Tirico and Van Pelt

Infobox Radio Show
show_name=Tirico and Van Pelt


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format = Sports talk
runtime = 2 hours
starring = Mike Tirico
Scott Van Pelt
Michelle Tafoya (2007-08)
Kirk Herbstreit (2007-08)
country = flagicon|United States USA
home_station = ESPN Radio (2007-)
first_aired = September 20, 2007
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website = [http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=tiricoandvanpelt Tirico & Van Pelt at ESPNRadio.com]

"Tirico and Van Pelt" is a syndicated sports talk radio show hosted by Mike Tirico and Scott Van Pelt. It began on September 20, 2007 as "The Mike Tirico Show", with Van Pelt, Michelle Tafoya and Kirk Herbstreit as rotating co-hosts, and aired under that title for a total of 160 shows until April 30, 2008. At that time, the show was officially renamed. The show is heard on ESPN Radio from 1 pm to 3 pm, with Van Pelt continuing on as host of "The Scott Van Pelt Show" for the third hour as of May 1, 2008.

"The Mike Tirico Show" era

Mike Tirico, as the titular head of the show, appeared in exactly 75% of the shows. Monday, he was usually joined by Kirk Herbstreit, Wednesday he was usually joined by Michelle Tafoya, and Tuesdays and Fridays he and Scott Van Pelt were usually together. Thursday there was no typical co-host. Erik Kuselias, who seems to be the ESPN radio all-purpose fill-in, was the most common fill-in. A day-by-day breakdown of who hosted is as follows:

	Mike Tirico		Kirk Herbstreit			Scott Van Pelt	Michele Tafoya	Erik Kuselias
Friday	24		1			26	5	2
Thursday	24		11			9	0	5
Wednesday	24		2			1	26	6
Tuesday	24		7			24	1	1
Monday	24		20			2	11	4
TOTAL	120		41			62	43	18

NOTE-There was one Monday, two Tuesdays, four Wednesdays, TEN Thursdays, and three Fridays where there was only one host. Kevin Sheehan, Trevor Matich, and Scott Reiss hosted on a Friday.
Trevor Matich, Scott Reiss, Doug Gottlieb, and Chris Fowler (twice) hosted on a Thursday.
Scott Reiss hosted on a Wednesday. Chris Fowler (twice), Kevin Sheehan, Karl Ravech, and John Seibel hosted on a Tuesday. Sean Salisbury and John Siebel hosted on a Monday.

Although Tafoya and Herbstreit are no longer billed as co-hosts, Tafoya has guest-hosted since the change, and both are expected to continue to appear as guests.

Timeslot history

"The Mike Tirico Show" and "The Stephen A. Smith Show" replaced a rotation of various hosts, under the umbrella title "This is ESPN Radio", which had been airing since Dan Patrick announced on July 9, 2007 that he would leave "The Dan Patrick Show" on August 17 of that year (Patrick was held off-air following that announcement - and the subsequent announcement that he would move to a new syndicated radio show - save for three final episodes airing August 15th through the 17th.)

On March 22, 2008 It was announced that Scott Van Pelt would become Tirico's permanent co-host, and host the 3-4pm hour solo.

"The Stephen A. Smith Show" aired its final episode on April 11, 2008, with Smith focusing more on ESPN television at that time; "SportsNation" began an hour earlier for two weeks until Van Pelt began hosting the hour on May 1. The 3 pm hour is heard on far fewer affiliates than the 1-3 pm timeslot, as many local sports talk shows air at 3 pm in the Eastern Time Zone.

On New York City's ESPN-owned WEPN, "Mike Tirico" originally aired only for its first hour, followed by Smith's local show from 2-3 and his national show from 3-4; following Smith's departure, "Tirico and Van Pelt" began airing in the country's largest market in its entirety.

External links

* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=miketiricoshow Official website]
* [http://www.sportbuffet.com/MikeTirico/ShowHosts.htm Who hosted Each Day?]

References

* [http://espnmediazone.com/press_releases/latestreleases.html PRESS RELEASE: Scott Van Pelt joins ESPN Radio’s Mike Tirico Show along with Michele Tafoya and Kirk Herbstreit]
* [http://espnmediazone.com/press_releases/latestreleases.html PRESS RELEASE: The Mike Tirico Show on ESPN Radio]