Former SportsRadio 94WIP host Jon Marks was a guest on The Mike Missanelli Podcast this week and talked further about what led to his decision to walk away from the Marks & Reese show in December. Marks reiterated it was mostly a quality of life issue and that he wanted to be more present for his children and involved with their activities.
Marks said he “was compensated well. I just had my best financial year last year, it was the best I have done professionally and financially. And to walk away from it is difficult for people to understand, like ‘how can you do that, you’re talking about sports?'”
Missanelli, who hosted afternoons on WIP rival station 97.5 The Fanatic for over a decade, then asked Marks, “Were you at any point getting tired of talking about sports?” Marks quickly replied, “Yes. We are all sports fans. Talking about it for 20 hours a week and then I’m doing a weekend show on CBS Sports Radio, so I’m doing 24 hours of sports talk a week. Now, I’m not pouring concrete or working on a roof.”
Marks continued, “You almost get in a mode when you’re going through the motions. It becomes almost robotic. As much as a sports fan as I am, you kind of get bored…Doing sports radio five days a week is a grind and frankly it’s nice not doing it right now.”
As for what he does miss right now about not being on the radio, Marks said, “I miss going in to the studio…I miss working with the guys and seeing them everyday. I miss the interaction… Especially when you know you go in and it’s like, this is gonna be a good day, there’s stuff to talk about today. I’m gonna piss people off today with what I say. Those are the days that you miss, because you know you’re going to come in and you’re gonna have fun and they’re the days you miss. More than anything I miss the interaction with the audience, for sure.”
