Fox Sports Radio has announced the addition of Covino & Rich to its daily lineup.
Steve Covino and Rich Davis will begin airing from 5:00 PM-7:00 PM ET weekdays on Monday, September 26th. In the lineup shuffle, The Doug Gottlieb Show will drop from three hours to two. In turn, Gottlieb will host a new original daily podcast, interviewing the biggest newsmakers in sports. Also, the network has ended Straight Outta Vegas with R.J. Bell, the one hour betting show that previously aired from 6:00 PM-7:00 PM ET.
“Covino and Rich will add a dynamic punch to an already rich roster,” said Don Martin, Executive Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Sports and Scott Shapiro, FOX Sports Radio Vice President of Sports Programming, in a joint statement. “They’re so talented we had to make room for them in what is the best sports talk lineup in the nation. We can’t wait to share this one-of-a-kind duo with even more listeners across the country.”
Covino & Rich — which originally debuted in 2004 for SiriusXM’s Maxim Radio — joined the Fox Sports Radio weekend lineup in 2021. The pair have also worked at ESPN Radio before the COVID-19 pandemic forced budget cuts and their contract wasn’t renewed. They also hosted a show on SNY from 2013-2015. They will continue to host the Covino & Rich Podcast, which is available for subscribers on Patreon.
“We couldn’t be more excited to be working with Don, Scott and the entire FOX Sports Radio team,” shared Covino and Rich. “We all share the same vision and can’t wait to bring the fun and energy every day! To quote every athlete in 2022, ‘Let’s F’n Go!’”
The pair both have backgrounds in music radio. Covino continues to host nights on SiriusXM’s Turbo, after a run at KROCK in New York City. Davis hosts from 12:00 PM-6:00 PM ET on SiriusXM’s Pop2K and was previously heard on Hits1. He also worked at Z100 in New York, Q102 in Philadelphia, and Hot 107.9 in Syracuse.
Have listened off and on for a few days now. You should have left Gottlieb alone and cut an hour of the odd couple. Now you have 5 hours I won’t be listening to your station
I agree with you 100%. I thoroughly enjoyed “Straight Outta Vegas” and finding out how points were set, home field advantage and other trends and what they meant. Informative as well as entertaining. I’d much rather hear RJ and his takes than Gottleib or the odd ones.
Outside of Lavar, RJ was the only one on FSR I’d go out of my way to listen to. Well, guess it’s time to find another podcast, because the last few days that hour of radio has been a no thanks see ya later.