Detroit Radio: Matt Shepard Returning To WDFN

More than seven months after the plug was pulled on his longtime, sports-talk radio show, Matt Shepard is preparing for a comeback on iHeartMedia's WDFN 1130 AM.

According to The Detroit News, Shepard will relaunch his show, “Shep, Shower ‘N’ Shave,” this Monday, and it will air weekdays from 6 to 9 a.m. The goal is to eventually get the show on stations all across the state, and there are discussions about a statewide television component, too.

“We’re excited to have Matt back on WDFN,” said Tony Travatto, senior vice president of programming for iHeartMedia/Detroit, in a statement released Thursday. “Nobody in Detroit sports radio has more access to what’s really happening in the locker rooms than Matt.”

Shepard began hosting his morning show on WDFN in 2001, before it was canceled in late April amid a deep round of iHeartMedia budget cuts.

Since, Shepard has launched a podcast — that’s where the show’s new name comes from — with his son, Chad, that aired three days a week. He also has continued his work on Fox Sports Detroit, and as the radio voice of Michigan basketball and Eastern Michigan football, among other ventures, including with the Big Ten Network.

WDFN 1130 AM (50 Kw-D, 10 Kw-N, DA2)

Shepard’s niche is sticking almost exclusively to sports, while the competition — namely, at 97.1 The Ticket, the only round-the-clock sports station in the Detroit market — often drifts away from sports.