KESP (970 AM) is a sports radio station in Modesto, California, United States.

The station serves Modesto, Stockton, Lodi, and surrounding communities of the northern San Joaquin Valley.

The McClatchy Company later sold the station to Citadel Broadcasting, which merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.

[4] In a sports-related note, Kevin McClatchy, a member of the publishing family, owned the Pittsburgh Pirates until the team was sold to Robert Nutting in 2007.

Following the temporary move of the Athletics (A's) to West Sacramento as part of their relocation to Las Vegas, and the move of the team's Sacramento radio broadcasts from KHTK to KSTE, the A's released an affiliate list that did not include KESP.