ESPN Radio is back in Cleveland . . . now maybe better than ever. AM-1540 WBKC began broadcasting under the ESPN banner over the weekend.
The new station goes head to head with Fox Sports Radio affiliate WKNR, which dumped ESPN earlier this month.
The new lineup seems a win-win for Cleveland sports geeks:
1) The dueling broadcasts of Fox vs. ESPN offer virtually commercial-free sports talk for those willing to toggle incessantly between the two stations. Or so we’re told.
2) WBKC airs the entire four hours of ESPN’s Mike & Mike in the Morning, featuring Cleveland native/apologist Mike Golic and pretty-boy cohost Mike Greenberg. When WKNR aired the program, the final hour was whacked each day in favor of local talker Greg Brinda, who has nothing to say and three hours to say it. — Erich Burnett
This article appears in Oct 25-31, 2006.
boy, you are so right ! brinda is bad and boring, same thing everyday blah blah…..glad to have espn back, especially mike and mike. hope the station gets more power, hard to pick up out in strongsville area in the morning.
Mike and Mike was horrible…It’s like listening to an old married couple argue for three hours. The Fox Sports guy that is in the same slot is much better than those two old yentas.