Hickey shared the news via his Twitter featuring a GIF of him removing his shirt in excitement. He added "if you like listening to weak chested, high-pitched sports talk, boy do I have a show for you".
The “Clay & Buck” show became the official successor to the “Rush Limbaugh Show” after the conservative talk icon lost his battle with advanced-stage lung cancer last year.
The NABCO-owned (North American Broadcast Company) station debuted this week as a new brand after being flipped from Soft Oldies “Easy 95.1/920”. The station will air the national Fox Sports Radio lineup around the clock along with play-by-play of Columbus Clippers baseball and Notre Dame University football.
“Unfortunately, Tim is a little under the weather,” Fitzgerald said on 95.7 The Game’s Steiny & Guru. “So, Strength in Numbers, baby! They just grabbed an available broadcaster. So I’ll be sitting there, reunited with Jim Barnett actually for Game 6 on the radio.