TEGNA Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM Columbus OH is launching a new schedule on Monday, May 12.

Current afternoon co-host Jonathan ‘T-Bone’ Smith will move to mornings alongside former Ohio State University safety Tyvis Powell airing from 6-9am. “Bishop & Friends” hosted by Beau Bishop and Eric Rieser will drop an hour to air from 9am to 12pm. “Rothman and Ice” featuring Anthony Rothman and Matt Hayes continues from 12-3pm. Mike ‘The Common Man’ Ricordati remains in afternoons with Tim Hall moving from evenings to join him. Former morning co-host Brandon Beam will replace Hall on “The Buckeye Show” from 6-8pm.

The station will also launch a new digital program as its former morning show brand “The Morning Juice” will move to a combination of YouTube and WBNS-HD3 live from 6-8am and a 10am-12pm replay on WBNS-TV’s “10TV+” app. The show will be hosted by former morning co-host Bobby Carpenter and Jeff ‘Tito’ Thitoff.

Operations Manager/Program Director Matt Fishman said, “We would be crazy not to grow our talented hosts on digital platforms. Having multiple shows across various platforms helps us grow
our audience in new and exciting ways.”