Not true- they have live host overnights, Josh Graham and Linnell Williingham who know sports. There is NO gambling talk
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Sports to replace KNX News simulcast at 97.1 FM
- Thread starter Rollo-Smokes
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Overnights are mostly a mix of sports/general talk, which is MUCH preferable to gambling talk (though I still miss Amy Lawrence), but they’re only live for half the night. I feel like I already knew that but had it confirmed while listening in bed late one night last week and hearing them talk about a basketball game that “just went final”. They’re only live until 3am eastern.
Yeah I dont get the sudden love of gambling and sports- I get its all about money but they need to be kept seperate. Its a Pandoras Box being opened when gambling became the mainstream
where's the 97.1 streaming at?
It's about demographics:
More talk about betting can drive down the average age of the audience. However, the sports talk radio audience tends to be older than sports betters.
Yes, very true! I mean fantasy football is gambling and when I was in various leagues I would pay more attention. Stopped doing it when it became less fun and a full time job
In a related way, there's a lot of activity in the "prediction markets."
It's not sports, but world events. It might become a topic in news talk radio, but the audience is likely way too old for it.
What percentage of car radios can pick up HD? My previous Toyota came with SXM and HD. The current one only receives SXM (not HD) along with FM and AM? How many buyers are going to go out of their way to buy a car with an HD-receiver?
The big market sports stations don't run any syndicated national shows in the daytime, not even Jim Rome or Jim Patrick. And they don't delay them for airing later, since what they discuss may be outdated by then. Even when CBS owned both the radio stations and the CBS Sports Radio Network, it didn't require the local stations to air the national shows.
And I don't think you're going to hear infomercials either. Again, Audacy is investing a lot in having a top notch Sports Radio station on FM in Market #2. If it's like the other big market Audacy stations like WINS NYC, WSCR Chicago, WIP Philadelphia and WEEI Boston, management isn't going to mess with success. Currently WINS and WIP are all live and local around the clock except a few hours on weekends. Local is paramount.
But the stations DID run his daily :60 commentary. Which makes me wonder if Rome will be a regular guest on the station. That way he makes an appearance, but isn't chained to the console for a 4 hour shift.
Mornings and middays look solid. But the afternoons look pretty meh. Two bloggers are going up against Mason and Ireland as well as Petros and Money? Good luck! I can’t remember sports on LA morning drive being local since The Beast. They’ll win in mornings. Alex Curry is very entertaining on Fox Sports Radio and is a great fill in on The Herd
Probably very little. Keep in mind that the same dynamic -- where Audacy has an FM sports station and Good Karma has an AM sports station -- has been in place in New York and Chicago and possibly a few other markets for some time.
Keep in mind there are other ways to get audience usage data besides Nielsen, but those other ways aren't public. So they have usage data.
Will having a third sports talk station affect them? It depends on how good the new hosts are. People tend to be loyal to certain hosts, so having new hosts won't affect them.
However, it's possible the new station will affect other male-oriented formats, such as rock. We've seen in other cities that during certain times of the year, sports listening goes up, and rock listening goes down.
Good Karma sells sports marketing, not radio spots. They sell a package of multiple sports tie-ins, such as in-stadium and the like.
They still sell their 'air time access' to commercial advertisers.
So is tomorrow the launch date or the 18th?
97.1 The Fan Los Angeles Sets Daytime Lineup
Audacy has set the launch lineup for Sports "97.1 The Fan" KNX-FM Los Angeles when it launches on Tuesday, May 11.
radioinsight.com
Audacy has posted for the weeknight evening position:
Sports Talk Show Host
Overview Job Title: Sports Talk Show Host (97.1 The Fan Los Angeles) Department: Programming Reporting To: Brand Manager Employment Type:
radioinsight.com
>> @loveofradio previously posted: <<
So is tomorrow the launch date or the 18th?
https://x.com/TheFanLA/with_replies
and
along with Social Media for the individual hosts were all edited on 5/5/2026
promoting 5/18/2026 as the launch date (as @Jstnpspck mentioned in a previous post):
Previously the web link above redirected to the Audacy.com website;
as of this post the web site is unavailable.
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The link to the station's YouTube page:
So is tomorrow the launch date or the 18th?
97.1 The Fan Los Angeles Sets Daytime Lineup
Audacy has set the launch lineup for Sports "97.1 The Fan" KNX-FM Los Angeles when it launches on Tuesday, May 11.
https://x.com/TheFanLA/with_replies
and
along with Social Media for the individual hosts were all edited on 5/5/2026
promoting 5/18/2026 as the launch date (as @Jstnpspck mentioned in a previous post):
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When the station launches - re-scheduled for Monday 5/18/2026 - at https://971thefanla.com
Previously the web link above redirected to the Audacy.com website;
as of this post the web site is unavailable.
*********************************************************************************************************
The link to the station's YouTube page:
