FOX Sports Radio and host Ben Maller have come to terms on a multi-year contract agreement to keep the longstanding talent on the network through his 25th year with the company.
Maller announced the news on his personal social media feed, revealing that he’s accepted a “hometown discount” to stay with FOX Sports Radio and Premiere Radio Networks.
Maller joined FOX Sports Radio just a month after the network’s debut in 2000, and he previously served as an update anchor and host for the network until his overnight program debuted in 2014.
Since then, Maller has hosted the 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. program live from the Los Angeles, Calif.-based studios.
“BREAKING: After intense negotiations, we’ve reached an agreement in principle on a new multi-year contract to keep The Ben Maller Show rolling on Fox Sports Radio,” Maller tweeted. “This deal will take me past the 25-year mark with Premiere Radio Networks.”
Prior to joining FOX Sports Radio, Maller worked at KXTA “XTRA Sports 1150” in Los Angeles, Calif., where he hosted the popular midday program Ben & Dave Show, in addition to anchoring the post-game Dodger Talk with former longtime voice of the Dodgers, Ross Porter.
Moreover, Maller has previously served as an international correspondent for New Zealand’s premier sports station, “Radio Sport,” since 2009. He also worked as a television sports pundit at NBC Sports Network in Stamford, Conn., in addition to guest-hosting a number of local sports radio shows in Boston, Mass., Denver, Colo., and Anaheim, Calif.
He began his career as a radio reporter for “XTRA Sports 690,” the 77,000-watt all-sports blowtorch signal in San Diego, Calif. (XETRA).
In addition to his radio and television assignments, Maller enjoyed a successful career as a provocative sports blogger. He launched the sports news and gossip website BenMaller.com before writing nationally for FoxSports.com and Yahoo Sports.
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