‘Ruscin is Ranting’ podcast coming to website in January

ESPN Arkansas and HitThatLine.com will have a new digital venture featuring former Morning Rush host Derek Ruscin starting in January.

“Ruscin is Ranting” is a new digital podcast set to launch in January of 2019.

Each episode will highlight longtime radio and television host Derek Ruscin’s unique take on the Razorback news of the day mixed in with interesting conversations with newsmakers from the present and the past.

Ruscin, the host and creator of the podcast, will also become a periodic contributor on other ESPN Arkansas radio programs.

“This is where everything is heading, so to get to start something totally new from scratch is very exciting to me,” Ruscin said. “We will get to try lots of different things on this show because we do not have the constraints of time. Some things will work while others will not.

“It is going to be like nothing Razorback and sports fans around here have heard before and I am looking forward to the opportunity to speak directly to the fans again.”

“We are very excited to have Derek back as part of our lineup,” Tommy Craft, the general manager of ESPN Arkansas and HitThatLine.com said. “We are excited to offer content that will be fresh, different and directly tied to our digital brand HitThatLine.com and I could not think of a better host and talent to help us create this new podcast than Derek Ruscin.

“He understands Arkansas’ sports and will offer opinions and thought-provoking commentary that listeners will enjoy.”

Ruscin served as host of The Morning Rush on ESPN Arkansas from 2008 until March of 2018, stepping away after nearly 10 years and almost 10,000 hours of sports talk radio between the daily show and special pre and post game shows surrounding Arkansas Razorback football broadcasts.

During that time, Ruscin was also integral in launching ESPN Radio stations in Harrison and Fort Smith, The Morning Rush podcast, plus the popular website HitThatLine.com

The podcast will be available starting on Jan. 8, 2019, at HitThatLine.com and be published two-three times per week, according to Ruscin.