August 7, 200421 yr For Immediate Release Media Contacts: Alan Brown, Primetime Media Group Cell: 954-662-2526, alan.brown@rbbpr.com Tina Elmowitz, rbb Public Relations Work: 305-448-7459, tina.elmowitz@rbbpr.com THE WORLDWIDE LEADER IN SPORTS IS NOW LOCAL 790 ESPN Radio Launches September 1st MIAMI ? August 5, 2004 ? Sports history is being made with the introduction of a new team to the South Florida market. Primetime Media Group announces the launch of ESPN Radio, which will begin broadcasting on Wednesday, September 1 at 6 a.m. Airing on 790 AM, the new sports-talk station, dubbed 790 ESPN Radio ?South Florida?s Ticket,? will combine a rich blend of local and national sports programming 24 hours a day. Primetime Media Group entered into a local marketing agreement that allows it to program and sell advertising on 790 AM, a Jefferson-Pilot Communications station. ?South Florida fans will have the best of local sports talk with top home grown personalities like Joe Rose and Dan Le Batard,? says Joel Feinberg, CEO and president of Primetime Media, which will operate 790 ESPN Radio. The station?s line-up will focus on South Florida?s professional and college sports along with the best of ESPN?s national personalities and events.? While the programming schedule is still being finalized, 790 ESPN Radio promises original local programs hosted by some of the most recognizable and respected names in South Florida sports, including: ? NBC-6 Sports Anchor and former Miami Dolphin Joe Rose will host a daily talk show featuring live interviews with the biggest names in sports, locally and nationally. ? Dan Le Batard, the most controversial, opinionated and widely read sports columnist for The Miami Herald, will hit the airwaves with a talk show featuring local and national guests, as well as opinions from sports fans, athletes and, of course, Le Batard himself. 790 ESPN Radio Page 2 of 3 In addition, 790 ESPN Radio will feature exclusive insights from South Florida?s top sports stars like Miami Dolphins All-Pro defensive end Jason Taylor, who will host a one-hour show each week during football season. Giving the week?s NFL round-up, Jason will provide on-the-field perspective and an insider?s view of our Miami Dolphins. According to T. J. Lambert, vice president of sports at ABC/ESPN Radio Network, 790 ESPN Radio?s all-star line up is poised to quickly take a leadership position in the South Florida sports market. ?The management team of Primetime Media Group and respected on-air celebrity hosts are a winning formula,? said Lambert. ?We will be watching South Florida?s success, and anticipate that the format of 790 ESPN Radio will give sports radio listeners and ESPN fans a listening experience unlike any other.? The principals of Primetime Media Group, which will operate 790 ESPN Radio, includes owner Joel Feinberg, CEO and president of Capital Real Estate Group (CREG); CMO Scott Becher, president of Sports & Sponsorships Inc.; VP of Communications Alan T. Brown, vice president at rbb Public Relations; CFO Kurt Murphy, vice president of CREG; and Jon ?Stugotz? Weiner, popular sports radio personality and VP of Primetime Media Group, will serve as general manager for 790 ESPN Radio. ?This is a business decision that makes perfect sense for all parties,? said Dennis Collins, senior vice president and general manager of Jefferson-Pilot Communications in South Florida. ?790 AM?s strong signal that blankets South Florida added to Primetime Media?s strong local ESPN sports programming can only equal a great success.? Feinberg, a native to Hollywood, FL, said that combining South Florida?s passion for sports with America?s favorite source for sports news was an easy decision. According to Feinberg, ?Starting September 1st, 790 ESPN Radio will be the only place on the dial that Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties can receive local and national sports information any time of day. We expect 790 ESPN Radio will dominate the airwaves 24 hours a day.? For more information on 790 ESPN Radio, please visit www.790espnradio.com. 790 ESPN Radio Page 3 of 3 PRIMETIME MEDIA GROUP Primetime Media Group is a Hollywood, FL-based company that specializes in creating sports media solutions for local and national marketers. ESPN RADIO NETWORK ESPN Radio is the nation?s largest sports radio network providing more than 9,000 hours of talk and event content to more than 250 full-time affiliates offering 24/7 programming. ESPN Radio operates five owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Pittsburgh. Additionally, there are more than 400 stations in 600 markets that broadcast select ESPN Radio programming. In all, ESPN Radio reaches 18 million listeners each week. ESPN Radio programs include weekday shows Mike and Mike in the Morning, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, the Dan Patrick Show, SportsBash with Erik Kuselius, GameNight with Chuck Wilson, Late GameNight (The ?V? Show) with Bob Valvano and AllNight with Todd Wright. ESPN Radio also offers a full weekend line-up featuring coverage of all the week?s sports and top stories. Additionally ESPN Radio is the exclusive home of Major League Baseball and the World Series, The NBA and its finals, the College Football Bowl Championship Series and selected games of the WNBA. JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS Jefferson-Pilot Communications, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, is headquartered in Greensboro, N.C., and owns and operates television stations in Charlotte, N.C. (WBTVTV), Richmond, Va. (WWBT-TV) and Charleston, S.C. (WCSC-TV); and radio stations in Atlanta (WSTR-FM, WQXI-AM), Charlotte (WBT-AM/FM, WLNK-FM), Denver (KCKK-AM, KJCD-FM, KKFN-AM, KQKS-FM, KYGO-FM), Miami (WLYF-FM, WMXJ-FM, WAXY-AM) and San Diego (KSON-AM/FM, KSOQ-FM, KIFM-FM, KBZT-FM). In addition, the company?s Jefferson-Pilot Sports Division, located in Charlotte, produces and distributes Southeastern Conference football and basketball games, Atlantic Coast Conference football and (with Raycom) basketball games and other sports events. http://www.790espnradio.com/press/espn_launch_release-3.pdf
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