‘The Gambler’ is new all-sports addition to Cleveland radio lineup – Crain’s Cleveland Business

Cleveland has another all-sports radio station.

Only this one is going to have a Las Vegas lean.

IHeart Media Cleveland has announced that this week marks the debut of Fox Sports 1350 AM, a station that is being dubbed "The Gambler."

The station, according to iHeart, "will focus on sports talk with a concentration on gambling." There will be top-of-the-hour wagering updates from Vegas Stats and Information, along with programming from the BeTR Network.

Shows led by Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd and Doug Gottlieb will occupy the 9-5 workday, and longtime Cleveland radio personality Mark "Munch" Bishop is hosting a three-hour program that begins at 6 a.m.

The full weekday programming lineup is as follows:

Midnight-2 a.m.: The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon

2-6 a.m.: The Ben Maller Show

6-9 a.m.: Munch on Sports

9 a.m.-noon: The Dan Patrick Show

Noon-3 p.m.: The Herd with Colin Cowherd

3-5 p.m.: The Doug Gottlieb Show

5-7 p.m.: My Guys in the Desert with Brent Musberger

7-9 p.m.: The Odd Couple with Chris Broussard and Rob Parker

9 p.m.-midnight: The Green Zone

"The Lombardi Line," which features former Browns GM Mike Lombardi, will also be part of the weekly rotation, as will such NFL-themed shows as "The Red Zone" and "Fox NFL Kickoff Simulcast."

Keith Hotchkiss, the president of iHeart's northern Ohio region, called The Gambler "the future of sports radio."

New York-based iHeart operates more than 850 radio stations. Its Cleveland presence is significant, with WAKS-FM, 96.5; ALT-FM, 99.1; WGAR-FM, 99.5; WMMS-FM, 100.7; WMJI-FM, 105.7; REAL-FM, 106.1; WHLK-FM, 106.5; and WTAM-AM, 1100 among the stations thatiHeart owns and operates.

The company, though, is undergoing what it described as a "new organizational structure," one that, according to Cleveland.com, has resulted in several layoffs in the Cleveland market.

Previously, 1350 had been a Fox Sports affiliate based in Akron.

The launch of The Gambler, though, has resulted in the studios being moved to Cleveland and the lineup being reshuffled to make room for gambling, an iHeart source told Crain's.

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