B’ham Radio: WAPI-FM Expected To Flip To Sports

Cumulus Media is planning to rebrand Birmingham talk radio station 100 WAPI FM and launch an ESPN Radio sports-talk station on that signal, according to AL.com.

A logo for the new station appears on a college football schedule poster that has been circulating around Birmingham, and a photo of that schedule, with the logo, also has appeared on Twitter.

Cumulus Media also owns Birmingham sports-talk station WJOX 94.5 FM, which will begin carrying Paul Finebaum's new ESPN Radio show when it starts Aug. 12.

WJOX is an affiliate of CBS Sports Radio, and as part of the deal to get Finebaum's show, Cumulus had to find another station to carry ESPN's syndicated programming.

WAPI Radio happy to continue on IHeart radio, http://t.co/dUIy84kdix, and of course on 1070 AM.
— Matt Murphy (@mattmurphyshow) July 24, 2013

According to a tweet Wednesday afternoon by 100 WAPI FM's Matt Murphy, host of "The Matt Murphy Show," all of the station's programming will continue to be available on WAPI-AM 1070, at 100wapi.com and on the audio streaming service iHeartRadio.

Both WJOX 94.5 FM and the new ESPN Radio station are expected to carry Finebaum's show.

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