was returning to the airwaves on 97.1-FM to join an upstart talk station called The Freak, that new station's run has come to an end.
Over-the-air ads still ran promoting Freak-related content on Friday, but it was tough not to read the writing on the wall, with the switch-up in programming seemingly confirmingRhyner himself only added to that speculation, pulling up a 97.1 The Freak sign from a yard and saying"Thanks, y'all" to the camera in a video shared to Facebook that was captioned"very difficult goodbye.
Reports about the station's run coming to an end came to light mere hours before the Dallas Mavericks' 7 p.m. tipoff against the Los Angeles Clippers for Game 3 of their first-round series playoff series. The 97.1-FM frequency in North Texas has served as the official radio home to the NBA team since 2021, dating back to when the station was still primarily a rock station branded as The Eagle. The Mavericks' Game 3 broadcast still went ahead and aired on 97.