Continuing to build their weekend lineup, ESPN Radio recently debuted their new host pairing for GameDay, which airs every Sunday from 1 – 5pm ET during football season.
It shouldn’t take long for the new hosts Jordan and Shae Peppler Cornette to find their chemistry, considering they’re partners on-air and off. The couple has been married now for over a year. They met in Chicago, while working for Stadium, also contributing to Kap & Company on ESPN 1000.
“Shae has made such a great partner in life, a similar result in radio is only logical,” Jordan said in the press announcement. “Sports permeate our house on a typical Sunday, why not bring those sports debates, spousal debates, etc. to the airwaves. I look forward to having an audience mediate our marital disagreements along the way.”
Jordan moved to the East Coast in 2019, joining ESPN’s ACC Network where he hosts The Huddle and contributes as a basketball analyst. For seven months, the newly married couple lived in different parts of the country with Shae staying in Chicago as a sports anchor for FOX 32. But earlier this year, she relocated to the East Coast for a job with SiriusXM’s NFL Radio, and the couple was back under one roof just before the COVID-19 caused shutdown.
“They say marriage is work, well one year in, and it LITERALLY is,” Shae added in the press release. “If I had to pick my ideal co-host, it would be someone who can highlight my strengths and challenge me to see things from another perspective all while making me laugh. There is no one that does that better than my husband. The two of us have passionate opinions on who is winning the NBA title to who is watching ahead on our Netflix series; it’s real life, just with a microphone and a producer. And I am thrilled to bring this unique but relatable set-up to the ESPN airwaves.”
Pairing a husband and wife for a sports show is unique, but not completely without precedent. RADIO.COM Sports offers a two-hour weekday podcast, Swings & Mrs. hosted by married couple Cody Decker and Jennifer Sterger.