ContestsEvents

ESPN Shutting Down Longtime TV Channel

ESPN The Party - Inside

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – FEBRUARY 05: A view of the logo during ESPN The Party on February 5, 2016 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for ESPN)

ESPN will be shutting down one of it's longtime TV channels at the end of the year.

According to report from Sports Business Journal, Disney plans on shutting down ESPN Classic on January 1, 2022, making it the second all-sports channel to go dark after NBCSN.

https://twitter.com/sbjsbd/status/1456242360959045632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1456242360959045632%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthespun.com%2Fmore%2Ftop-stories%2Fespn-reportedly-shutting-down-longtime-channel

Fans are disappointed.

https://twitter.com/bryancurtis/status/1456289862626148353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1456289862626148353%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthespun.com%2Fmore%2Ftop-stories%2Fsports-world-reacts-to-thursdays-espn-classic-news

https://twitter.com/bykevinclark/status/1456259006171803655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1456259006171803655%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthespun.com%2Fmore%2Ftop-stories%2Fsports-world-reacts-to-thursdays-espn-classic-news

https://twitter.com/jakebaskinpxp/status/1456267128357605387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1456267128357605387%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthespun.com%2Fmore%2Ftop-stories%2Fsports-world-reacts-to-thursdays-espn-classic-news

MarijaEditor
Marija is a morning show host on WXKB/B1039 and midday host on WRXK/96KRock. She loves to write about food, travel, and things to do around the state of Florida.