Baltimore's WJZ-AM To Drop ESPN For CBS Lineup

CBS Radio is preparing to flip WJZ-AM, 1300, from ESPN Radio to the new CBS Sports Radio network, come Jan. 2, according to DCRTV’s Dave Hughes at pressboxonline.com.

Bob Philips, who is market manager for CBS' Baltimore radio cluster, said 1300 would carry the new sports network full time.

CBS Sports Radio's lineup will include Boomer Esiason, John Feinstein, Doug Gottlieb, Tom Tolbert and Jim Rome.

There's no word whether any other station in the Baltimore market will pick up ESPN Radio, including "Mike and Mike" in the mornings. Aside from CBS, the only full-time sports talker in the market is WNST, 1570 AM, and it just signed a deal to carry Fox Sports.

ESPN Radio will continue to air in the Washington, D.C., market via WSPZ, 570 AM. "Mike And Mike" airs on D.C.'s WTEM, 980 AM.

While top-of-the-hour sports newscasts from CBS Sports Radio will air on CBS's 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FM, Philips said the top-rated FMer would retain its locally based sports talk lineup and carry little programming from the new network.

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