(Courtesy RobertFeder.com). • The Minnesota Twins will air games on WCCO & 102.9 The Wolf this season. • Congratulations to STAA member Jesse Goldberg-Strassler. KKSE will then air Fox Sports Radio. Please send it to us at, • Get up-to-date sports broadcasting news and features on Twitter at, • FOX Sports Ohio and the Cincinnati Reds announced, • ESPN Charlotte has launched the Afternoon Rush. • SportsGrid Radio and SiriusXM announced a deal to launch the SportsGrid Radio Channel on SiriusXM, effective January 7, 2021. • Longtime Montana Griz play-by-play man. Station VP/GM, • The Golden State Warriors have signed a multiyear contract extension with 95.7 The Game. • Congratulations to STAA member Dan Doherty, the new play-by-play broadcaster/sports journalist at ESPN Ithaca. • Longtime 790 The Ticket Miami weekend host, • The Portland Trail Blazers have hired former player, • Congratulations to Winston-Salem Dash voice, • The University of San Francisco and KNBR 1050 announce new flagship radio partnership for Dons men’s basketball. • Walt Disney is closer to buying 21st Century Fox’s coveted entertainment and distribution businesses. The station has been taken off the air by the people who their tower in Mexico. The formal announcement is pending. Local shows include, • Our prayers are with sports talk host, • The Walla Walla Sweets of the West Coast League have announced that veteran play-by-play broadcaster, • WBBL in Grand Rapids has flipped from sports to country. • Entercom has become the latest radio company to institute layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts in the wake of the COVID-19-fueled economic shutdown. (Courtesy USA Today). (Courtesy Stadium), • Hats off to recent Oklahoma State grad. • NBC Sports Radio will no longer be distributed by Westwood One as of March 31. (Courtesy The Athletic), • Stadium is teaming up with The Montag Group to create Broadcast Stories. • U. of Washington athletics are moving moving from KOMO 1000 to Sports Radio 950 KJR, owned by iHeart Media. (Courtesy AllAccess). Thoughts, prayers and hope are what Smith says are getting him through this time. The change will save the department the five-figure fee it pays for radio. • ESPN college football play-by-play commentator and Fort Lauderdale resident. Now basketball will too, thanks to an extension the school has signed with its multimedia rights holder Learfield. (Variety), • SportsGrid has announced the June 8th launch of its overnight weekday program lineup distributed nationwide across the SB Nation Radio Network. • SportsFan Radio 1330 in Rockford, IL is canceling its two local shows. • We’re fired up for longtime STAA member Scott Beatty. (Courtesy New York Post), • Congratulations to STAA member Elijah Gonzalez. • The Cleveland Cavaliers have announced their new radio/TV line-up. • After being accused of sexual harassment, • Portland State has hired a new football/men’s basketball play-by-play voice. The agreement extends the decades-long partnership between the University and KGO. (Awful Announcing), • ESPN will have a new Monday Night Football booth with, • ESPN play-by-play broadcaster Adam Amin is reportedly leaving the network to sign with Fox Sports. Crews will be based at broadcast centers in Bristol, Charlotte and Orlando. The move shows the growing importance of digital platforms outside of traditional broadcast and cable companies. • The ESPN Radio affiliate in Baton Rouge is mixing up its lineup. • Entercom Sports 610 in Charlotte will swap their midday and afternoon shows starting today. Effective 2/3, “The Crossover with. • 105.7 The Fan in Baltimore is shuffling its lineup. All regular season, spring training, post-season and Spanish-language broadcasts will be featured on Entercom’s 880 WCBS-AM. • The Cape Cod League has officially cancelled the 2020 season. • Dallas news/talk stations WBAP and KLIF aired a town hall with Mavericks owner, • Great news to hear Giants broadcaster. • 13 hires were officially announced for the Marquee Network at the Cubs Convention Saturday. • Sources tell Crossing Broad that Beasley Media Group is leasing 610 ESPN to iHeartRadio, which will then flip formats. • The Toucher and Rich morning show has signed an extension with 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston. He’ll work alongside STAA member. PBA Tour, including the return of, • Women continue to earn play-by-play opportunities. • The long-running radio show Sports Talk with, • The voice of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos for the franchise’s first seven seasons is moving up to the big leagues. Two neew shows feature, • Congratulations to STAA’s 2018 Jim Nantz Award winner, • Longtime Cavaliers play-by-play announcer, • Condolences to the family of former St. Louis Cardinal and 101 ESPN St. Louis sports talk host, • Tampa