Beginning Monday, the "Todd and Tyler Radio Empire" will no longer be heard on KXSP (590 AM).Since the station's inception on April 25, 2005, the sports talk radio station has simulcast the first four hours of the popular Omaha morning radio program.
"We used the simulcast of Z-92's Todd 'n Tyler to help launch Big Sports 590 in its first year," said Steve Wexler, senior vice president of television and radio operations for the Journal Broadcast Group. "As we continue to grow the station, it's time to give it more of its own identity."
Wexler says the Fox Sports Radio syndicated program "The First Team on Fox with Steve Czaban" will replace Todd and Tyler in the 5-8 a.m. time slot. It will be followed by the first hour of another syndicated Fox Sports Radio program, "Out of Bounds on Fox with Craig Shemon and James Washington," from 8 to 9 a.m.
The rest of the station's lineup will remain the same, including locally-produced programs "The Travis Justice Show" (9-11 a.m.) and "The Big Show," hosted by Matt Perrault, from 2-6 p.m.
Big KXSP's 5,000 watt signal reaches into five neighboring states but the station is only credited with listeners who record its call letters or moniker ("Big Sports 590") in the Arbitron diary in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. In the most recent Arbitron ratings, KXSP ranked behind its primary competitor, all-sports station KOZN (1620 AM), among all listeners ages 12 and older.
"Todd and Tyler's Radio Empire" consists of Journal Broadcast Group-owned stations KEZO (92.3 FM), KZRQ (106.7 FM) in Springfield, Mo., and KICT (95.1 FM) in Wichita, Kan.
