn Kelly and David Webb being on-location in Milwaukee.

The Megyn Kelly Show — which airs on SiriusXM’s Triumph channel — will be live from Fiserv Forum on both Wednesday and Thursday next week for the convention.

Meanwhile, David Webb will take his program — heard on SiriusXM Patriot — to Milwaukee for the duration of the Republican National Convention. He has already secured interviews with former President Trump’s son Eric, and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS).

Additionally, Stacy Washington will anchor evening broadcasts for SiriusXM Patriot from the convention floor in Milwaukee.

Julie Mason will lead evening coverage for P.O.T.U.S. for the satellite broadcaster. She’ll host a special program at 8 PM ET on Monday with live interviews from Media Row. Steve Scully will provide coverage for the channel from its Washington D.C. studios.

NBC Sports Announces Open Championship Coverage Plans

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NBC Sports Announces Open Championship Coverage Plans

From July 18-21, the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland will receive extensive live coverage from NBC Sports, Peacock, and USA Network.

Throughout the course of the tournament, NBC Sports will offer over 50 hours of live coverage from Thursday to Sunday, with a total of more than 200 hours from Royal Troon including featured groups, featured holes, and Golf Central Live from The Open studio coverage.

Luke Donald, former World No. 1 and current captain for the European Ryder Cup team, joins Dan Hicks as an analyst for NBC Sports’ coverage of the Open Championship. This will be his second time serving as an analyst with NBC Sports, after previously debuting at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches and the Arnold Palmer Invitational earlier this year.

The upcoming tournament will be Mike Tirico’s 26th time broadcasting the Open Championship, and his fourth time at Royal Troon. He first broadcasted the event at this location back in 1997 when Justin Leonard was crowned champion.

The play-by-play pairings for the tournament in addition to Hicks and Donald will be Tirico with Brad Faxon, Terry Gannon and Paul McGinley along with Steve Sands and Notah Begay III.

John Wood, Smylie Kaufman, Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay and Curt Byrum will serve as on-course reporters and Cara Banks will handle player interviews.

NBC Sports will enhance their extensive coverage of the Open Championship with live broadcasts of selected groups on Peacock, featuring two morning and two afternoon groups each day. Peacock will also provide a dedicated feed for the iconic par-3 ‘Postage Stamp’ 8th hole throughout the tournament.

“Superstar Country” Coming To 1530AM, 102.5 FM Norton KS.

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“Superstar Country” Coming To 1530AM, 102.5 FM Norton KS.

Dierking Communications will debut Local Radio Network’s “Superstar Country” on 1530 AM (KQNK), and 102.5 FM in Norton, KS. The format will roll out on Wednesday July 17th.

The station will be built upon core artists George Strait, Jason Aldean, Garth Brooks, and Blake Shelton, alongside younger artists Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley.

Dave Delort will handle mornings. Middays will be led by Cha Cha Chavez, Catfish Hunter tackles afternoons, and Ritch Cassidy will patrol the evenings.

KQNK will also carry Kansas City Royals Baseball and Norton High School Sports.

Alpha Media Layoffs Continue, Erik Fox, Jenn West, Tiffany Kay, and Tom Michaels Let Go

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Alpha Media Layoffs Continue, Erik Fox, Jenn West, Tiffany Kay, and Tom Michaels Let Go

Alpha Media continues to reduce staff. The latest cuts are coming in Louisiana, California, Virginia, and Nebraska.

Erik Fox is out as OM and PM driver at Top 40 Energy 95.3 (KLLY) in Bakersfield. Fox joined the cluster in 1998.

After 38 years with the station, Tom Michaels exits middays at 98 Rocks in Texarkana – Shreveport, LA (KTAL-FM).

Country WFLS in Fredericksburg, VA, morning co-host Tiffany Kay is also out. She joined the station in 2020.

At Top 40 KFRX in Lincoln, NE, Jenn West has exited as morning show co-host. West had been with the station since 2021.

Alpha previously let go of most of its air talent in Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, along with staff in Sherman/Denison, TX, and Anchorage, AK.

