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The Utah Jazz are making a move that will significantly shake up the sports radio landscape along the Wasatch Front — they’re switching stations.

In a bid to create a “super sports powerhouse,” the Larry H. Miller Group is finalizing a deal to buy KZNS 97.5 FM and 1280 AM — The Zone. Continue reading →

KGPE (Channel 47.1) weekend anchor Alicia Coates has left the local CBS affiliate to take a job at KFMB, the CBS affiliate in San Diego. The move takes the University of California at San Diego graduate back to the Southern California area where she first got interested in news reporting. Continue reading →

WWL-TV is pleased to announce two exciting and strong additions to the Eyewitness Sports team, with the appointment of Doug Mouton as sports director/anchor, and former Saints safety Darren Sharper as Saints football analyst. Continue reading →

Well, that didn’t last long: four weekdays.

As periods of unemployment go on the volatile local anglo radio scene, Ted Bird may have set a new record for brevity on that front. Continue reading →

With mascots (Brutus Buckeye, Albert E. Gator, and KC Wolf), a marching band (The Ohio State University Marching Band) and a mélange of on-air talent (Mike Greenberg, Jon Gruden, Sage Steele among others), ESPN held its annual upfront presentation Tuesday afternoon at the Best Buy Theater in New York’s Times Square. What are upfronts? It’s a network’s attempt to woo marketers and media planners to support its upcoming summer and fall schedule, and part of the sell job includes plying said business people with food and entertainment. Continue reading →

Much sought-after free agent Scott Van Pelt will remain with ESPN.

ESPN confirmed to Sports Media Watch Tuesday that Van Pelt has reached a verbal agreement to stay with the network. Continue reading →

Pat O’Brien is back on Olympic TV. NBC announces Wednesday that O’Brien, who hosted NBC’s late-night and cable coverage at the 2000, 2002 and 2004 Games after working two Olympics for CBS, will be a host at the 2012 London Games. But he’ll be at Centre Court, rather than NBC’s center stage as he hosts NBC-owned Bravo’s coverage of Olympic tennis from Wimbledon. Continue reading →

The University of Miami has announced that WQAM-560 will continue to have exclusive radio rights of Hurricanes athletics for another five years through the 2016-17 season. Continue reading →

ESPN’s faith in sports documentaries is so deep that on Tuesday it will announce a second go-round for its “30 for 30” series, which made its debut in the fall of 2009. Continue reading →

If there is anyone who understands the love Minnesota has for hockey it is Anthony LaPanta.

LaPanta, 43, a long-time Fox Sports North veteran, was introduced as the Wild’s television play-by-play announcer Tuesday. His Minnesota roots and experience both as a hockey dad and as a hockey broadcaster helped him earn the job. Continue reading →