ESPN Radio station listing
| Market |
Branding |
Special local programming notes |
| Alexandria, Virginia |
Triple X ESPN Radio flagship WXTR |
Switched from ESPN Radio to being an ESPN Deportes Radio in 2008 after owner Red Zebra Broadcasting purchased competitor WTEM. |
| Albany, New York |
ESPN Radio 1300 The Team |
Moved to 104.5 FM in late 2006 |
| Baltimore, Maryland |
ESPN 1300 |
Became a CBS Sports Radio affiliate on January 2, 2013. |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
The Score 1210 |
Lost the broadcast rights in Baton Rouge to the now ESPN 1300 in February 2007. |
| Birmingham, Alabama |
Jox 94.5 |
Announced that the station would become a charter affiliate of CBS Sports Radio when it debuts on January 2, 2013; dropped ESPN Radio on August 19, 2012; currently carrying Fox Sports Radio. |
| Boston, Massachusetts |
890 ESPN Radio |
WAMG/WLLH dumped ESPN Radio Programming on September 14, 2009. |
| Cambridge, Maryland |
ESPN Radio 1240 |
Changed formats to nostalgic standards on December 30, 2011. |
| Cleveland, Ohio |
WKNR
(1992–1995)
WWWE/WTAM
(1995–1998)
WKNR
(1998–2006)
WWGK (primary)
(2006–2007) |
WKNR was the first affiliate in Cleveland and carried weekend programming until WWWE (which changed callsigns to WTAM) picked it up in 1995. WTAM then moved the affiliation to WKNR in 1998 (when both stations were under common ownership); WKNR carried ESPN Radio until its cancellation by the network in July 2006 which was effective that October. WWGK's new ownership then purchased WKNR in December 2006, and moved it back to WKNR in March 2007, but WWGK airs ESPN programming and play-by-play that WKNR is unable to air due to other commitments. |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado |
ESPN 1300 The Sports Animal |
Changed formats to Classic country now known as KCSF. Colorado Rockies baseball games still airs on this station. |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
ESPN Radio 93.1 FM |
Sold on July 28, 2012. |
| Denver, Colorado |
ESPN Radio 1600 |
Changed affiliation to Fox Sports Radio. Launched on January 1, 2007 as a sister station to KRWZ 950AM; airs Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche games that are bumped from KRWZ; also University of Denver sports and University of Wyoming sports |
| Detroit, Michigan |
WDFN and WXYT |
From 2000 until 2007, ESPN Radio bounced between the two competing Detroit sports stations. In August 2007, ESPN attempted (without success) to break their contract with WDFN to move back to WXYT. Despite still having a current contract with WDFN, ESPN Radio began broadcasting on WXYT anyway, including Mike and Mike in the Morning - with both stations sometimes carrying ESPN Radio content simultaneously.
In October 2007 when WXYT merged with sister station WKRK to become "97.1 The Ticket," the station took a higher emphasis on local programming, and dropped ESPN Radio in lieu of Sporting News Radio. WDFN then immediately granted ESPN's request to break their contract in favor of Fox Sports Radio, leaving Detroit without an ESPN Radio affiliate until WCAR (AM) took the affiliation in February 2012.
|
| Fairbanks, Alaska |
820 Sports |
Dropped ESPN for Fox Sports Radio citing financial reasons in 2011. |
| Hartford, Connecticut |
News-Sports 910 CNN
ESPN Radio 1410 |
WNEZ AM 910 carried The Fabulous Sports Babe until December 1996 when the station was sold and went Spanish and later Urban Contemporary. The station is now Spanish Tropical Mega 910 WLAT.
ESPN Radio then moved to WPOP in January 1998 when that station dumped the One on One Sports network. WPOP carried ESPN Radio until March 5, 2012 when it became FOX Sports Radio. ESPN launched on new sister station 97.9 ESPN at the end of January 2012.
