Cumulus Media Sports “The Ticket” 1310 KTCK Dallas/96.7 KTCK-FM Flower Mound TX has launched two new midday shows to fill the openings created by the retirement of Norm Hitzges in June and resignations of Dan McDowell & Jake Kemp earlier this month.
Matt McClearin returns to his hometown to co-host from 10am to 1pm with Donovan Lewis. McClearin had been hosting middays at Cumulus’ “Jox 94.5” WJOX-FM Birmingham after previous multiple stints in Dallas including hosting weekends at KTCK from 2009-13 and weekends and middays at “ESPN 103.3” KESN from 2016 to 2020. Lewis remains after previously co-hosting 10am-12pm with Hitzges.
Producers Sean Bass and David Mino will move up to hosting roles from 1-3pm. Bass previously produced Hitges & Lewis’ show, while Mino produced “The Hardline” in afternoons. Bass has been with KTCK since 2001 in multiple roles including update anchor and fill-in/weekend host. Mino interned at the station in 2011 and returned in 2012 rising through promotions, board operator, and producer roles during his tenure.
Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announced today an exciting new midday on-air lineup on powerhouse Dallas-Fort Worth Sports/Talk station, Sportsradio 96.7FM/1310 AM The Ticket/KTCK-FM.
Former Ticket host Matt McClearin re-joins the station after two years on-air at Cumulus sister station Jox 94.5/WJOX-FM in Birmingham, AL. McClearin will partner with popular Ticket personality Donovan Lewis, who formerly hosted the 10:00am-Noon show on the station with veteran DFW sportscaster Norm Hitzges, now retired. McClearin and Lewis team up for a newly expanded show from 10:00am – 1:00pm, Monday-Friday, following the Marconi Award-winning morning show, “The Musers.”.
Weekdays from 1:00pm-3:00 pm, Ticket favorites Sean Bass and David Mino join forces for a brand-new show on The Ticket. Bass has been with The Ticket for 22 years, most recently as producer of “The Norm and D Invasion.” Mino has been with The Ticket for 11 years, most recently as producer of “The Hardline” weekdays from 3:00pm-7:00pm.
Jeff Catlin, Program Director, The Ticket, said: “I couldn’t be more excited for the midday makeover on the Ticket. Matt, Sean, and Mino have all earned this opportunity. All three guys are well-known and well-liked by our passionate listeners and their Ticket teammates. They will fit in well and make this a seamless transition. They will carry on the tradition of bringing hot sports opinions and fun and laughs to 10am-1 pm and 1-3 pm on The Ticket.”