{"id":59653,"date":"2025-11-21T19:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/59653\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T19:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:09:09","slug":"sportstalk790-announces-the-debut-of-the-morning-drive-with-dan-cole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/59653\/","title":{"rendered":"SportsTalk790 Announces the Debut of “The Morning Drive with Dan & Cole”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston, TX \u2014 November 21, 2025 \u2014\u00a0iHeartMedia Houston\u2019s\u00a0SportsTalk 790<\/a>\u00a0(KBME), Houston\u2019s Home for Houston Sports, announced today the debut of the new \u201cThe Morning Drive with Dan & Cole,\u201d beginning Monday, November 24.\u00a0The new morning show featuring live and local programming will broadcast weekdays from 6:00 a.m. \u2013\u00a010:00 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hosted by Houston natives Dan Mathews and Cole Thompson, \u201cThe Morning Drive with Dan & Cole\u201d is a fast-paced, hyper-local sports show centered on all things Houston. Each morning, the duo will break down the latest on the Astros, Rockets, and Texans, while also tackling major college matchups and the biggest national sports headlines. The show blends sharp analysis, insider access, and the hosts\u2019 signature passion for their hometown, delivering energetic and opinionated coverage to start each weekday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to add Cole to mornings, alongside Dan,\u201d said Chris Gordy, Program Director for SportsTalk790. \u201cBoth guys eat, sleep and breathe all things Houston sports, and bring a passion and enthusiasm to kick off each morning right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cole\u00a0Thompson\u00a0has covered Houston sports for the past decade, with stops in Austin and San Antonio. Over the past year, he has produced \u201cThe A-Team\u201d on SportsTalk790 and hosted “The Night Cap.” A graduate of the University of Alabama, Thompson\u00a0previously hosted \u201cJust Sayin It\u201d for three years on SportsMap Radio and also hosts shows for \u201cSEC Unfiltered.\u201d A college football junkie known for his energetic, out-of-the-box on-air style, Thompson is an instinct-first, numbers second personality who brings a fresh perspective \u2014 and isn\u2019t afraid to challenge the stats when the eyes tell a different story.<\/p>\n

Dan Mathews, a proud St. Thomas High School graduate, has covered Houston sports since 2009. He began his career as an on-air host in Houston, covering the Rockets, Texans and Astros before moving to Atlanta, where he worked for both 92.9 The Game and 680 The Fan, serving as a host, reporter and play-by-play broadcaster. During his time in Atlanta, Mathews broadcast games for Mercer University, covered the Atlanta Braves and University of Georgia, and served as Executive Producer of “The Chuck Oliver Show,” covering all things college football. Mathews returned to Houston in 2023, producing for \u201cThe A-Team\u201d and hosting “The Night Cap,” before joining “The Sean Salisbury Show” in morning drive. He also regularly hosts SportsTalk 790 pre-game and post-game shows for the Houston Astros and Houston Rockets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The full SportsTalk 790 (KBME ) programming line-up:\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Morning Drive with Dan & Cole\u00a0from 6:00 a.m – 10:00 a.m.
\nThe Matt Thomas Show with Ross\u00a0from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
\nThe A-Team\u00a0with Adam Wexler and Adam Clanton from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
\nThe Night Cap\u00a0with Josh Jordan from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

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In addition to delivering live and local programming from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., SportsTalk 790 serves as the flagship home of the Houston Astros and Houston Rockets, Texas Longhorn football and basketball as well as LSU football.\u00a0The station is a sister station to KPRC 950AM, the flagship home for Houston Cougars football and basketball.<\/p>\n

iHeartMedia Houston has a strong cross-platform presence and includes a number of iconic brands and franchises \u2013 both broadcast and digital \u2013 including\u00a0KBME-AM, KQBT-FM, KODA-FM, KPRC-AM, KTBZ-FM, KTRH-AM\u00a0\u2013 and produces legendary marquee events including\u00a0Buzzfest\u00a0and\u00a0The Houston Beat Down.\u00a0It\u2019s programming and content are available across multiple platforms, including its broadcast stations; live events; data; and its digital businesses and platforms, including mobile, social and its own iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia\u2019s free all-in-one digital music, podcasting and live streaming radio service \u2013\u00a0available across more than 500 platforms and over 2,000 devices\u00a0including smart speakers, digital auto dashes, tablets, wearables, smartphones, virtual assistants, televisions and gaming consoles.<\/p>\n

\u00a0About iHeartMedia Houston:<\/p>\n

iHeartMedia Houston owns and operates KBME-AM, KQBT-FM, KODA-FM, KPRC-AM, KTBZ-FM, KTRH-AM and is part of iHeartMedia, Inc. iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, with nine out of ten Americans listening to iHeart broadcast radio in every month. iHeart\u2019s broadcast radio assets alone have a larger audience in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the size of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled audience of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next two podcast publishers combined, has the most recognizable live events across all genres of music, has the number one social footprint among audio players, with five times more followers than the next audio media brand, and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit\u00a0iHeartMedia.com<\/a>\u00a0for more company information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston, TX \u2014 November 21, 2025 \u2014\u00a0iHeartMedia Houston\u2019s\u00a0SportsTalk 790\u00a0(KBME), Houston\u2019s Home for Houston Sports, announced today the debut…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[32061,32060,56,58,57,32063,32064,32062],"class_list":["post-59653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-cole-thompson","tag-dan-mathews","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-radio","tag-houston-sports-radio","tag-sportstalk790-announces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}