Norah O’Donnell to Host CBS Evening News From Republican National Convention

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Norah O’Donnell to Host CBS Evening News From Republican National Convention

As the Republican National Convention is scheduled to begin, CBS Evening News will be on location with Norah O’Donnell anchoring from Milwaukee.

CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell will originate from the Wisconsin city on Wednesday, July 17th, and Thursday, July 18th. On the first two days of the convention, the program will offer extensive coverage of the event with in-depth analysis and also the latest developments of the campaign of President Joe Biden.

O’Donnell will also anchor primetime coverage from 8-11 PM ET as former President Donald Trump is expected to accept the party’s nomination for President. Joining O’Donnell in primetime are chief political analyst John Dickerson, Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan, and chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes.

CBS News will feature extension coverage of the event. Tony Dokoupil will be on location for the network’s morning show. Other personnel covering the convention for the network include Weijia Jiang, Major Garrett, Robert Costa, Ed O’Keefe, Caitlin Huey-Burns, Jake Rosen, and Olivia Rinaldi.

Shooter 92.9 Waco, TX Is Headed Up The Dial

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Shooter 92.9 Waco, TX Is Headed Up The Dial

With the pending sale of M&M Broadcasters’ Shooter 92.9 (KRMX) in Marlin-Waco to First Dallas Media, the Texas/Red Dirt Country format will migrate to a new home.

The move will take place on Monday July 15th. The format will debut on KBHT 104.9/Bellmead, previously a simulcast of Classic Country.

The Classic Country format moves down the dial to 92.9 FM.

M&M Broadcasters sale also includes Christian-formatted KCBI in Dallas, which will switch call letters to KZBI. The price tag for the sale is $1.35 million.

FOX Sports Draws 1.2 Million Viewers for USA Men’s Basketball Game on FS1; Will Air All Showcase Games

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FOX Sports Draws 1.2 Million Viewers for USA Men’s Basketball Game on FS1; Will Air All Showcase Games

The USA men’s basketball team got its exhibition schedule underway earlier this week with an 86-72 win over Canada. The game was broadcast on FS1 and drew 1.2 million viewers, which made it the most-watched basketball game ever to air on the channel. The game garnered about 250,000 more viewers than the previous most-watched basketball game on FS1 which was a 2022 Purdue-Indiana game.

John Ourand of Puck wrote in his newsletter, The Varsity, that while fans would normally expect to see anything Olympic related on an NBC network, FOX Sports cut a deal last year with the NBA which allows them to air the showcase games.

The team next heads to Abu Dhabi for a game against Australia, which will air at 12 p.m. ET on Monday July 15. They will also play Serbia in Abu Dhabi, that game will be on Wednesday July 17, also at 12 p.m. ET. Both of those games will air on FS1.

The team will then move to London and will play South Sudan and Germany in games scheduled for Saturday July 20 and Monday July 22. Both games will be played at 3 p.m. ET and will be shown on Fox.

Team USA is then scheduled to open the Group Phase at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday July 28 at 11:15 a.m. ET against Serbia. Other games are set for July 31 against South Sudan at 3 p.m. ET and against Puerto Rico on August 3 at 11:15 a.m. ET. All of those games will be aired by NBC.

Team USA features one of its most talented rosters, drawing many to compare it to the Dream Team from 1992. This year’s team features the likes of LeBron James, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, Steph Curry and Anthony Davis. Team USA is coached by Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.

    710 KNUS Host Randy Corporan Exits

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    After more than a decade, 710 KNUS weekend host Randy Corporan has hosted his last show for the Denver news/talk station.

    According to the host, Salem Media Group informed him it would not be renewing his contract late last month.

    Corporan told CompleteColorado.com that after the death of his wife in June of last year, he considered ending the show. However, he persisted, commuting an hour and a half one way to continue the show.

    He added that since announcing his exit, he has been contacted by “truly conservative outlets” to continue his program, but said he won’t begin a new show until after the 2024 election.

    “I want to get the start of my new life going and sort myself out,” he said. “And I want to take care of some personal problems that need to be dealt with.”

    Randy Corporan is listed as one of the defendants — along with Salem Media Group, parent company to 710 KNUS — in a defamation lawsuit brought forth by Dominion Voting Systems over what the election machine company calls “false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.”