Bay Lightning play-by-play broadcaster, • St. Louis’ 101 ESPN is launching a new midday show featuring, • Longtime Boston sports radio personality, • Hats off to STAA member Mario Jerez. • Tri-City (Coastal Plain League in Virginia) have hired, • The Lexington Legends announced Wednesday that. “Just keep your loved ones close, because you never know what could happen. STAA’s, • Former Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia broadcaster. • The Gambler, the New Fox Sports 1350 has debuted in Cleveland. Integrated into its Radio.com streaming service, the new app and website will include a “Sports Insiders” program, featuring premium content culled from a network of experts who will make appearances on Entercom sports stations. • Congratulations to longtime STAA member Andy McNamara. • SB Nation Radio has added over 25 new affiliates in the last month, including markets such as Phoenix, Las Vegas and Tulsa. Enjoy it, Scott!! This season will mark the team’s fourth with The Game and will feature play-by-play man Tim Roye in his 25th season. Brian leaves BEK Sports in North Dakota. (Courtesy Bloomberg.com), • Triple-A Baseball has announced that FOX Sports will serve as the new exclusive television home of the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game. (Courtesy AllAccess), • Veteran Saint John’s University of Minnesota voice and STAA member, • The 2018 Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame class will include, • Pac-12 Networks announces additions to team of expert on-air talent, including former football standouts. • LAFC announced a renewal with 710 AM ESPN in Los Angeles. Way to go, Jesse! • One of the great guys in sportscasting. The station is carrying the national Fox Sports Radio lineup as well as local high school play-by-play. Among its personalities were. KSFN-AM 1510 will be a 24/7 broadcasting affiliate known as UNANIMO Deportes San Francisco. • Steelers play-by-play radio broadcaster. • Congratulations to STAA’s Rob Hipp, the new voice of Sam Houston State University football. (Courtesy CNBC), • The eighth season of NFL Network’s A Football Life continues Friday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. Just one day after the announcement, Jordan died. • Nashville SC announces television broadcast team. “For him to get that honor. • He is an Ozarks icon and a legendary name in sportscasting. The team has ended its relationship with this season’s broadcast partner, FloSports. • Longtime A’s pre- and postgame radio announcer. (Courtesy Baltimore Sun), • BTN has announced on-air talent for the new football season. (Courtesy Madison Record). • BTN has announced its college hoops broadcasters for this season. “Me and him are brothers, we care about each other and we message each other all the time,” said Smith. • SB Nation Radio announced a brand new mid-morning program ready to debut in January. The station includes four local shows, play-by-play from Westwood One and Milwaukee Admirals hockey. Watch local and global news from 300+ channels. The station is continuing to stream through their website and app. • Congratulations to STAA member Dan Zangrilli. (Courtesy Detroit News), • SportsGrid has announced the June 8th launch of its overnight weekday program lineup distributed nationwide across the SB Nation Radio Network. • The Yankees are moving forward with plans to buy back the YES Network, the regional sports network that was sold to 21st Century Fox Inc. four years ago. • Veteran Pittsburgh Pirates radio and TV analyst, • January 15th is sports talk KSTP-AM Minneapolis ’s first day as “SKOR North” as it rebrands from 1500 ESPN. • Hats off to M.J. Baird, the new sports anchor reporter at KFDX 3 News in Wichita Falls, TX. Former Sherman football player reflects on Ty Jordan’s death, Driver identified in fatal icy Denison crash, Winter Storm Warning for all of Texoma Sun-Mon, Grandson gets 50 years in Denison woman’s murder, OSDH will call to reschedule postponed vaccine appointments, House fire leaves Sherwood Shores man without home. He is filling-in on the radio call this weekend (Nov. 8-10) when the Illini play at Grand Canyon University on Friday at the U of A on Sunday. Matt leaves the Charleston RiverDogs, where he’s been replaced by fellow STAA member Jason Kempf, formerly of Quad Cities. The final live episode — featuring. • The Detroit Tigers are working out terms with, • NBC Sports has launched a sports gambling radio show hosted by. The No. • The steaming service FOX Nation has added, • Minor League Baseball could contract by as many as 42 teams after the 2020 season, as MLB officials are promoting a radical alteration of the team lineup and potentially a realignment of leagues as well. The USC student will be calling Portland Pickles summer collegiate baseball this summer! Janna began