Sports radio lineup changes

The changes generated by ESPN Radio's move from McClatchey Broadcasting — 850 The Buzz and 620 The Bull — to Capitol Broadcasting's 99.9 The Fan are being heard by listeners for the first time. The FM sports-talk station began carrying ESPN programming today, and is planning another big change around the first of the year.

Capitol Broadcasting expects to begin airing ESPN Deportes, the Spanish-language version of ESPN, on an as-yet unidentified AM station in the market around the first of the year.

The FM station's local program from noon to 1 p.m. weekdays is "Sports Lunch With Mike Maniscalco."

McClatchey split with ESPN in large part so it could drop "Mike and Mike In The Morning" in favor of "Imus In The Morning" from 6-10 a.m. on 620 The Bull.

Not surprisingly, "The Dan Patrick Show" has been picked up by 850 The Buzz from 10 a.m. to noon. Patrick, a longtime reporter, anchor and radio host with ESPN, joined The Content Factory in 2007, and also writes a column for Sports Illustrated.

From 1-3 p.m. on weekdays, 620 The Bull will air "Two Live Stews," featuring brothers Doug and Ryan Stewart, a syndicated show out of Atlanta that has gained attention in recent years.