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CBS Sports Announces ‘Pushing the Pile’ NFL Podcast with Kyle Long and Mike Renner

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CBS Sports Announces ‘Pushing the Pile’ NFL Podcast with Kyle Long and Mike Renner

With football season upon us, CBS Sports has announced a new NFL podcast, Pushing the Pile. The show will be hosted by former All Pro offensive lineman Kyle Long and longtime football analyst Mike Renner.

CBS Sports describes the shows as one where “it’s like hanging with your buddies and talking ball…if your buddies were 8-year NFL vets and analytics experts who helped develop player evaluation systems that every NFL team uses to this day.”

Long, a former first round draft pick of the Chicago Bears, posted on his X account, “We are so excited for you to come and hang out with us and get your days started the right way.” Long is the son of NFL Hall of Famer Howie Long and the brother of two-time Super Bowl champion Chris Long.

The show will officially start on August 19 and drop each Monday through Thursday at 9:30 a.m. ET.

George Stephanopoulos Continues Ratings Success as ABC News Earns Top Spot in Sunday Political Affairs Shows

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George Stephanopoulos Continues Ratings Success as ABC News Earns Top Spot in Sunday Political Affairs Shows

For the eighth consecutive week, ABC News topped the Sunday political affairs ratings in the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic with This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

On Sunday, August 11th, the show earned 2.68 million viewers. Included in that figure were 492,000 in the key demo. However, the show was eclipsed in total viewers by Face the Nation from CBS News, which saw 2.82 million viewers and 388,000 in the persons 25-54 demographic.

Meet the Press, the program from NBC News, continued to be preempted for the network’s coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics from Paris.

Additionally, FOX News Sunday — hosted by Shannon Bream — saw a total of 925,000 viewers, with 192,000 coming in the demo.

For ABC News, the showing by George Stephanopoulos marked a second consecutive week of year-over-year ratings growth, with Sunday’s program seeing a 14% increase in the demographic.

Mike Gallagher: Elon Musk, Donald Trump Conversation on X Reminded Me Why I Got Into Radio

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Mike Gallagher: Elon Musk, Donald Trump Conversation on X Reminded Me Why I Got Into Radio

Mike Gallagher has spent decades in the news/talk radio industry. But the recent conversation between Elon Musk and Donald Trump on X reminded him why he fell in love with radio.

Musk hosted the Republican nominee for a conversation on X Spaces earlier this week, leading to a reported 73 million views for the discussion. During The Mike Gallagher Show, the Salem Radio Network host shared that listening to the two talk about policy topics took him back to an earlier time in his life.

“It was a throwback to the days of gathering around the radio and listening to something eventful. I was thinking a lot about why I fell in love with this industry,” said Gallagher. “When I was a kid, I would listen to Larry King on the Mutual Network overnight. I had to hide under the covers so my mom wouldn’t see that I was still awake. I’d listen to Larry King, and I dreamed of someday I’d get to do that for a living. I’d get to host a caller-driven talk show. And radio used to be like that.

“I’m sure plenty of people who listen and who watch us now on Salem News Channel remember the days when you would gather around the radio and you’d listen to a presidential speech or a big concert. Radio was and is this intimate medium that I fell in love with as a little kid in Ohio.”

Gallagher gave Elon Musk props for offering to host the same conversation with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, in spite of her campaign mocking the discussion with Donald Trump.

Pamela Maldonado Joins ESPN as Sports Betting Analyst

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Pamela Maldonado Joins ESPN as Sports Betting Analyst

ESPN has signed sports betting analyst Pamela Maldonado to a contract ahead of the beginning of the football season. Maldonado will work on ESPN sports betting coverage throughout the college football season, utilizing a penchant for advanced analytics and comprehensive understanding of the game to provide viewers with insights into the paradigm. Additionally, she will bring her thoughts and analysis surrounding NFL, golf and tennis, primarily for betting editorial coverage within the ESPN.com vertical.

“I am excited to bring my love of college football and other sports to ESPN,” Maldonado said in a statement. “I am even more excited to educate and provide analysis by way of sports betting. As they say, chance favors the prepared mind.”

Maldonado started her career in the media business working at PokerNews in a contributor and editorial writer role. After nearly three years with the company, she joined iBus Media where she managed social media and email marketing endeavors within the brand. Over the last several years, she has performed sports betting analysis for a variety of entities, including VSiN, Audacy and Tennis Channel while working full time as a content creator and betting analyst for Yahoo Sports. Maldonado joins an expanding roster of sports betting personalities at ESPN, including Joe Fortenbaugh, Erin Dolan, David Purdum, Steve Coughlin and Anita Marks.

“Pamela has established herself as a respected voice in the sports betting space, and will provide great insight and depth to our overall sports betting coverage,” Scott Clark, vice president of fantasy and betting content at ESPN, said in a statement. “Pamela has extensive betting experience across many sports, including football, and the timing is perfect as we gear up for the college football and NFL season.”

ESPN continues to expand its coverage of sports betting in conjunction with the operation of ESPN BET by PENN Entertainment under a 10-year contract. The network rebranded its sports betting studio show to ESPN BET Live last November and has also included its talent within several commercials for the sportsbook.

Sinclair Launching Sports Podcasts Including ‘The Triple Option’ with Urban Meyer, Mark Ingram II and Rob Stone

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Sinclair Launching Sports Podcasts Including ‘The Triple Option’ with Urban Meyer, Mark Ingram II and Rob Stone

Sinclair has announced it is expanding its podcast division and will launch a new slate of sports content. The Triple Option will launch on August 21 which will be hosted by Urban Meyer, Mark Ingram II and Rob Stone. Throwbacks, hosted by Matt Leinart and Jerry Ferrara will drop on September 5. Sinclair said additional shows will be added at a later date.