    Jim Rome Hits Over 40 Million Video Views Since Launching on X

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    Jim Rome Hits Over 40 Million Video Views Since Launching on X

    Jim Rome made a big change this year when he dropped his television simulcast with CBS Sports Network. It took a few months, but at the end of May, Rome launched a new video feed of the show which now airs exclusively on the X platform. In a report from Deadline, the early numbers are showing a lot of promise.

    According to the report. since launching on May 28, the show has had around 70 million total impressions, 42 million video views and around 11,000 engagements.

    “We couldn’t be happier with the successful launch of Jim’s show” Brett Weitz, Head of Content, Talent, and Brand Sales at X told Deadline. “As X continues to evolve into a video first destination at the epicenter of the world’s most dynamic conversations, we’re able to give creators like Jim ownership and autonomy to build a completely new fan first experience while also allowing him to connect with his audience in a much more tactical way. Even after 35 years of being in front of the most passionate sports audience on a daily basis, he now more than ever, has the ability to socially engage with his guests, curate topics in real time, and deliver to an ever-growing fanbase hungry for the most provocative of conversations. Jim has unlocked a deep bench of fans, and fandom, on the platform and we can’t wait to watch it continue to grow.”

    Rome’s daily three hour show streams free on his X account, @jimrome starting at 12 p.m. ET. His radio show has not changed as it continues to air across the country on various radio stations as well as Audacy and Westwood One’s Infinity Sports Network and on SiriusXM.

    “An enormous day in The Jungle as for the first time in show history, we are streaming the radio program live and we are doing it on the X platform,” Rome said to kick off the first show. “Despite being in this business since the late 80’s when I got my first radio gig and despite working a decade or more each at ESPN and CBS and FOX, I have never ever streamed live programming before this very moment.”

    ESPN and the 2024 ESPY Awards Mix Sports Entertainment with a Great Cause

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    ESPN and the 2024 ESPY Awards Mix Sports Entertainment with a Great Cause

    When it comes to glitz, glamour, and gripping stories, the 2024 ESPY Awards which aired live on Thursday, July 11 on ABC certainly did not disappoint. The fanfare took its roots in this year’s host, former tennis superstar and all-around icon Serena Williams. The 2024 ESPYs may just serve as the launching pad for the birth of a new entertainment star.

    Hosting a long, involved, and wide-ranging awards show is hard, and Willams was absolutely terrific. We all know that Williams has charisma. She set new trends and was a groundbreaking presence on the court – not only with her play, but with her style, flair, and dramatics. But did you know that she could deliver jokes with dead on timing and even sing?

    Williams brought all of this to the ESPY Awards stage. She kept the show moving at a pace that rivaled her own swiftness on the tennis court. For those who were wondering what the heck Serena Williams was doing hosting the ESPYs, she stated, “You may be wondering why I’m doing this. First of all, any opportunity to wear 16 outfits in three hours, I’m going to take it.”

     Of course, there was no shortage of superstar talent to go along with Williams. With nominees such as Jaylen Brown, Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, Patrick Mahomes, and Shohei Ohtani, the ESPYs indeed lived up to its moniker as the Oscars of sports.

    The vast array of celebrity and sports presenters was equally amazing. Personalities gracing the stage included Quinta Brunson, Nikki Glaser, Rob Lowe, Paige Bueckers, Draymond Green, Lindsey Vonn, and Candace Parker, among others.

    The group of names I just mentioned truly defines the underlying essence of the ESPY Awards, namely, diversity. More than any other awards show on television, the ESPYS are all about bringing people from different walks of life together, bonded by a common love of sports.

    It has been said many times that entertainers want to be athletes and athletes want to be entertainers. On no stage is this more apparent than the ESPYs. The event is all about gigantic personalities dating back to 1993 and the epic speech by the late ESPN broadcaster and college basketball coach, Jim Valvano.

    Valvano was the epitome of showmanship both on the sidelines and on the air, and his emotional 1993 ESPY speech is now the stuff of legend.

     Suffering from cancer, Valvano was brilliant, telling people to laugh, cry, and think every day while making the audience in attendance and at home do all three at once. It was this speech that essentially founded the V Foundation for Cancer Research, the ESPYs charitable arm and an organization that has helped raise more than $200 million for cancer research.

