Thursday, May 24th 2012
FOX Sports Radio Adds Four Federated Media Stations in Fort Wayne and South Bend Markets
LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2012 -- FOX Sports Radio announced today the addition of four new Federated Media stations to its affiliate roster. WFGA-FM/106.7 (Ft. Wayne), WAOR-FM/95.7 (South Bend), WLEG-FM/102.7 (Elkhart) and WNIL-AM/1290 (Niles) will begin airing the network on June 4. Fort Wayne's WFGA and South Bend's WAOR will flip to Sports, with WAOR becoming the first sports station in the South Bend market. Each station will be branded as "The Fan," airing a local show during weekday mornings and afternoon drive, with FOX Sports Radio filling out the remainder of the schedule. The line-ups on all four stations will include The Dan Patrick Show, The Jim Rome Show, Loose Cannons, Petros & Money, FOX Sports Tonight and more.
COO of Federated Media, South Bend, Brad Williams, shares his excitement, saying "We are thrilled to bring sports talk to Northern Indiana. We are a sports hungry region and now our customer and clients can consume and partner with our stations and Fox Sports Radio 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. From live local talk and play by play sports to the superb national talents of Jim Rome and Dan Patrick...there is now something for all true Indiana sports fans!"
For more information, please visit www.FOXSportsRadio.com. For affiliations, please call 818-377-5300.
About FOX Sports Radio
The FOX Sports Radio Network, based in Los Angeles, Calif., is a division of Premiere Networks in partnership with FOX Sports. All entities have combined their considerable resources to develop a turnkey, personality driven and caller intensive programming opportunity for radio stations nationwide. With studios also in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Miami, Tampa, Phoenix, Seattle, and San Antonio, the FOX Sports Radio Network can be heard on more than 400 stations, as well as FOXSports.com on MSN and XM Channel 169. Additional information is available at www.FOXSportsRadio.com.