Derek Futterman

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Derek Futterman is a former associate editor and sports media reporter for Barrett Media. He previously interned for Paramount within Showtime Networks, wrote for the Long Island Herald and served as lead sports producer at NY2C. Find him on X @derekfutterman.

Brent Dougherty Had to Grind To Get To 104.5 The Zone

"I wondered how long it would take for people to kind of accept us…. We got immediate responses when we went on the air, and everybody seemed to like it."

Mark Willard Has Found A Home at 95.7 The Game

“I think great sports radio comes when you hear a personality speak and then you can head on to your day and remember what they said.”

Gary Cohen Appreciates The Moments Baseball Provides

"As much as people focus on home run calls and strikeout calls and big moments, to me it’s the accumulation of all the small moments."

ESPN 1000 Looks To Get Stronger With The Chicago Bears

"There’s credibility with ESPN, there’s credibility with the Sox, there’s credibility with the Bears. I think we were already strong. Now we’re just even stronger.”

Alexa Landestoy Has Become A Mainstay At NBC Sports Washington

“I’m coming in with this knowledge and I can take it or follow my analysts wherever they’re going. I have that photographic memory and know where maybe I want to go with my ideas."

Breaking

ESPN’s Direction Could Influence Their Decision On Troy Aikman

"ESPN is changing, and so is the audience it is trying to reach. The network is investing in younger voices, creators and personalities who can live beyond the traditional broadcast window. Aikman represents a different era of sports media."

The Industry According To: Jason Garte/The Mix Group

"It’s time to crank those headphones up again to deafening levels and MANUFACTURE downright EPIC product again"

Jason Goff Isn’t Recreating the Past by Going ‘Unscripted’ With 312 Sports

"I’m now to a point in my life where I realize how okay it is for me to be exactly who the f**k I am."

How Streaming Platforms Became Radio Without Knowing It

I used to make the annual pilgrimage to South...