Following their relaunch as “Indy’s Sports Ticket” in December, Cumulus Media’s 1430 WXNT/99.5 WZPL-HD2 Indianapolis will launch “The Dan Dakich Show” weekdays from 12-3pm on Monday, January 29.
Dakich, a former player and assistant basketball coach for Indiana University and Head Coach at Bowling Green and West Virginia, previously hosted in the same time-slot on “93.5/107.5 The Fan” WIBC-HD2 from 2009 until his exit in December 2022. He has also been hosting a 9-11am show on Clay Travis’ “OutKick Network”, which will continue and previously served as a college basketball analyst for ESPN.
Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announces that it will launch Indianapolis’ newest local Sports/Talk show, “The Dan Dakich Show,” on Indy’s Sports Ticket 1430 AM/WXNT-AM. Hosted by championship basketball player and coach, the award-winning sports radio and television personality Dan Dakich, “The Dan Dakich Show” airs Monday through Friday from Noon-3pm beginning Monday, January 29th.
Dakich’s career combines experience as a championship basketball player and coach with that of an award-winning radio host and ESPN’S leading Big 10 college basketball analyst. As one of only two men to be a two-time captain under legendary Indiana University Men’s Basketball Coach, Bob Knight, Dan Dakich and the State of Indiana have had a lifetime love affair.
Dakich starred at Andrean High School in Merrillville, IN, and led the small Catholic school to its only trip to the Indiana High School state finals in the non-class state tournament. At Indiana University, he played on one Big 10 Championship team and captained and started on IU’s Elite 8 NCAA Tournament run in 1984. In addition to captaining the Hoosiers, Dakich won the prestigious Balfour Award for bringing “Honor and Distinguished Service” to Indiana University. He served the IU basketball staff for a total of 17 years, in literally every capacity, from Graduate Assistant to Head Coach.
After a 10-year run as Head Coach at Bowling Green State University that included a MAC Outright title and two NIT Berths, Dakich switched careers and launched “The Dan Dakich Show” on WFNI (“The Fan”), a local Indianapolis ESPN radio affiliate. After 14 years at the Fan, he took his show to “OutKick Network,” where his show “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich” airs Monday through Friday from 9:00am-11:00am.
Darlene Park, Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Indianapolis, said: “Indiana’s very own Dan Dakich returns to the airwaves as opinionated as ever and ready to break down all things sports on Indy’s Sports Ticket 1430 AM every weekday from Noon to 3pm. He is an Indiana sports legend, and we are so excited he is bringing his game to our team. In addition to 1430 AM, sports fans can catch Dan on 99.5 HD2 or the Indy’s Sports Ticket 1430 AM app.
Dan Dakich commented: “Couldn’t be more thrilled to join the fantastic team at Indy’s Sports Ticket 1430 AM. The state of Indiana and I have had a lifetime love affair that extends way beyond sports and sharing that daily is going to, once again, be a blast! Can’t wait to get started as we build Indy’s Sports Ticket 1430 AM into Indy’s go-to home for all things sports.”
