New ESPN Radio Weekday Lineup Featuring National Distribution of The Stephen A. Smith Show Debuts January 2; New Podcasts Increase Emphasis on Digital Audio Content
Three new ESPN Original Podcasts Featuring Bomani Jones, Jalen and Jacoby, and Katie Nolan Launch in January

ESPN Radio’s enhanced lineup will debut January 2, 2018 and will feature a national broadcast of The Stephen A. Smith Show on terrestrial radio stations across the country. The program, which airs from 1 – 3 p.m. ET, returned to ESPN Radio in January 2017, and is currently broadcast terrestrially on ESPN Radio in New York and Los Angeles, as well as on SiriusXM.

The new ESPN Radio weekday lineup will deliver sports fans news, analysis and commentary from a variety of unique and provocative voices. The lineup will include three new programs:

The previously announced Golic and Wingo (debuts November 27, 6 – 10 a.m., simulcast on ESPN2), hosted by Mike Golic and Trey Wingo, will deliver the most important sport stories, news and opinion. Mike Golic Jr. will join the show each day from 6 – 7 a.m.
Russillo and Cain (3 – 6 p.m., simulcast on ESPNEWS) will pair longtime ESPN Radio host Ryen Russillo with frequent ESPN Radio and First Take contributor Will Cain.
Spain and Fitz (6 – 9 p.m.) will pair espnW voice Sarah Spain with SEC Network commentator Jason Fitz – who has also hosted a weekend ESPN Radio show with Jordan Rodgers.

The lineup will continue to feature existing programs:

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (10 a.m.- 1 p.m., simulcast on ESPNU) remains in its current slot.
Freddie and Fitzsimmons (9 p.m. – 1 a.m.), becomes four hours. The show is currently heard from 11 p.m. – 2 a.m.
SportsCenter All Night (1 – 4 a.m.) remains in its current slot.
First and Last (4 – 6a.m.), hosted by Mike Golic Jr., remains in its current slot.

All ESPN Radio shows will be available live and as podcasts via ESPNRadio.com and the ESPN app, as well as on SiriusXM Channel 80 (live only), Apple Music, TuneIn and Slacker Radio.

“Top to bottom, ESPN Radio will have the strongest, most experienced and most thought-provoking lineup in sports talk radio,” said Traug Keller, senior vice president, ESPN Audio. “Diverse voices with a variety of perspectives will provide listeners with compelling content all day long.”

Have a terrible night and die in MANY fires.

How did Russillo end up just getting suspended and not losing his job? Guess he looks pretty saintly with all the other stuff
that has been coming out the past few months in the entertainment world.

What did he do?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Congartulatoins to Sarah Spain for once again failing to be fired from ESPN while everyone around her is.

Congartulatoins to Sarah Spain for once again failing to be fired from ESPN while everyone around her is.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Poor Barstool people.

Spain wins again.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I feel bad for her that her marriages to a popular television clown and a B-movie star both failed.

Poor Barstool people.

Spain wins again.

Yup.

Ugh. Losing both Bomani Jones and Jalen Rose to TV and horrible replacements. They could have at least kept David Jacoby.

also, Katie Nolan on a podcast is a fucking waste. See Tad Queasy's avatar as case in point.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Didn't Katie Nolan come out of Barstool? I mean, I know she started as sort of a flake who liked Boston teams, and that's the Barstool m.o.

Listened to Jacoby and Jalen in the car the other night. I thought it was OK.

Traug Keller is not a real person.