    Indeed, the ESPYS are not just about 2024, but about history. The program always brings to mind Valvano as well as the late ESPN superstar anchor Stuart Scott, who gave his own memorable ESPY speech in 2014 just months before succumbing to cancer in January 2015. The images of Valvano and Scott hover over the ESPY stage like angels looking down in satisfaction that the cause continues.

    In addition to awards for best athletes, teams, and moments, the 2024 ESPYS also continued the tradition of special honorees. Former New Orleans Saints’ safety Steve Gleason, who has valiantly and publicly fought ALS for years, received the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage.

    University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley received the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance named after the aforementioned Valvano, and Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, received the Pat Tillman Award for Service in recognition of his work helping veterans.

    Still, it was the Gleason presentation that stood out for me. The Ashe Award is given to individuals whose contributions transcend sports and reflect the spirit of Ashe with strength, courage, and a willingness to stand up for their beliefs in the face of adversity. Many have followed him, but it was Gleason who truly gave a high profile face to the debilitating disease that is ALS.

    In response to receiving the honor, Gleason wrote on Instagram, “My aim has always been to see if we can discover peace and freedom with the love of life, in the midst of extreme adversity. Being recognized at the 2024 ESPYs is not just an honor, but a powerful platform to further help and serve others.”

    The ritzy Dolby Theater in Los Angeles served as the perfect venue for this star-studded event. Perhaps the best part of the ESPY Awards each year is the mingling of past and present. It’s great to see the likes of ESPN’s Chris Berman and other sports veterans on stage, along with new stars in both athletics and entertainment.

     The award categories were, as always, filled with superstar names, but the Men’s Sports, Best Athlete group is worth noting. This year’s nominees included Patrick Mahomes, Shohei Ohtani, Scottie Scheffler, and Connor McDavid. Honestly, have their ever been four nominees who have so utterly dominated their respective sports in one year? For Mahomes to earn this award was quite a feat for sure.

    The Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback was already an ESPY winner before the awards show even aired. He was announced as the winner of the Best NFL Player ESPY on the July 10 edition of ESPN’s NFL Live.

    Mahomes has taken the mantle of Tom Brady and is now the most dominant presence in the NFL. With two consecutive and three overall Super Bowl championships as well as three Super Bowl MVP Awards, he has lifted himself into that rarefied air of fame.

    The ESPYs have also grown technologically. This year’s show not only aired on ABC, but was live streamed on DIRECTV stream, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, and Sling. The widespread popularity of the program stems from its unique award categories such as Best Breakthrough Athlete which featured winner JuJu Watkins and nominees Victor Wembanyama, C.J. Stroud and others.

    I also liked the Best Record Breaking Performance category with Christian McCaffrey, Tara VanDerveer, Max Verstappen, and the winner Caitlin Clark, who became the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader breaking Pete Maravich’s record.

    The ESPYs Best Championship Performance Award went to Jaylen Brown of the Celtics, but the nominee list went beyond the four major sports with Kayla Martello of Boston College women’s lacrosse and Midge Purse the NWSL Championship MVP award winner.

    Best Athlete with a Disability and awards for race car driving, UFC fighting, boxing, tennis, and soccer hit home the show’s consistent theme of variety. Speaking of categories and winners, here are a few of my own from the 2024 ESPYs:

    Best Speech: Steve Gleason after winning the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage

    Best Moment: The Presentation of the Pat Tillman Award for Service mainly because it keeps Tillman’s name alive and eternal

    Best Joke: Serena Williams saying to Caitlin Clark, “Caitlin, you are Larry Bird in that you are an amazing player, you have ties to Indiana, and white people are really crazy about you.”

    Best Presenters: Jayden Daniels, Livvy Dunne, and Lil Wayne – the ultimate ESPY trio with stardom in sports, social media, and entertainment represented.

    With flash and panache, the 2024 ESPY Awards show was a thoroughly entertaining showcase of stardom and success. It was interesting, exciting, and at times, quite moving – truly a home run for hope, a touchdown for triumph, and an ace for accomplishment.

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