ESPN Audio and ESPN The Magazine Launch Station on Slacker Radio

ESPN Audio, in collaboration with ESPN The Magazine, launched the ESPN The Magazine Radio station on Slacker Radio. The new station, found exclusively online on the Slacker Radio platform, is a nexus of music and sports through the unique lens of ESPN The Magazine. The initial launch of the station features songs from the personal playlists of the Body Issue athletes including Colin Kaepernick, Elena Hight, Sydney Leroux, and Kenneth “Manimal” Faried.

Related audio elements from the athletes themselves are showcased on the site in between songs as well as magazine photography. As each issue is released, the station will expand to showcase a growing playlist of elite athletes.

About ESPN Audio

ESPN Radio, the country’s largest sports radio network, ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPNRadio.com, and ESPN Podcasts comprise ESPN Audio.

ESPN Radio, which launched January 1,1992, provides more than 9,000 hours of talk and event content annually, reaching 24 million listeners a week on 450 nationwide stations, including more than 360 full-time affiliates and clearance in the top 25 markets with owned and/or operated FM stations in New York and Dallas, AM signals in Chicago and Los Angeles. ESPN Radio programming is also available on Sirius XM and via digital distributors Slacker Radio and Tune In. ESPN Deportes Radio is the only all-sports Spanish radio network, and has 46 affiliates covering 72% of the Hispanic DMA with stations in the top 10 Hispanic markets, including owned and/or operated stations in New York and Dallas.

ESPNRadio.com is the most listened to live stream of any terrestrial broadcaster in the world — reaching more than 714,000 unique listeners per month who logged more than 95.3 million total listening hours in 2012, with 11.2 million session starts per month (source: Ando Media). ESPN Podcasts logged 188.8 million completed downloads in 2012 via the ESPN PodCenter and iTunes.