DRIVE TIME LIVE WITH SYKE & M.J.

Long Island, N.Y. February 11, 2016

106.1 BLI is proud to announce DRIVE TIME LIVE with Syke and M.J, weekdays ‪from 3-7pm on 106.1 BLI, Long Islands #1 for all the HITS. Drive Time Live is the first afternoon show of it's kind on Long Island! Syke and MJ, a dynamic Afternoon Drive Team take Long Island radio to the next level with exciting content and music all afternoon. Jason Derulo, Selena Gomez, Charlie Puth, and DNCE will appear on Drive Time Live in its first week alone! Drive Time Live with Syke and M.J. will feature an afternoon show with constant listener interaction, including:

MJ’S WORD ON THE STREET

SYKE’S BEAT THE TWEET

"I'm thrilled to be a part of this exciting new Brand we call "Drive Time Live". I've dreamt of having a show just like this, with a partner just like this. I can promise our Long Island listeners that their ride home just got way more entertaining.Whether it be by phone, Twitter, Facebook, or SnapChat, there is no doubt that our audience will have a way to reach us daily and be a part of the fun. MJ and I will always make sure our listeners are just as much a part of the conversation as we are." -SYKE

I'm so excited to start this new adventure that is "Drive Time Live" alongside one of the most creative jocks I know, Syke! We're both grateful for this experience we've been given & we can't wait to be part of something that has never been done on Long Island radio! We promise to make your drive home filled with fun & spunk & excitement! Be sure to hang out with us from 3-7 for 4 hours filled with guaranteed comedy & laughs! We can't wait to talk with the best listeners on the planet & be part of your drive home!! Let's do this together! -MJ

"Afternoon Drive has the largest available audience all day on Long Island, Syke and M.J. will entertain Long Islanders with great Top 40 Content and Music, they are hard working, fun and dedicated to our community and brand." –Jeremy Rice, 106.1 BLI Director of Branding and Programming

Syke has been with Cox Media Group Long Island’s 106.1 BLI since 2010 and is known for personally bringing Justin Bieber to Jones Beach for the BLI Bieb-B-Q. He has interviewed the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift and has appeared in Viral videos such as S*** Long Islanders Say, LIPA Style, and DAD BOD. Syke has rocked 106.1 BLI afternoon drive since 2014!

About Cox Media Group

Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of CoxReps.  Additionally, CMG owns Cox Target Media, which operates Valpak, one of North America's leading direct marketing companies, and ‪Savings.com‪, a leading online source for savings. The company's operations currently include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 60 radio stations, six daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services.  CMG currently operates in more than 20 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million Americans weekly, including more than 31 million TV viewers, more than 3.5 million newspaper readers, and more than 14 million radio listeners.  For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at www.coxmediagroup.com.

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