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New Westwood One Sports Network Lineup Revealed

Cumulus Media’s Westwood One unveils its new lineup for the Westwood One Sports Network that becomes effective on December 29. As previously announced, Drake C. Toll will host morning drive from 6:00 am to 9:00 am ET. He’s followed by “You Better You Bet” with Nick Kostos from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Joining the weekday roster are longtimeimg Chicago sports radio hosts Chris Bleck & Adam Abdalla airing from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm ET. Jim Rome remains in the 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET daypart, followed by “BetMGM Tonight” with Brad Evans and Pat Boyle from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm ET.  Finally, “Westwood One Sports Night” will be hosted by Lynnell Willingham and Josh Graham airing from 11:00 pm to 3:00 am ET. SVP of sports | content & audience Bruce Gilbert states, “With our partners at Audacy, we’ve assembled a group of diverse and passionate sports voices committed to covering the biggest sports stories with opinions, expert analysis, and fan interaction. This lineup will highlight the biggest stories and provide timely information that is fresh, fun, and fan focused.”

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Zach Gelb Leaving Infinity Sports Network

Sports talk host Zach Gelb announces that he’ll do his final broadcast for Infinity Sports Network this Friday. Gelb posted to social media that he’s exiting the network that is beingimg transitioned by Audacy and Cumulus Media from Infinity Sports Network to Westwood One Sports at the end of December. That move was announced in October with the companies saying that beginning December 29, Westwood One will assume programming and distribution for the majority of the lineup of syndicated sports programming and Audacy will continue to produce BetMGM Network programs. Gelb says, “It’s sad to see CBS Sports Radio/Infinity Sports Network closing its doors as we once knew it, but grateful for the memories and excited to see what the next chapter in my sports talk journey brings.”