The Dan LeBatard Show Anchors ESPN Radio’s New Weekday Afternoon and Evening Lineup; Show Makes National Debut September 30; Sedano & Stink and The Freddie Coleman Show Round out the Night & Begin September 9

On Monday, Sept. 9, ESPN Radio will unveil the first phase of its revamped late afternoon and evening weekday lineup when Sedano & Stink, hosted by Jorge Sedano and Mark Schlereth, debuts at 7 p.m. ET.  The three-hour show will be followed each weekday by The Freddie Coleman Show at 10 p.m.

The new lineup will be complete when The Dan LeBatard Show makes its national debut from Miami on Monday, Sept 30 at 4 p.m.  The three-hour program will tackle the major issues of the day and feature thought-provoking  sports discussion.  More details on the show will be announced closer to launch date.  LeBatard’s local radio show will continue to be broadcast for one hour beginning at 3 p.m.

LeBatard will also continue to host Highly Questionable on ESPN2 weekdays at 4 p.m. Bomani Jones, who is a regular on the TV show, will also have a role on the new national radio program.

All shows will be available on ESPN Radio, espnradio.com, the ESPN Radio app and Sirius Channel 84.

Sedano & Stink (7-10 p.m.) Debuts September 9

Jorge Sedano, most recently the program director/afternoon host at WQAM in Miami, will make his ESPN Radio debut on the show.  ESPN NFL analyst Mark Schlereth, whose nickname while with the Denver Broncos was “Stink,” has co-hosted in this time slot since January 2012. The focus and tone of the show will evolve as evening events unfold.  Listener interaction via social media will be a staple of the program.

The Freddie Coleman Show (10 p.m. – 1 a.m.) Debuts September 9

The three-hour show, hosted by Coleman, will focus on the sports news events of the day and the games in progress with an emphasis on Coleman’s opinions and reaction to those events.  The show had previously aired on Saturday and Sunday nights.

About ESPN Audio

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

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.

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