Brandon Tierney to Host Afternoon Drive on 95.7FM in San Francisco
For Immediate Release June 30, 2011
Contact: Josh Pearlman, (415) 546-8608 jpearlman@entercom.com
San Francisco, CA – SportsRadio 95.7FM (KBWF-FM), The Bay Area’s only FM sports station, announced today it was teaming Brandon Tierney with San Francisco 49ers Radio Color Analyst Eric Davis as Co-Hosts for the 2:00 - 6:00pm afternoon show. The afternoon show will debut August 1, 2011.
“This show will be a lot of things, but stale won’t be one of them,” said Jason Barrett, Program Director of SportsRadio 95.7FM. “Brandon Tierney and Eric Davis will provide Bay Area Sports fans with the choice they deserve in afternoons. Brandon is an emerging superstar and a perfect fit for sports on FM.”
Tierney joins SportsRadio 95.7FM from ESPN 1050 (WEPN-AM)/New York where he hosted middays, evenings, and the New York Knicks pre and post-game shows. Prior to ESPN 1050, he hosted middays at 1130 The Fan (WDFN-AM) in Detroit.
“His passionate ‘tell it like it is’ style makes him likeable and relatable and his ability to be well versed on all sports allows him to connect with so many different fan bases. To have the opportunity to bring him to the Bay area and pair him with someone the caliber of Eric Davis, gives us the fire-power we need to make a major difference during afternoons on the FM dial,” added Barrett.
“I’m so pumped to work with Eric Davis every afternoon on SportsRadio 95.7FM and I promise Bay Area sports fans that our show won’t be the same old boring thing day-after-day,” said Tierney. “With so many sports teams in the Bay Area, I’m excited to bring a hard hitting, but fair style on the air and I look forward to ingratiating myself into the Bay Area sports scene immediately.”
Tierney is an experienced television presence as he is a frequent contributor to ESPN’s “Outside the Lines”. Tierney was a panelist on SportsNet New York’s signature nightly show “The WheelHouse,” and hosted the “Red Storm Report” with St. John’s University basketball head coach Steve Lavin.
SportsRadio 95.7FM launched on April 15, 2011 and is the largest market FM sports station in America. The station features live and local personalities, exciting play-by-play sports as the radio broadcast partner to the Oakland A’s, and the most entertaining and informative sports radio experience for Bay Area fans.
Entercom Communications, the parent company of SportsRadio 95.7FM, operates several outstanding sports talk stations around the country, including America’s most successful sports franchise, WEEI and WEEI.com in Boston. WEEI has set the standard for sports programming innovation for more than 20 years.
About Entercom Communications Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE: ETM) is one of the five largest radio broadcasting companies in the United States, with a nationwide portfolio of 110 stations in 23 markets, including San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Portland, Sacramento and Kansas City.
Known for developing unique and highly successful, locally-programmed stations, Entercom is home to some of radio’s most distinguished brands and compelling personalities. The company is also the radio broadcast partner of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, Buffalo Sabres, Kansas City Royals, New Orleans Saints, Oakland Athletics, and San Jose Sharks.
Entercom focuses on creating effective integrated marketing solutions for its customers that incorporate the company’s audio, digital and experiential assets. Additionally, the company has a long-standing commitment to responsible corporate citizenship and environmental stewardship. Entercom stations play a vital, hands-on role in improving their communities, providing over $100 million in annual support for local charitable organizations.
The company’s radio stations have received numerous awards, including multiple Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in broadcast journalism and National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Awards for excellence in radio broadcasting. In 2007, Forbes magazine named Entercom one of America’s “Most Trustworthy Companies”.
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