ESPN Deportes Radio Launched on 1550 AM

Spanish-speaking sports fans in the Triangle can now turn to ESPN Deportes Radio on 1550 AM (WCLY) as Capitol Broadcasting Company continues to add to its sports radio programming. ESPN Deportes Radio has been serving Hispanic sports fans in the U.S. since 2000 and offers a variety of sports talk programming and events, highlighted by […]

WRAL-TV’s Football Friday Kicks Off 29th Year With New, Expanded Coverage

WRAL-TV’s Football Friday Kicks Off 29th Year With New, Expanded Coverage On TV, Web, Radio, Mobile and Social Media WRAL’s Tom Suiter will take a break from retirement for Football Friday this fall. WRAL’s legendary sports anchor Tom Suiter returns to the air leading North Carolina’s most comprehensive high school football coverage. The 29th season […]

Capitol Broadcasting Company, Curtis Media and McClatchey Broadcasting Announce Exchange of Broadcast Assets

Capitol Broadcasting Company (“CBC”), Curtis Media (“Curtis”) and McClatchey Broadcasting (“McClatchey”) on August 10, 2009, announced a transaction in principle to exchange certain broadcasting assets that will allow CBC to expand its sports coverage in the Triangle across the AM and FM dials, allow Curtis to expand its statewide news operations, and see McClatchey exit […]

99.9 The Fan Hits the Hockey Rink

Staffers from 99.9 The Fan take on the Carolina Hurricanes front office staff in a chair-ity hockey game. View the Slideshow The Team at 99.9 FM The Fan has commentated the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, but the staffers got a chance to feel both emotions at once themselves on the hockey […]

The Fan’s Coverage of ACC Football Media Days

Thaddeus Lewis (right) and UNC’s T.J. Yates (left) might not agree on much but they did agree to talk to the Fan’s Mike Maniscalco. View The Slideshow 99.9FM The Fan ESPN Radio was on-site at the beautiful Grandover Resort in Greensboro July 25-26, 2009. No, they were not there relaxing by the pool or playing […]

99.9 The Fan Personality Helps Canes Raise $55,000 for Kids

99.9 The Fan’s Mike Maniscalco shows off his beard at the Canes Game 2 in their series against Pittsburgh. 99.9 The Fan Sports Director/On-Air Host Mike Maniscalco is feeling a bit lighter these days.   No, he hasn’t join Capitol Broadcasting’s on-site Weight Watchers program, he finally shaved his beard. The reason for Maniscalco’s big […]

Record Number of Teams Compete in 99.9FM The Fan’s 2nd Annual Cornhole Cup

Super Slide takes home the Cornhole Cup for the 2nd year running. Me So Corny wins for Best Team Name. Suburban Idiots take home the prize for Best Dressed Team. 99.9FM The Fan ESPN Radio held their 2nd Annual Cornhole Cup benefiting the Prostate Cancer Foundation on Saturday, May 23, 2009, at the American Tobacco […]

Maniscalco Keeps Beard Growing Since Canes Keep Winning

99.9 The Fan’s Mike Maniscalco shows off the progress on his beard after the Canes beat the Bruins to move on to the Eastern Conference finals. Things are getting a little hairy for 99.9 The Fan Sports Director/On-Air Host Mike Maniscalco.   And it’s not just the heart attack broadcasting he’s doing for the Carolina […]

The Fan Announcer Turns Grizzly Adams for the Canes & Kids

99.9 The Fan’s Mike Maniscalco is sporting a beard these days, in honor of the Canes playoffs and to help with a good cause. 99.9 The Fan Sports Director/On-Air Host Mike Maniscalco is sporting a new look these days, a beard.   Maniscalco decided to “grow one for the team,” literally, as part of the […]

Come Join 99.9FM The Fan at the SPCA of Wake County Dog Walk This Saturday

99.9FM The Fan, ESPN Radio is a proud sponsor of the 10th Annual K9-3K Dog Walk on Saturday, April 18, 2009 benefitting the SPCA of Wake County! The event starts at 10am, Moore Square in downtown Raleigh. Join the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the K9-3K Dog Walk to raise money […]