ESPN 700 IS UTAH’S RADIO HOME FOR THE 2010 FIFA WORLD
CUP
Utah’s
ESPN Radio Affiliate Airing 21 World Cup Contests, Culminating with Final on
July 11;
Real
Salt Lake GM Garth Lagerwey to Chat World Cup Daily on “The Bill & Spence
Show” Afternoons at 4:20 p.m. MT
SANDY, Utah (Monday, June 14, 2010) – ESPN 700 Radio and its online home of KALL700Sports.com will serve as the places to listen for fans of “The Beautiful Game” across the next month, as the 50,000-watt ESPN Radio affiliate will serve as Utah’s exclusive English language radio home of the 2010 FIFA World Cup from South Africa.
Through
the World Cup Final on Sunday, July 11, ESPN 700 will broadcast ESPN Radio’s
live feed for 21 contests during the world’s largest sporting event. ESPN 700’s
World Cup slate starts with nine matches during the Group Stage, including every
second of the USA’s three Group C matches, continuing this Friday, June
18 against Slovenia (7:30 a.m. MT) and concluding next Wednesday, June
23 vs. Algeria (7:30 a.m. MT). ESPN 700 will also carry four Round of 16
matches (June 26 & 27), all four quarterfinal contests (July 2 & 3),
and the two semifinal showdowns (July 6 & 7) leading up to the 3rd
Place Game on Saturday, July 10, and the Final one day later. For the full
21-game schedule on ESPN 700, see below.
ESPN 700’s World Cup coverage doesn’t end there, as Real Salt Lake General Manager Garth Lagerwey will continue the soccer talk into the afternoon with daily appearances on “The Bill & Spence Show” with hosts Bill Riley & Spencer Checketts at 4:20 p.m. MT. Make sure you check in every afternoon throughout the World Cup, as Lagerwey will give his unique perspective on that day’s matches during the popular afternoon drive time show. In addition, ESPN 700’s Facebook page is the place to go to catch highlights of all the action from South Africa, courtesy of ESPN’s unprecedented World Cup coverage, while fans can chime in with their thoughts on the games to Bill & Spence via their new Twitter accounts, which can be found at www.Twitter.com/ESPN700Bill and www.Twitter.com/ESPN700Spence.
For more information on ESPN 700’s World Cup schedule, or to listen in live online, visit www.KALL700Sports.com.
ESPN
700’s 2010 FIFA World Cup Broadcast Schedule
Match
Day
Date
Time
Argentina v.
Nigeria
Saturday June
12 7:30 a.m.
United
States v.
England
Saturday June
12 12:00 p.m.
Germany v.
Australia
Sunday June
13 12:00 p.m.
United
States v.
Slovenia
Friday June
18 7:30 a.m.
Netherlands
v.
Japan
Saturday June
19 5:00 a.m.
Cameroon
v.
Denmark
Saturday June
19 12:00 p.m.
Italy v.
New
Zealand
Sunday June
20 7:30 a.m.
Brazil v.
Ivory
Coast
Sunday June
20 12:00 p.m.
United
States v.
Algeria
Wednesday June 23 7:30
a.m.
Round of
16
Saturday June
26 7:30 a.m.
Round of
16
Saturday June
26 12:00 p.m.
Round of
16
Sunday June
27 7:30 a.m.
Round
of
16
Sunday June 27
12:00 p.m.
Quarterfinal
Friday
July 2
7:30 a.m.
Quarterfinal
Friday
July 2
12:00 p.m.
Quarterfinal
Saturday July
3 7:30
a.m.
Quarterfinal
Saturday July
3 12:00
p.m.
Semifinal
Tuesday July
6 12:00
p.m.
Semifinal
Wednesday July
7 12:00
p.m.
3rd
Place
Game
Saturday July 10
12:00 p.m.
Final
Sunday July
11 11:30 a.m.
