After the departure of Sweeny Murti last month, WFAN is looking to Justin Shackil as his replacement.
The 36-year-old Shackil is in the final stages of a contract negotiation with the Audacy-owned station, The New York Post reports.
Shackil has worked as a host and reporter for YES Network and also hosts a podcast for Jomboy Media.
Shackil would call roughly 25 games this season for WFAN under the agreement. 85-year-old John Sterling originally planned to scale back his schedule as the Yankees primary radio play-by-play announcer last season, but the American League home run chase by Aaron Judge altered those plants.
WFAN was in need of a steady fill-in game caller for its Yankees coverage. Previously, Brendan Burke and Ryan Ruocco had filled in, but with both seeing their national profiles with TNT and ESPN grow, Shackil is a natural to step into the booth.
Murti worked as the station’s Yankees beat reporter since 2001.
