Mike Rhyner, left, who helped create KTCK/1310 “The Ticket” in 1994, is coming out of retirement to join the rebranded 97.1 The Freak. Scott Fischer FortWorth There’s a new sports talk radio ...

End of 97.1 ‘The Freak’ signals struggles for radio as format grasps for future Texas radio legend Mike Rhyner’s time on 97.1 “The Freak” lasted 18 months. By Irving Mejia-Hilario ...

Dallas Mavericks play-by-play broadcaster Chuck Cooperstein (center) and analyst Brad Davis call Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series on radio station 97.1 The Freak, Friday ...

Sixteen months after making a major splash on North Texas radio, talk radio station 97.1 The Freak will stop freaking. Citing anonymous sources only, Athlon Sports' Richie Whitt (also a frequent ...

There’s a new sports talk radio station in town. iHeartMedia Dallas on Monday announced the official changeover of 97.1-FM to a re-branded “hot talk” radio format called “The Freak.” The ...

Less than two years removed from its 2022 launch, 97.1 The Freak is apparently no more. According to at least two reports on Friday, the station’s owner, iHeartMedia, announced a format change ...

As Rhyner told us on an episode of EarBurner that we recorded before the news broke, The Freak won’t be a sports station. It’s free-form talk, unlike any other station in this market.

iHeartMedia Dallas has abandoned its “free-flowing” hot talk experiment, 97.1 The Freak (), after eighteen months.The station fired its entire air staff, including Texas Radio Hall of Fame ...

Mike Rhyner, inventor of the most successful sports radio station in America, is shockingly returning to the DFW airwaves as a competitor to The Fan and The Ticket on a new 97.1 The Freak.