ESPN Radio has lost its affiliate heard at its home base of Bristol CT as iHeartMedia has shifted “97.9 ESPN” WUCS Windsor Locks/Hartford and “ESPN Radio 1300” WAVZ New Haven to Premiere Networks’ Fox Sports Radio.
Now minted as “Fox Sports 97.9” and “Fox Sports 1300“, both stations will run identical lineups featuring the national lineup of 2 Pros & a Cup of Joe from 6-9am, The Dan Patrick Show from 9am-12pm, The Herd with Colin Cowherd from 12-3pm. The locally originating Rob Dibble Show featuring the former Cincinnati Reds pitcher and second generation Hartford broadcaster remains from 3-7pm. Nights and weekends will feature Fox’s national lineup along with University of Connecticut and New York Yankees play-by-play.
WUCS had carried ESPN Radio programming since moving into the Hartford market in January 2012. Fox Sports Radio had been heard in Hartford in overnights on iHeart’s “NewsRadio 1410/100.9” WPOP/W265EB.