Los Angeles Sparks<\/a> while also leading the NBA Players Association during a transformative period for the league. Decker, a UCLA product drafted by the San Diego Padres, transitioned into broadcasting after a lengthy professional baseball career and has built a growing following through sports talk and digital content.<\/p>\nThe midday slot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. will feature \u201cBrock & Alex\u201d with former NFL safety Brock Vereen and FOX Sports host Alex Curry. Vereen has become a familiar analyst on FOX Sports and the Big Ten Network following his NFL career, while Curry, an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster with deep Los Angeles sports ties through her work with the Kings, has become one of FOX Sports\u2019 most recognizable personalities.<\/p>\n
Drive time programming from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. will belong to \u201cD-Mac & Reiter,\u201d pairing Dodgers and Rams digital personality Doug McKain with longtime national columnist and radio host Bill Reiter of CBS Sports.<\/p>\n
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McKain has built a large following covering the Dodgers through Dodgers Nation and hosting \u201cLocked on Rams,\u201d while Reiter brings decades of national sports media experience, including stops at Sports Illustrated and FOX Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cLos Angeles is a sports powerhouse with a deep connection between teams, fans, and culture, and this new lineup brings together championship-level personalities, veteran player perspective, and sharp analytical expertise,\u201d Andrew Williams, Brand Manager of 97.1 The Fan, said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re building a full-scale, live and local LA sports network that brings sports to the FM dial and across multiple platforms to meet our audiences where they are.\u201d<\/p>\n
The station\u2019s launch comes at a pivotal time in the Los Angeles sports landscape, with the city preparing to host events including the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Super Bowl LXI in 2027 and the 2028 Olympics.<\/p>\n
Audacy announced the creation of 97.1 The Fan last month, positioning it alongside KNX News as part of the company\u2019s growing Southern California portfolio. The station will be available on-air in Los Angeles and nationwide through the Audacy app and website, with additional digital content distributed across social media platforms including X, Instagram, YouTube, Twitch and Threads under the @TheFanLA brand.<\/p>\n
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Audacy Sports says it currently operates more than 40 sports stations nationwide and serves as the audio streaming partner for Major League Baseball while also carrying play-by-play coverage for more than 75 professional and collegiate teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2014 Audacy\u2019s 97.1 The Fan officially unveiled its debut weekday programming lineup on Wednesday, assembling a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[127897,127902,107150,127899,127900,127901,127898,127904,426,12405,48,52,51,47,50,2497,49,115424,127903,13504,2611],"class_list":["post-303051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-97-1-the-fan","tag-alex-curry","tag-audacy","tag-bill-reiter","tag-brock-vereen","tag-cody-decker","tag-derek-fisher","tag-digital-content","tag-dodgers","tag-fox-sports","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-sparks","tag-media-personalities","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-san-diego-padres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}