her broadcast career as a reporter at KXII-TV in the Ardmore, OK bureau. (Courtesy AdAge.com). • The Pac-12 announced conference-only football schedule and a delay to the start of mandatory activities. Play-by-play voices include, • NBC Sports Washington is expected to name Fox Sports announcer, • ESPN hires former Washington State star, NFL QB, • Former UPI, AP Broadcast, Mutual and Westwood One sportscaster. (Sports Business Journal), • Hundreds of people attended a memorial at La Cueva High School for, • Pac-12 Networks announced multiyear contract extensions with, • Fabulous news — Alabama Crimson Tide basketball voice, • Westwood One announced ”Esports 30 With, • WIVB-TV Channel 4 Buffalo sports anchor/reporter, • Statue unveiled at the Rose Bowl honoring legendary broadcaster, • 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston has promoted APD, • Sports Radio 730 Huntsville PD and Host. Out are hosts, • An auction of about 2,000 items of sports memorabilia, photographs and other items from the estate of legendary Bills play-by-play man. • Friends, family and Chippewa fans gathered in Central Michigan University’s Plachta Auditorium to celebrate the life of. 106.5-FM The Wolf (Entercom) is replacing 101.1-FM The Fox. The station will feature ESPN Radio’s weekday talk lineup.ESPN 630’s complete lineup will be announced soon. STAA’s, • Vegas Stats and Information Network is providing sports gambling reporters to KNBR 68- in San Francisco. (Courtesy FoxNews.com), • A Channel 45 anchor apologized Thursday on behalf of the station after play-by-play announcer. • SNY will ‘pause’ original programming for up to two weeks in wake of coronavirus crisis. • CBS will walk away from the SEC when its contract ends after the 2023 football season, and all indications are that the package will move to ESPN/ABC. • Texas A&M’s longtime play-by-play radio announcer. • Toronto Raptors play-by-play announcer, • Broadcasting and Media Relations Director, • Congratulations to Washington University play-by-play voice and STAA member. • ESPN Radio’s 6-9p (ET) weekday “Spain & Fitz” show will become “Spain & Company”, as co-host, • The NFL Network and Conference USA have agreed to a four-year partnership that will put 10 of the league’s Saturday football games on the network each season. • 710 ESPN Seattle has remade its evening show. • Less than a season into what he has described as his “dream job,”, • Longtime Louisville Redbirds, RiverBats and Bats broadcaster and STAA member Jim Kelch is coming back to the booth at Slugger Field. VALLEY CITY, N.D. (Valley News Live) - UPDATE 1/21/21: The North Dakota Highway Patrol identified the driver as 50-year-old Andrea Sweeney, of Valley City. • After missing more than a month, the TV voice of the Yankees, • Turner Sports is revamping its NBA coverage and is on the verge of hiring, • The Memphis Tigers new football and basketball radio studio host is, • UCF football pregame host and sideline reporter, • The Athletic is reporting that Arizona Coyotes broadcasts are moving from Arizona Sports 98.7 in Phoenix to Fox Sports 910. The station is being branded “CBS Sports Central Texas” and will air on the HD2 channel of hip hop KWBT-FM “94.5 The Beat.”, • ESPN announced a new NFL Live lineup with. • The Alliance of American Football’s Birmingham Iron has its new radio voice, • The Chicago Dogs of the American Association have named. The network would not be launched until early in the next decade, after current Tigers-Red Wings contracts with Fox Sports Detroit expire. (Courtesy ESPN), • Changes coming to New Orleans Pelicans’ radio broadcasts: Tulane’s, • ESPN Deportes Radio is signing off this fall as listeners move more to digital and social. Mario makes his regular season debut this weekend as the Spanish language voice of the New Orleans Saints. (Courtesy Ballpark Digest), • Former Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter, • Former Golden Knights pre- and post-game host, • Fox Sports Florida has named former Florida Panthers captain, • The Golden State Warriors’ TV team has added. STAA member, • Congratulations to 2018 STAA All-American. • ESPN laying off 300 employees in huge pandemic-related cuts according to the New York Post. A broadcaster has yet to be announced. • Expedition summer collegiate baseball league targeting July start. • The Bengals and iHeartMedia Cincinnati have extended the agreement to broadcast the team’s games on radio through the 2024 NFL season. Andrew has turned a fill-in opportunity with the National Lacrosse League’s Philadelphia Wings into a gig for the rest of the season. • There will be a new PM Drive show on 96.9 The Game in Orlando. • Milwaukee has a new sports station, 97.3 The Game. • Jon ‘Boog’ Sciambi and Chris Singleton will return for ESPN Radio’s Sunday Night Baseball coverage. • WFAN