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21-521: On May 1, 2017, WWPA changed its format from adult standards to a sports format affiliated with ESPN Radio . In late 2021, WWPA dropped its ESPN sports format and flipped to an all-talk format as part of the Twin Valley's Talk Network. 41°13′45″N 77°00′45″W  /  41.22917°N 77.01250°W  / 41.22917; -77.01250 This article about a radio station in Pennsylvania

42-786: A management agreement with Good Karma Brands. The station's incumbent general manager, Jim Pastor, retired at the end of the year, with Good Karma beginning to operate the station on September 29, 2019, under a lease with Disney. The lease did not lead to any immediate changes to personnel and facilities. Two years later, on December 13, 2021, Good Karma announced it would acquire WMVP outright, as well as WEPN in New York City , and KSPN in Los Angeles . GKB also assumed Disney's local marketing agreement to operate Emmis Communications -owned WEPN-FM in New York City. GKB would pay $ 15 million for

63-603: A regular schedule of daily and weekly programming as well as live radio play-by-play of sporting events. ESPN Radio is broadcast to hundreds of affiliate stations, along with national and Canadian carriage on Sirius XM . The network's content is also available online through its affiliates via Audacy , iHeartRadio and TuneIn , and the network also makes its programming available via podcast feeds and providers, with some additional content audio and video available through an ESPN+ subscription. Several of its programs are also featured as fully live or "best-of" video simulcasts on

84-623: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . ESPN Radio ESPN Radio , which is alternatively branded platform-agnostically as ESPN Audio , is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the banner "SportsRadio ESPN". The network is based at the ESPN campus in Bristol, Connecticut , with multiple studio facilities nationwide, along with home studios . The network airs

105-824: Is an American conglomerate. Based in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin , it has interests in radio broadcasting, sports marketing, retail, and real estate. GKB was founded in 1997 by Craig Karmazin , the son of former Viacom and Sirius XM executive Mel Karmazin . Craig remains the CEO of Good Karma to this day. The company owns and/or operates radio stations in the states of California , Florida , Illinois , New York , Ohio , and Wisconsin . The majority of its radio stations are ESPN Radio affiliates, including its New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago stations—which were sold by The Walt Disney Company to GKB in December 2021. In July 2023, GKB also assumed

126-454: Is streamed over 215 stations and is ranked first nationally as a sports broadcasting program. The parent company ESPN focused on radio as of 2006 . With more resources and money spent on it, ESPN radio expanded rapidly. On July 28, 2023, amid layoffs occurring across ESPN, Good Karma Brands —an operator of ESPN Radio affiliates in multiple markets that had also acquired the network's New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago flagships in 2021—assumed

147-686: The "Tundra Trio", and were renovated as upscale properties that can be rented for events. In 2013, GKB station WKNR ESPN 850 in Cleveland became the AM flagship station for the Cleveland Browns . That year, it also partnered with ESPN Events on the Boca Raton Bowl . In January 2014, to reflect the company's expansion beyond radio, GKB officially changed its name from Good Karma Broadcasting to its current name of Good Karma Brands. On July 17, 2014, it

168-540: The ESPN family of television networks. ESPN Radio Network was formed in September 1991 by ESPN Inc. and Capital Cities/ABC , Inc.'s ABC Radio Networks . Twenty-five stations had already signed on as affiliates at its September 5, 1991 announcement, with an expected total of 200 at the January launch. Shelby Whitfield , executive producer of ABC Radio Sports, and John A. Walsh, executive editor of ESPN, were placed in charge of

189-651: The day-to-day operations and advertising sales for ESPN Radio nationwide. The company was established in August 1997, and GKB would make its first acquisition of radio stations in December of that year with the purchase of stations in its home base of Beaver Dam ( WBEV and WXRO ) as well as in Columbus, Wisconsin ( WTLX ). As time passed, GKB would also eventually purchase stations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Madison, Wisconsin ; Cleveland, Ohio ; and West Palm Beach, Florida , with

210-631: The day-to-day operations and advertising sales for the ESPN Radio network. Prior to 2022, ESPN Radio had four company-owned and/or operated stations in New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago , and Dallas , as well as in Pittsburgh prior to 2010, with the Chicago station managed by Good Karma Brands , which owns and operates a number of other ESPN Radio stations in Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida. The Dallas station

