Audacy Launches The Fan Upstate in Greenville SC
| RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, March 23, 2022 |
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 WORD and WYRD |
Audacy launches The Fan Upstate on WORD-AM and WYRD-AM in Greenville-Spartanburg, effective immediately. Previously known as ESPN Update, The Fan will continue delivering live, local content including "The Rob Brown Show" and "Offsides with Marc Ryan." Additionally, it will now be home to CBS Sports Radio and BetQL programming. The Fan Upstate will also continue to serve as the play-by-play home for Furman University Paladins football and basketball as well as Byrnes High School football. The station is multicast on WORD-AM, WYRD-AM, WFBC-FM-HD2, 97.7 FM and 97.1 FM.
"After years of constantly changing, syndicated ESPN content, we have made the exciting move to bring new and relevant sports talk content to our listeners in the Upstate," said Audacy Greenville-Spartanburg Senior Vice President and Market Manager Steve Sinicropi. "The Fan Upstate will aim to provide the best original sports talk and sports betting content that our fans crave."
The Fan Upstate weekday lineup is as follows: "The DA Show" with Damon Amendolara (6-9am), "The Rob Brown Show" (9am-12pm), "The Jim Rome Show" (12-3pm), "Offsides with Marc Ryan" (3-7pm) and "BetMGM Tonight" (7-11pm).