held recent talks to sign SiriusXM host, • The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters have have named STAA’s, • The Hollywood Reporter revealed Monday that ESPN president. We knew he had that talent, everyone knew he had that talent, it was just a matter of Utah seeing it, and they realized it pretty quickly,” Smith said. • After being dumped as radio voice of the Raiders. • ‘105.7 The Fan’ in Baltimore is making changes to the lineup. • UT-Chattanooga football and basketball are moving to WFLI for the coming season. Broskowski spent the last two seasons with the Orem Owlz. Play-by-play voices include. The 10-year deal grants Van Wagner exclusive rights to represent ETSU as the rights holder for the program’s sponsorship and media sales, as well as on- and off-campus marketing promotions for the Buccaneers’ brand. • Drew Brees has been offered the analyst position on Monday Night Football post-retirement (Fox Sports). (Courtesy NorthJersey.com), • Two weekend shows are moving to weeknights on Fox Sports Radio — “Straight Outta Vegas with, • Buffalo’s WGRZ Channel 2 has promoted. • After 16 years doing sports talk in Louisville, Lachlan McLean is saying goodbye to radio to return to TV as a full-time News Anchor for Spectrum News 1 in Kentucky. Mleczko serving as the color analyst. Weekend Edition” hosted by, • CBS NFL announcers have been told to avoid voicing opinions on racial and social justice issues. Congrats! (Awful Announcing), • Per White Sox, Radio play-by-play announcer. John is the 2019 Florida State League Broadcaster of the Year. • ABC & ESPN have set their XFL TV teams. • The Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football have signed a radio deal with ESPN 700 in Salt Lake. • ESPN has reshuffled its morning show “Get Up!” removing, • Milwaukee sports talker WOKY “The Big 920” is going local in the midday, replacing FOX Sports Radio’s, • Props to New Hampshire Fisher Cats baseball voice and STAA member. • 960 KGKL San Angelo TX will flip to Sports on Tuesday, September 1 as “ESPN 960”. WDAE will no longer carry University of Florida games. Andy is joining Sportsnet as their national Fantasy Football host / analyst / writer. • Before he begins his fourth season with the Cincinnati Cyclones, • Starting in 2019, NY Mets baseball has a new home on AM radio. SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - A division one freshman college football player was having the season of his life, until he died on Christmas. • Under a new one-year deal, all Villanova football and basketball games for the 2020 – 2021 season will be carried on Beasley Media Group Philadelphia adult hits WBEN-FM “95.7 Ben FM”, the school announced. • Syracuse’s ESPN Radio has taken several shows off the air due to coronavirus outbreak. • Spotify is buying The Ringer to boost its sports podcast content. The team will consist of play-by-play announcer. • NESN will televise 23 Connecticut Sun WNBA games in 2019 on NESN and NESNplus. Just losing his mom in August, and now him- I can’t imagine what his family is going through right now” Smith said. • Congratulations to STAA member Thaddeus Krzus, the new voice of Clearwater Threshers baseball! • San Francisco has a new sports radio station. (Courtesy ESPN). 2 position will likely come down to the incumbent, • On Tuesday afternoon September 18th, the Red Sox and Yankees will swap radio announcers during the fourth inning of their three-game series opener at Yankee Stadium. (Courtesy Fremont Tribune), • NBC Sports on-air talent taking voluntary pay cuts through end of 2020. • We are excited for STAA’s Carly Nevis, the new sports anchor/reporter at WDTV in Bridgeport, WV. • Congratulations to STAA member Jesse Krull, the new sports anchor/reporter at WJHL in Johnson City, TN. • Congratulations to longtime STAA member Justin Antweil, the new voice of Penn State University women’s basketball. The station will be home to University of West Florida football. • Nickelodeon is set to simulcast an NFL playoff game geared to young viewers. • XFL Defenders’ games to be broadcast on 106.7 FM and RADIO.com. