Thursday, September 29, 2022

Sports Talk 790 The Ticket Ends

     Sports Talk 790 The Ticket WAXY-AM will end their long reign with a sports talk format and flip to a Spanish language talk format as of October 3. The radio station has used a sports format since August 2004. 
     The most recognizable program that they had was the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz. It began in afternoon drive and they defeated 560 WQAM competition consistently. 
     The Ticket had other talk show hosts on their roster over the years. It included Joe Rose, Jon "Boog" Sciambi, Jorge Sedano, Craig Minervini, Sid Rosenberg, Kevin Rogers, Steve Brancik, Marc Hochman, Jonathan Zaslow, Joy Taylor, Amber Wilson, Brett Romberg, Brendan Tobin, Leroy Hoard, "The Amigo" Larry Milian, Alan Strauss, Alex Donno, Phil Schoen, Kevin Rogers, Steve White, Jeff Foxx, Ed Freeman, Toast, Jeff DeForrest, Jim Grieshaber, Josh Friedman, Greg Likens, Zack Duarte, Ethan Skolnick, Chris Wittyngham, Chris Perkins, Israel Guitterez, Jason Jackson, Steve Goldstein, Craig Mish, Jesse Agler, Rich Herrera, Jeremy-Marks Peltz, Brian London, Jason Solodkin, Brandon Guzio, Barry Jackson and Trevor Murray. 
     The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz was a juggernaut that dominated the Miami sports market. They had better ratings head-to-head in their afternoon timeslot from August 2004 to September 2015 over 20 sports talk hosts at WQAM. Their competition included of Jim Mandich, Hank Goldberg, The Sports Brothers, Sid Rosenberg, Dan Sileo, Jorge Sedano, Marc Hochman, Zach Krantz, Channing Crowder and Brandon Guzio. 
     WAXY increased their scope in the region with play-by-play broadcasts. They pulled away the Miami Dolphins radio rights from WQAM and had them in 2005 and 2006. The Marlins franchise was with them from 2008 to 2013. 
     The radio station picked up the Miami Heat radio rights in October 2010 and had them until the end of the 2021-22 season. They broadcasted five NBA Finals along with two Miami Heat championships in 2012 and 2013. The Florida Panthers radio rights were there from 2007 until 2010. 
     They also had FIU football games on their airwaves. Inter Miami CF game broadcasts were added back in April. 

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  1. Sounds like the roster at Temple Beth Emmanuel.

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