SPORTS MEDIA: WLON, HobbsDailyReport.com will work together

  Content, research done by website available for local broadcasts   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Two media outlets focused on sports in the region announced Monday they’ve agreed to work together – primarily on high school sports – effective immediately. WLON (1050 AM) and HobbsDailyReport.com have informally worked together through most of the five years that HobbsDailyReport.com has …

SPORTS MEDIA: Ford buys WLON, brings back SportsTalk on Saturday morning(s)

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Former star football player Lanny Ford — who has worked in local sports since the early 2000s — has purchased WLON 1050 AM. He is returning the weekly sports show SportsTalk to the airways on Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Over the previous three years, the show has aired on sportstalkguys.com, …