Wednesday, April 23rd 2008
FOX Sports Radio Presents Eighth Annual NFL Draft Weekend
Press Contact: Rachel Nelson
818-461-8057
LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2008 - On Saturday, April 26, FOX Sports Radio will kick off its eighth annual NFL Draft Weekend. The network will provide live coverage from NFL Draft headquarters at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, live reports from team draft headquarters around the NFL, and interviews with players, coaches, draftees, agents and other NFL insiders.
In addition to weekday hosts JT "The Brick" and Sean Farnham, the following experts will join the network throughout the weekend: FOX Sports Radio NFL Insider and NFL on FOX Reporter, Jay Glazer; FOX Sports Radio NFL Analyst and former Atlanta Falcon, Ray Buchanan; FOX Sports Radio Director of Player Personnel, Chris Landry; and former Oakland Raider and NFL Network Analyst, Lincoln Kennedy. In addition, the network will provide real-time draft updates every 10 minutes throughout the first round of the draft.
Approximately 230 affiliates have signed on to air FOX Sports Radio's NFL Draft Weekend, including: KLAC-AM 570/Los Angeles, KTCT-AM 1050/San Francisco, WTEM-AM 980/Washington, D.C., KBME-AM 790/Houston, WDAE-AM 620/Tampa and KGME-AM 910/Phoenix.
A detailed show schedule is attached.
About FOX Sports Radio
The FOX Sports Radio Network, based in Sherman Oaks, Calif., is a division of Premiere Radio Networks in partnership with FOX Sports. All entities have combined their considerable resources to develop a turnkey personality driven and caller intensive programming opportunity for radio stations nationwide. With studios also in New York, Washington, D.C., Miami, Tampa, Phoenix, Seattle, and San Antonio, the FOX Sports Radio Network can be heard on more than 300 stations, as well as FOXSports.com on MSN and XM Channel 142
FOX SPORTS RADIO'S 2008 NFL DRAFT WEEKEND
from the AutoZone studios in Los Angeles
FOX NFL Draft Saturday, April 26, 2008:
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET/6 - 9 a.m. PT:
FOX NFL Draft Saturday Warm-Up with "Softy" Mahler (Seattle), Brian Webber & Chris Rix
12 - 3 p.m. ET/9 a.m. - 12 p.m. PT:
FOX NFL Draft Saturday with JT "The Brick" & Ray Buchanan
3 - 9 p.m. ET/12 - 6 p.m. PT:
FOX NFL Draft Saturday with Sean Farnham, Lincoln Kennedy, Chris Landry & Jay Glazer (live from NFL Draft Headquarters in NYC)
9 - 11 p.m. ET/6 - 8 p.m. PT:
FOX NFL Draft Saturday React with Kate Delaney (Dallas) & Ray Buchanan
11 p.m. - 2 a.m. ET/8 - 11 p.m. PT:
FOX NFL Draft Rewind with John Fricke (Dallas) & Chris Landry
FOX NFL Draft Sunday, April 27, 2008:
9 - 10 a.m. PT ET/6 - 7 a.m. PT:
FOX Moneyball…The Cost of Winning with Chris Moore (Connecticut) & Rick Horrow (Florida)
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET/7 - 9 a.m. PT:
FOX NFL Draft Sunday Warm-Up with Chris Moore (Connecticut) & Ray Buchanan
12 - 4 p.m. ET/9 a.m. - 1 p.m. PT:
FOX NFL Draft Sunday with Brian Webber, Marques Johnson & Chris Landry
4 - 8 p.m. ET/1 - 5 p.m. PT:
FOX NFL Draft Sunday with Dan Moriarty & Lincoln Kennedy
* Please note talent and schedule is subject to change