On Wednesday, Sept. 21, ESPNLA 710AM will debut a new, fully live and local weekday lineup - all Los Angeles sports, all the time - highlighted by the launch of a new daily and locally focused morning show - Mornings with Keyshawn, Jorge and LZ - hosted by former USC and NFL star wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson, ESPN Radio host Jorge Sedano and writer LZ Granderson. Mornings with Keyshawn, Jorge and LZ will air weekday mornings from 6 - 9 a.m. PT.
In addition, Kelvin Washington, who currently hosts Kelvin & Travis on ESPNLA alongside Travis Rodgers, has been elevated to the highly rated afternoon drive show and will partner with Marcellus Wiley on Afternoons with Marcellus & Kelvin airing weekdays from 3 - 7 p.m.
The Thompson & Trudell program will expand by one hour, airing from 9 a.m. - noon, while Mason & Ireland (noon - 3 p.m.) and ESPNLA Rewind (7 - 9 p.m.) will remain in their current positions on the ESPNLA 710 schedule. The 9 p.m. - 6 a.m. block will feature
ESPN Radio Network sports programming.
The revamped schedule will feature a deep roster of local voices who are well-versed in the Los Angeles sports scene, and who fans can depend on to deliver the latest news, analysis and opinions on the hottest topics in the city. As the flagship station for the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Rams and USC, ESPNLA will follow all play-by-play broadcasts with extensive local postgame analysis and discussion directly relevant to L.A.-area sports fans, beginning with the morning drive program and continuing straight through 9 p.m. each weekday.
"With an extremely powerful all-live and local lineup, we are ensuring that ESPNLA continues to be the destination station for Los Angeles-area sports fans," said Scott McCarthy, VP/GM, ESPNLA. "Fans want context and analysis after our L.A. teams play, and our local focus - especially in morning drive - will super-serve them with the best in L.A. sports talk. In fact, from 6 a.m. until noon every weekday, ESPNLA 710AM will be the only radio station in Los Angeles focused entirely on L.A. teams and L.A. sports fans."
Johnson, who joined
ESPN in 2007, has been an NFL analyst on the network's
SUNDAY NFL COUNTDOWN and
MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN in Bristol, Conn., since he retired from pro football. The No. 1 overall pick in the 1996
NFL DRAFT and a member of the
SUPER BOWL xxVII champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Johnson played 11 NFL seasons for the New York Jets, Bucs, Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers.
Sedano, who has more than 16 years of radio broadcast experience, most recently was the co-host of Jorge & Izzy on the
ESPN Radio Network. He joined
ESPN in 2013 as the host Sedano & Stink show on
ESPN Radio, with Mark Schlereth. In March 2015, Sedano began hosting The Sedano Show. His radio career began in Miami in 1999 and has included stints on WAFN-AM until 2001, WINZ-AM (2001-04), and The Ticket Miami (2007-12). He hosted the Miami Heat pre- and post-game shows on WIOD-AM from 2004-2007. Sedano also spent those three years hosting a nationally
Syndicated show for
Fox Sports Radio in Los Angeles (2004-2007).
Granderson is a contributor to ESPN's The Undefeated. He is also a senior writer and columnist for
ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, as well as a contributor to several
ESPN television news and information programs including SportsCenter, Outside the Lines,
AROUND THE HORN and SportsNation. Granderson provides commentary on ESPN's telecasts of two tennis majors - Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. His work has earned critical acclaim, including winning the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) award for online journalism in 2009.
National
ESPN Radio shows Mike & Mike and The Dan Le Batard Show will air in their entirety on ESPNLA sister station KLAA 830AM, 3 - 9 a.m. and noon - 3 p.m., respectively.
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