231-559: The demise of ESPN Deportes Radio in 2019. All the other owned or operated stations were sold; WEPN, KSPN, WMVP, and WEPN-FM's local marketing agreements were sold to Good Karma Brands , while KESN was being sold to the religious VCY America network. The sales to Good Karma Brands and VCY America closed in 2022, with all of the Good Karma stations remaining a part of ESPN Radio. On June 12, 2023, Disney sold KRDC, its last broadcast radio asset, to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa , for $ 5 million,

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252-505: The majority of these stations having a sports radio format with an ESPN Radio affiliation. In 2006, GKB opened an interior design/furniture store in Milwaukee called The Home Market, and would later open a second location in Madison, Wisconsin . In 2011, GKB began to purchase residential properties near Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin . The buildings were collectively branded as

273-502: The network's content and distribution. Karmazin considered it a culmination of the company's long-standing relationship with ESPN Radio, explaining that "we probably went against what anyone would recommend, but we have just gone all-in with one brand — a brand that we don't own. [...] We just believe so strongly in it. And we believe we complement what the Walt Disney Co. and ESPN does so well because we’re going to treasure their brand in

294-478: The station had carried a simulcast of KSPN along with selected overflow programming during the sale process after the wind-down of the Radio Disney network in 2021. The sale closed on September 8 of that year, with KRDC changing its callsign to KWVE and subsequently simulcasting the existing KWVE-FM . ESPN Xtra is a satellite radio station that carries sports talk programming produced by ESPN . The channel

315-498: The stations, with $ 1 million paid at the deal's closing and the rest paid in quarterly installments of $ 500,000. The sale of WEPN was closed in March 2022. On July 31, 2023, it was reported that ESPN had reached an agreement for Good Karma Brands to assume day-to-day operations and advertising sales for the ESPN Radio network and its podcasts under a revenue sharing agreement, which began July 28; ESPN will continue to remain responsible for

336-427: The venture. The network launched as Sports Radio ESPN on January 1, 1992. At first, ESPN Radio broadcast only on weekends. The network debuted with 16 hours running on 147 affiliates in 43 states. Its initial programming consisted of news shows, update segments, and occasional features. By 1996, ESPN Radio had expanded to weekdays with a show hosted by The Fabulous Sports Babe , Nancy Donnean. One hour of that show

357-700: Was a mainstay in the afternoons until his departure from ESPN in 2007. Gradually, ESPN added more dayparts and became a 24-hour service. In 1995, ESPN Radio gained national radio rights to the NBA. In 1997, it gained the national radio rights to MLB. Disney purchased WEVD from the Forward Association in September 2002 to become WEPN , ESPN Radio's flagship station. On June 12, 2007, Disney spun off and merged its ABC Radio Networks with Citadel Broadcasting into Citadel Communications while retaining its ESPN Radio and Radio Disney networks and stations. ESPN Radio

378-701: Was operated by Cumulus Media until October 2020, when ESPN took back operational control. Before the conversion of the sites to general blog presences requiring an ESPN+ subscription to access, each station was partnered with an ESPN local website named for the city and featuring a completely separate staff of sportswriters and reporters for each market who gave their local viewpoints of local sports (for example, espnnewyork.com for New York); some stations remain hosted on ESPN.com , including audio and FCC disclosures. Most other markets have ESPN Radio affiliates, whether they be part-time or have their entire format dedicated to ESPN Radio. WEPN converted back to ESPN Radio after

399-460: Was originally on XM 141, but is now broadcast on Sirius XM Radio channel 81. XM announced the addition of this channel on January 28, 2008. Sirius Satellite Radio announced changes to its audio simulcast of ESPNEWS, now called ESPN All Access , on December 12, 2007, but would not be adding any content announced for XM, as it will be exclusive to XM. Good Karma Brands Good Karma Brands, LLC ( GKB , formerly Good Karma Broadcasting )

420-627: Was reported that GKB had purchased a minority ownership stake in the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). On July 27, 2018, GKB announced it had reached a deal to acquire WTMJ and WKTI in Milwaukee from the E. W. Scripps Company . WKTI would flip to ESPN Radio. On August 28, 2019, it was announced by ESPN Radio that day-to-day management of Chicago 's WMVP would move from direct purview by ESPN to

441-535: Was simulcast on ESPN2 (1-2 p.m. Eastern time ). Two years later, Tony Bruno and Mike Golic were brought together for a new morning show, the Bruno & Golic Morning Show which aired until Bruno left the network in 2000. Mike Greenberg was named as Bruno's replacement, and the morning show became Mike & Mike , which aired until 2017 (and was also simulcast on ESPN2). In January 2010, Mike & Mike celebrated their 10-year anniversary on ESPN Radio. Dan Patrick

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