The war of words between 98.7 ESPN New York shows DiPietro & Rothenberg and The Michael Kay Show has continued, now with Kay threatening to have one of the morning show producers fired for his comments.
On Friday’s show, DiPietro & Rothenberg commented that their “burgeoning” show would be too much for the cast of the Kay Show to handle. Producer Ray Santiago later questioned if The Kay Show was fearful that the morning show “was on the rise and that show is going the other way”, noting that “it feels personal now”.
Kay responded negatively to the assertation from Santiago during his own show Friday.
“Ray Santiago made a comment about ratings? Do you realize, Ray, that all I’d have to do is make one phone call and you’d be on the unemployment line? You have the nerve to say something like that about this show? One phone call, which I’m considering making, and you will be fired,” Kay said. “Do you realize that? Management that’s listening, I am never talking about that show again…I have no use. Let them do what they do, and we’ll do what we do. Remember Ray, I am really, really sitting on the fence right now about getting you canned, opening your mouth when you shouldn’t have.”
