St. Louis Radio Group
101ESPN is St. Louis’ #1 sports talk radio station. The station launched on January 1, 2009 with a focus on local programming, the best of ESPN’s national programming and play by play of the biggest events in sports locally and nationally.
The station’s daily line-up starts with the world-renowned morning show of Mike and Mike with co-hosts Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg. “The Bernie Miklasz Show” can be then be heard weekdays from 7am-10am, featuring St. Louis’ most respected sports personality Bernie Miklasz. Bernie served as the lead sports columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and has been involved in the sports media industry for over 25 years. He is now behind the mic providing his brilliance over the air, online at 101sports.com and on social exclusively with 101ESPN.
Following The Bernie Miklasz Show is “The Kevin Wheeler Show” featuring Kevin Wheeler, a nationally-syndicated sports journalism professional with more than 20 years in radio. Kevin is a graduate from the University of Miami, FL and played baseball prior to becoming a professional sports journalist, reaching the peak of his playing career as a backup catcher with the Hurricanes in the early 90’s. “The Kevin Wheeler Show” airs weekdays from 10am-1pm on 101ESPN.
“The Turn” follows Kevin Wheeler from 1pm-3pm, featuring Anthony Stalter and Chris Duncan. As a professional writer, Anthony served as a NFL columnist for the Washington Post’s expert panel entitled “The League” from 2009 to 2011, and he continues to write NFL-related columns for 101sports.com. Chris Duncan is a former slugger and member of the 2006 World Champions St. Louis Cardinals. The energy, humor, baseball knowledge and player insight Chris brings into the studio everyday makes The Turn a great option for those who truly care about St. Louis sports, and that’s just about everyone in America’s best sports town.
After “The Turn”, the “The Fast Lane” takes over from 3pm-7pm. This show features veteran St. Louis Radio journalist Randy Karraker, a St. Louis native and true professional. Karraker, has also been named the “Missouri Sportscaster of the Year” by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Brad Thompson, former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, also serves as co-host of “The Fast Lane” and contributes to the TV Pre- and Post-Game show for the St. Louis Cardinals. And Chris Rongey, a native St. Louisan who spent over a decade in Chicago sports talk radio at WSCR and was the studio host for the Chicago White Sox hosting pregame and postgame along with weekly Sox show only to return to his hometown in 2017.
101 ESPN also airs numerous play-by-play broadcasts including NFL’s Thursday Night, Sunday Night, and Monday Night Football, the NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, MLB Sunday Night baseball, MLB Playoffs, College Football Playoffs, NBA Regular season games, NBA Playoffs and Finals, St. Louis University Billikens Basketball and more.