There was scuttlebutt this morning on Boomer & Gio on WFAN. Hosts Gregg Giannotti and Boomer Esiason talked about who the next Program Director might be at the Audacy-owned station in New York. It sounds like we may soon know who the replacement will be for Spike Eskin, the current PD who will be headed back to Philadelphia.
Gregg Giannotti said, “I was told that end of the week was something that could be a possibility. Not for an announcement…I was told by a candidate. They would not announce it today, this was just like, ‘I think the decision will be made…”
Boomer Esiason interjected, “Sounds to me like someone has been offered the job and they’ll accept the job today.” To which ‘Gio’ replied, “Or won’t…like this is it, are you doing it or are you not doing it?…If that person says yes, then it’s over and it’s his job. But if that person says no, which would be a crazy wild rollercoaster to end up with ‘no,’ because this person was campaigning for the job at one point. And then now to turn around and say ‘no,’ I don’t know how that could happen.”
Giannotti was then asked, “Is it a slam dunk he is going to accept it?” and he replied, “No.”
Boomer Esiason asked a few questions and found out that he knows who the person is but has not worked with the person. He told ‘Gio’ he wants to hear the name when they go to break.
Giannotti said he has spoken to multiple candidates for the position and that he is aware of a “Choice A and a Choice B,” and later clarified that the second list is multiple people who he described as “interchangeable.”
About the individual who he says is “Choice A,” Giannotti said, “Choice A, by the way, I will say…bombshell spot.”
In further conversation listeners and viewers of the show learned Spike Eskin has been “giddy” lately, which has also led to speculation that things are moving forward. Additionally, the pair mentioned two names who would not be taking the position – former WFAN program director Marc Chernoff and SiriusXM Vice President of Sports Programming Eric Spitz.
Earlier in the discussion, Giannotti said he believes Spike Eskin’s contract expires with WFAN on June 20th.
In mid-December it was announced Eskin would return to SportsRadio 94WIP in Philadelphia as afternoon drive co-host. Eskin will leave his current position, which he has held since July, 2021. At the time of that announcement, it was said Eskin would return to the WIP airwaves, on a full-time basis, once his successor at WFAN and CBS Sports Radio has been found.
Too Much Drama Move On ????