03/08/2018
University of Alabama Athletics ANNOUNCES NEW RADIO PARTNERSHIP IN BIRMINGHAM
Beginning this fall, fans will hear Crimson Tide football games with expanded pregame and postgame programming, Hey Coach and the Nick Saban Show and Crimson Tide Rewind live on 106.9 “The Eagle”; Crimson Tide men’s basketball and Hey Coach will air on “Play” 97.3 FM; and all UA women’s basketball and men’s varsity baseball games and the Crimson Tide Today daily show will be heard on both 1320 AM WENN and WAGG 100.1 FM. All Crimson Tide Sports Network broadcasts will also be simulcast on 1320 AM WENN and 95.7 HD2, providing AM, FM and HD radio coverage for the first time in Birmingham for all sports.University of Alabama Athletics and its multimedia rights holder, Learfield, have announced a five-year agreement with SummitMedia, LLC. to become the official radio home of Crimson Tide Sports Network in Birmingham.
This new partnership will align the University of Alabama with the No. 1 radio group in the Birmingham market, which includes branding and promotions of the Crimson Tide across all SummitMedia stations and partners including the nationally syndicated Rick and Bubba Show on WZZK FM 104.7 and the Rickey Smiley Show on WBHJ 95.7 “JAMZ”. WZZK-FM, 106.9 The Eagle