Columbus OH Radio: iHM Flips WXZX To Fox Sports

iHeartMedia/Columbus announced Monday the debut of Sports Radio WXZX 105.7 FM The Zone, the new destination for Sports Radio in Columbus.

WXZX 105.7 FM (2.4 Kw)

Sports Radio 105.7 The Zone will broadcast all-day sports programming, featuring the full Fox Sports Radio line up, including The Dan Patrick Show, The Rich Eisen Show and The Herd with Colin Cowherd. The Bruce Hooley Show will feature local on-air personalities Bruce Hooley and Maddie Spielman, daughter of Chris Spielman, former Buckeye All American, NFL All Pro Linebacker and Fox Sports Announcer; the show will announce another co-host at a later date. In addition, the station will include special reports from Matt McCoy, longtime 610 WTVN Sports Anchor, as well as reports on local sports, news, traffic and weather.

“Columbus has one of the best sports fan bases in the country and they finally a have a new destination for Columbus based sports and entertainment radio in the morning, plus the best national line-up available the rest of the day,” said Michael McCoy, Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Columbus.

105.7 The Zone will broadcast Cleveland Cavaliers and Cincinnati Bengals games. iHeartMedia Columbus sister station 105.3 will continue to be home of The Pittsburgh Steelers and Ohio University football and basketball.