Demetri Ravanos

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Demetri Ravanos is a former columnist and editor for Barrett Media. He is the creator of The Sports Podcast Festival, and a previous host of the Chewing Clock and Media Noise podcasts. He occasionally fills in on stations across the Carolinas in addition to hosting Panthers and College Football podcasts. His radio resume includes stops at WAVH and WZEW in Mobile, AL, WBPT in Birmingham, AL and WBBB, WPTK and WDNC in Raleigh, NC. You can find him on Twitter @DemetriRavanos or reach him by email at DemetriTheGreek@gmail.com.

Veteran Jay Recher & First-Timer Terry Ford Share Expectations for BSM Summit

“Jason has been telling me for years to get my butt to the BSM Summit! And he's not the only one who has said that to me.”

More Stations But Less Local Content? How is That Good for Sports Radio?

“While iHeartMedia may be celebrating Cumulus’s Nash FM 106.1 in New Orleans flipping to FOX Sports Radio, I wonder if sports fans in the Crescent City feel the same way.”

Bruce Gilbert Sees Power in Numbers at the BSM Summit

“There is a feeling of comfort in knowing that you're not on this road by yourself and that others are trying to accomplish the same thing you're trying to accomplish.”

Does ESPN BET Complicate NFL, NBA Equity Plan for Disney?

“Can a league comfortably take an equity stake in ESPN if its involvement makes a valuable sector of the business less attractive to consumers?”

Jeff Rickard Understands The Benefits of Attending the BSM Summit

“Over the past five or six years, the industry has been growing up a lot.”

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KSEV Pairing Craig Collins, Wayne Dolcefino in Morning Drive

Collins will move from evenings to morning drive and host the program solo three days each week.

Emerging Artists Get Festival Shot via TikTok Music Competition

"I'm excited to help spotlight an artist for this rare chance,"

The Debate Is Over: Pat McAfee, Not Stephen A. Smith Is the Face of ESPN

"For now, the man who once looked like the biggest risk ESPN ever took may actually be the network’s best example of how to maximize the relationship without walking away from the brand that helped build it."

20 Brands in 20 Days: Chris Eagan, 101.9 WTMX Chicago & KS95 in Minneapolis

"It would be so easy in my chair to say, well, then we're just doing the same thing on both because I can save myself, you know, five extra meetings a week if both stations are virtually duplicate. But we don't do that here. "