They continued to run the station as 1050 ESPN Radio.
ESPN Radio now has 180 stations taking virtually all of its format.
They had been a sports talk station since the early 1990s and the previous home of ESPN Radio.
Matthews also has a job as a talk-show host for ESPN radio.
He was also an analyst for college football on ESPN Radio.
The station dumped much of its country music in 2004 for ESPN Radio.
"To be 50 or 60 on the pay scale doesn't sit well in my stomach," he told ESPN Radio a few days ago.
Miller was offered, but declined, a continued role with ESPN Radio.
In 2005, this station was ESPN Radio 1490 and aired high school sports.
The programming included local hosts as well as ESPN radio.