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A year that included violent protests over the police killing of George Floyd and the onset of the coronavirus pandemic led to a rise in serious crime in St. Paul in 2020. (Courtesy TVTechnology.com), • Peoria Rivermen (SPHL) broadcaster and media relations director, • Entercom has announced the creation of the Radio.com Sports Digital Network – an all-digital, daily, live, subscription-free sports network that will feature over 75 hours of original podcast content weekly. • The Washington Football radio broadcast team will feature, • ESPN 101.7 Albuquerque dropped its regular local host, • ESPN 1000 Chicago will debut a local morning show hosted by, • 104.5 The Zone Nashville’s new programming lineup delivers 4 local shows each weekday. • After 40 years of broadcasting, Penn State women’s basketball voice, • Fabulous news — For the first time this season, Trail Blazers radio voice, • Amazon bids for Disney’s 22 regional sports networks, including YES Network. • Props to STAA member Alex von Keudell, the new Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations for Macon Mayhem hockey. • ESPN is bringing back The Ocho this Sunday, March 22nd. Texomans recognize him for something that happened off the field. Jesse is one of four Blue Jays minor league affiliate broadcasters to be called up for the opportunity to call multiple Blue Jays spring training games. • NBA broadcasting free agency is in overdrive. Haystack News is your go-to for hyper-relevant news, from local coverage to global current events. (News Radio), • MLB team radio and TV broadcasters reportedly will not travel to road games, instead calling the action off monitors from either their home ballparks or a studio in their home cities. • All weekend long, Entercom sports talker WFAN, New York is celebrating its July 1, 1987 birth as the nation’s first sports-only radio station with programs hosted by former WFAN air personalities. • SiriusXM ESPNU Radio is airing coverage of the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse final four this weekend. The series will tell the stories of how various sports broadcasters got to where they are today. Carly recently spent two years as a multimedia reporter/specialist for Columbia University in athletics. Congrats! (Courtesy Chicago Tribune), • KSBY San Luis Obispo, CA Sports Director, • Entercom is launching Radio.Com Sports, a new online platform. (Courtesy Ballpark Digest), • The Carolina Panthers are in-talks with former quarterback, • Popular Vancouver hockey writer and broadcaster, • KKTV Colorado Springs Sports Director, • The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, the short-season Class A minor-league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, has hired Lake Stevens High School senior, • ESPN has announced Joe Tessitore, Booger McFarland, Lisa Salters as Monday Night Football Crew. In addition to welcoming sports anchor/reporter, • The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame have announced that Alabama football broadcaster, • The Washington Wizards have announced their new TV broadcast crew of, • The ACC Network’s football broadcast teams have been announced. • The status of Spanish-language radio broadcasts of Philadelphia Eagles NFL games is up in the air as a legal dispute between two former business partners plays out in federal court. (Robert Feder), • Seton Hall’s radio station will celebrate. Kate Scott will serve as the play-by-play announcer, with former U.S. defenseman A.J. • The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the cancellation of the 2020 NAB Show scheduled for April 18-22, 2020. • Beasley Media has announced that 101.1 WRIF Detroit “Dave & Chuck The Freak” producer. • Fox Sports North says the Twins broadcast lineup has not been finalized. • The Los Angeles Rams and KABC teamed up to host a virtual Te’LA’thon to assist Southern California response efforts during this unprecedented global health crisis. (Courtesy DCRTV.com), • The Mets are closing in on a deal to air their games on 880 WCBS AM starting next season. • STAA’s Jay Sanderson has signed an extension to remain with the Montana State Bobcats through the 2020-21 athletic season. • iHeartMedia staff hit with layoffs across the country. (Courtesy Chicago Sun Times), • Long-time Charlotte Hornets broadcaster, • The Monday Night Football TV team expects to return intact next season. Dan is returning to 97.3 The Fan in Pittsburgh to host Pirates pre and post-game shows. • Phillies radio play-by-play broadcaster. • The Orlando Magic will induct longtime play-by-play announcer, • Longtime KYWA Radio Philadelphia Sports Reporter. (Courtesy KNBR), • St. Paul native & longtime STAA member, • Huge congratulations to longtime STAA member Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, Ballpark Digest’s 2019 MiLB Broadcaster of the Year. • Big shakeup at San Diego’s XTRA Sports 1360. • The Southern Illinois Miners have partnered with River Radio in a multi-year agreement to broadcast their games online at 1035espn.com. • The NFL Network is being forced to cut $20 million out of its projected budget and, in the process, already has eliminated at least five shows, including one that featured, • Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. agreed to buy the Fox regional sports networks from Walt Disney Co., turning the local-TV company into a cable-sports powerhouse. The two can be seen in a photo from 2019, when the two prayed after a ball game for Jordan’s mom, who had cancer.