Last Friday, longtime Michigan sportscaster Sean Baligian announced he was laid off from his statewide morning show. Baligian hosted the syndicated X’s and Bro’s as part of the Michigan Media Network for almost exactly one year.
In March 2019, Baligian took over mornings on the Michigan Media Network, replacing Matt Shepard’s Shep, Shower ‘N’ Shave. Shepard departed after joining the Detroit Tigers television broadcast as their full-time play-by-play voice. Subsequently, Shepard is now with a lot of free time on his hands, having no Tigers games to call while Major League Baseball’s season is suspended indefinitely.
A long-time contributor to the Michigan sports scene, Baligian has served as a sports radio host with 760 WJR, ESPN 96.1 in Grand Rapids and Detroit’s WDFN The FAN during his more than two-decade long career. Baligian continues as a part-time host on News Talk 760 WJR, where he was on-air for an hour Friday night.
Brandon Contes is a former reporter for BSM, now working for Awful Announcing. You can find him on Twitter @BrandonContes or reach him by email at Brandon.Contes@gmail.com.