|
| Houston, Texas |
790 The Sports Animal |
Moved to 97.5 in January 2007 |
| Huntington, West Virginia |
ESPN Radio 1340 |
Swapped with AM 930 WRVC on November 6, 2006 |
| Indianapolis, Indiana |
ESPN Radio 950 |
2002–2008; WNDE and WIBC were also previous ESPN Radio affiliates in the 1990s |
| Jacksonville, Florida |
ESPN Radio 1460 |
Changed formats to religious, with ESPN now heard on WJXL; Atlanta Braves baseball still carried live |
| Kansas City, Missouri |
ESPN Radio 97.3 |
Formerly KCXM, now a Christian radio station. ESPN programs moved to 810 WHB. Former flagship of the Kansas City Royals |
| Las Vegas, Nevada |
ESPN Radio 920 |
Became Fox Sports Radio in February 2008 in a three-way switch in which KWWN became the new ESPN Radio station and KENO joined ESPN Deportes Radio |
| Lincoln, Nebraska |
ESPN Radio 1480 |
Became an oldies station on January 26, 2010. |
| Lindenwold, New Jersey |
ESPN Radio 1680 |
Defunct since 2002, broadcasting the Trenton Thunder. Now airs an ethnic format. |
| Little Rock, Arkansas |
Total Sports 1380 |
Purchased by Simmons Media, leased to Nova M Radio, a group that leases stations to run Air America Radio programming. |
| Los Angeles |
ESPN Radio 1110 |
Swapped with then Radio Disney 710 in 2003 |
| Madison, Wisconsin |
ESPN Radio 10-7-0 |
Milwaukee Brewers and Milwaukee Bucks play by play and back up for WIBA-AM sports coverage; dropped ESPN Radio 1/1/2009 |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Milwaukee's ESPN Radio: 1510 Days/1290 Nights |
WAUK was purchased by Good Karma Broadcasting in 2004, and took up the ESPN Radio affiliation, but due to being on a clear-channel frequency reserved to WLAC in Nashville, it was and is only able to broadcast during the daytime hours. WMCS (which once held the WMVP calls until being purchased by the 1000 kHz Chicago facility) aired shows at night starting in 2005 via a leased-time arrangement. The format moved to WRRD as "540 ESPN" in February 2008 and swapped callsigns with WAUK; the 1510 kHz facility - now WRRD - is now affiliated with ESPN Deportes Radio. The leased-time arrangement with WMCS expired in June 2008. |
| Nags Head, North Carolina |
ESPN 92.3 |
Become an ESPN Radio affiliate on March 13, 2008. Moved to sister station 97.1 WYND-FM Hatteras, NC on May 11, 2009. |
| Nashville, Tennessee |
ESPN Radio 104.5 |
Moved to WPRT-FM in November 2011. |
| New Holstein, Wisconsin/Fox Cities |
Fox Cities ESPN Radio 1530 |
Went silent in late 2011. New Owner in late 2011. Tower being moved closer to Appleton-Oshkosh, WI |
| New Orleans, Louisiana |
ESPN Radio 1350 WSMB |
Later became a progressive talk station and Air America Radio affiliate. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became a time-shifted version of co-owned WWL AM/FM, but changed back to an ESPN Radio affiliate as "ESPN 1350" in July 2008. |
| Ocean City, Maryland |
ESPN Radio 1590 |
Now broadcasting Jack FM. |
| New York, New York |
1050 ESPN Radio |
Moved to WEPN-FM in September 2012. Switched to ESPN Deportes Radio. |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
ESPN 920 AM
950 ESPN Radio |
WPHY was the former affiliate for La Salle University Basketball, Temple Owls football coverage. WPHY dropped ESPN Radio in January 2008 when sister station WNJE began to simulcast WEPN; that April, WPEN assumed the affiliation. After beginning to simulcast on 97.5 FM in 2009, WPEN was sold to Family Radio and became WKDN (WPEN-FM continues to carry ESPN Radio). |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1250 ESPN |
Former ESPN Radio O&O; was switched to Radio Disney programming as part of Disney/ABC's dispersal of under-performing small-market stations (Disney concurrently ended their lease of WWCS, which served as Pittsburgh's Radio Disney outlet for several years prior). The ESPN affiliation moved to Clear Channel-owned 970 ESPN on January 1, 2011, formerly the market's Fox Sports Radio affiliate (that affiliation ultimately moved to WWCS). |
| Providence, Rhode Island |
The Score AM & FM |
The Score AM-FM was Providence's home of ESPN Radio until 3/11/08. 99.7 FM flipped to a simulcast of NewsTalk 630 as WEAN-FM. 790 AM flipped to The True Oldies Channel on 3/18/08. ESPN Radio is now heard on 1450 AM WLKW in Rhode Island. |
| San Diego, California |
ESPN Radio 800 / ESPN Radio San Diego FM 98.9 |
On October 5, 2009, ESPN Radio coverage moved to sister station XHMORE-FM and became ESPN Radio San Diego FM 98.9; briefly simulcasted the new station on 800 AM for a month, then the AM station switched to ESPN Deportes programming. XHMORE later dropped ESPN programming on September 1, 2010, when it flipped back to a rock en español format it aired from 1994 until 2004. |
| Seattle, Washington |
Sports Radio 950 |
Switched to Fox Sports Radio in December 2008 after 710 KIRO-AM switched genres from news/talk and gained affiliation. |
| Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
Sheboygan ESPN Radio 950 |
Switched to Fox Sports Radio in early 2011. |
| St. Louis, Missouri |
ESPN Radio 1380 |
Switched to Fox Sports Radio in December 2007. WXOS became new affiliate on January 1, 2009. |
| Steubenville, Ohio |
ESPN Radio 1340 |
Station's license was surrendered to the FCC by its owners; cancelled December 11, 2012. |
| Traverse City, Michigan |
ESPN Radio 1310 |
Affiliate for Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons and Michigan State football and basketball. Switched to Fox Sports Radio in August 2012; the affiliation moved to WSRT/WSRJ "ESPN Radio Northern Michigan." |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia |
ESPN Radio 1310 |
Swapped with sister station 94.1 WVSP Yorktown, VA (formerly WXEZ) on October 5, 2009. |
| Washington, D.C. |
SportsTalk 980 WTEM |
Defunct from July 2006 until July 2008, affiliation moved to Triple X ESPN Radio until it merged programming assets with WTEM. Was the first flagship of The Tony Kornheiser Show that ESPN Radio eventually carried nationally. (From 2006 to 2008, Tony's show originated independently at WWWT; it returned to WTEM as a locally-based show in September 2009.) Sports director Andy Pollin has also been a past contributor and weekend show host on the network. From 2004 until July 2006, WTEM was a primary ESPN Radio affiliate; it was a dual ESPN-Fox Sports Radio affiliate prior. |