Back in February, we told you that Dan Le Batard’s radio show will be simulcast on the Fusion network, we just didn’t have a date. Well, we now know when the ESPN Radio will debut on Fusion and that is on Tuesday, May 19. It will air live every weekday afternoon from the Clevelander Hotel in Miami between 4 and 7 p.m. ET. It’ll be officially known as “The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz” in your daily TV grids.
If you’re not aware of Fusion, it’s a news and entertainment network aimed at millennials that’s jointly run by ABC News and Univision. Several major cable and satellite providers have picked up Fusion including AT&T U-Verse, Cablevision, Charter, Cox, DirecTV, Dish, Google Fiber and Verizon Fios. Comcast and Time Warner Cable have not made agreements with Disney/ABC for the network.
The Dan Le Batard Show is the 5th ESPN Radio show to be simulcast nationwide. The others air on ESPN networks including Mike & Mike (ESPN2), Colin Cowherd (ESPNU), SVP & Russillo (ESPNews) and the Paul Finebaum Show (SEC Network).
Le Batard will be joined by his regular co-host Stugotz and there will be rotating co-hosts including Bomani Jones, Miami Herald columnist Greg Cote and others.
And this is not to mention that Le Batard’s regular TV show, Highly Questionable which he co-hosts with his dad and Bomani Jones will continue to be shown on ESPN daily at 4:30 p.m. so he will be competing with himself on Disney networks.
This will occupy a big programming block on Fusion and will join programs like “Drug Wars,” “Rude Tube,” “Come Here & Say That,” and “Nightline on Fusion.”
Time will tell if Fusion’s audience will warm to Le Batard or if he can attract new viewers to the network.
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