“As Sinclair continues to evolve into a cross-media platform company, we are thrilled to announce the official launch of our new sports podcast division,” said Rob Weisbord, COO and President of Local Media in a release. “Podcasting is a natural extension of Sinclair’s commitment to providing our audience with engaging content, and we are excited to bring together top talent and passionate storytellers to deliver in-depth analysis, exclusive interviews, and the latest news in the world of sports. We have seen great success with our existing news-focused podcasts, and these additions will be a game-changer for sports fans everywhere, offering exclusive access to the stories and voices that matter most.”

The Triple Option will drop new episodes on Wednesdays. Sinclair describes the show as one that “will provide analysis, opinions, and unique insights on the biggest topics in college football, the NFL, leadership and more.”

Throwbacks will drop weekly on Thursdays and feature the former Heisman Trophy winning quarterback and actor Jerry Ferrara, who many will know as Turtle from HBO’s Entourage, who is a diehard sports fan.

Kansas Broadcasting Company Rebrands A Pair Of Stations

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Kansas Broadcasting Company Rebrands A Pair Of Stations

Kansas Broadcasting Company has rebranded two recently acquired stations in western Kansas. The stations were acquired as part of the Rocking M Media bankruptcy auction.

Classic Rock KKCI (U-Rock 102.5)/Goodland, KS is now “RockIt 102.5. Fox Sports 730 KLOE flips to Oldies “730 Gold.”

No programming changes are planned for KKCI.

730 Gold will focus on pop songs from the 60s to the 80s, along with local news and events.

Peacock Exclusive NFL Game in Brazil to Feature Broadcast Team of Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, Kaylee Hartung

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Peacock Exclusive NFL Game in Brazil to Feature Broadcast Team of Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, Kaylee Hartung

Following a record-setting presentation of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, NBC Sports is preparing for the start of the football season with four consecutive nights of prime time football taking place next month. The action commences on Thursday, Sept. 5 with the NFL Kickoff Game between the back-to-back defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens, a rematch of the 2023 AFC Championship Game, on NBC and Peacock.

The Sunday Night Football broadcast team of Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark is expected to be on the call for that matchup. This broadcast property finished as prime time television’s No. 1 program in all key metrics for a 13th consecutive year, averaging a total audience delivery of 21.4 million viewers during the regular season.

One day later, Peacock will exclusively present an NFL game from São Paulo, Brazil between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, a showdown that could build off momentum the OTT streaming platform established in these presentations earlier in the year. Peacock was the exclusive home of the AFC Wild Card Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins, which reached an average minute audience of 23 million viewers to become the most-streamed NFL contest in history. In addition to earning the distinction for the largest internet event, a study from Antenna discovered that 71% of the users who purchased Peacock to watch the game remained subscribers seven weeks later.

The Big Ten Saturday Night broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Noah Eagle and analyst Todd Blackledge will be on the call for the matchup. Eagle and Blackledge worked together to call two NFL games last season – a regular-season matchup in Week 16 and one of the AFC Wild Card games in the postseason. The duo will be joined by sideline reporter Kaylee Hartung, who served in the role for the aforementioned Dolphins-Chiefs AFC Wild Card Game last year and across Thursday Night Football games on Amazon’s Prime Video.

The Packers-Eagles game is indicative of the third NFL matchup exclusive to Peacock, which has 33 million subscribers according to the latest Comcast earnings report. This matchup will be available to watch on NBC stations in the competing teams’ cities and available on mobile devices through NFL+. Peacock will also stream all Sunday Night Football games and editions of Football Night in America this season, along with the return of the Peacock Sunday Night Football Final.

Following the Peacock exclusive matchup on Friday, Sept. 6, Big Ten Saturday Night will make its season debut with Colorado visiting Nebraska at 7:30 p.m. EST. To conclude the weekend, NBC and Peacock will present the season debut of Sunday Night Football as the Los Angeles Rams face the Detroit Lions in an NFC showdown with kickoff scheduled for 8:20 p.m. EST.

KDKA Adds Popular Pittsburgh Podcast From John Chamberlin and Rachael Rennebeck to Lineup

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KDKA Adds Popular Pittsburgh Podcast From John Chamberlin and Rachael Rennebeck to Lineup

KDKA in Pittsburgh has added the popular podcast Ya Jagoff, hosted by John Chamberlin and Rachael Rennebeck, to its Friday night lineup.

The show had previously been airing on Q 92.9 in the city for the past two years before joining the Audacy Pittsburgh news/talk station earlier this month.

Heard from 6-10 PM on Fridays, the show won’t be utilizing its previous branding, with KDKA simply billing the window as the names of the two hosts.

In addition to airing on the station, the podcast will shift to being hosted on the Audacy platform. The show will also continue to offer a video simulcast on both Facebook and YouTube.

Spence Checketts Signs Contract Extension to Remain with ESPN 700

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Spence Checketts Signs Contract Extension to Remain with ESPN 700

Spence Checketts, who has been on the air in Utah for most of the last 18 years, is staying put at ESPN 700. BSM has learned Checketts and ESPN 700 owner Broadway Media have agreed to a long-term contract extension which will keep Checketts hosting The Drive weekday afternoons from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. local time.

The announcement comes on the same week as the 5-year anniversary of the show. This is Checketts’ second time around at ESPN 700, which is where he started in 2006. He spent some time at 1280/97.5 The Zone from 2012-2018 and then started back at ESPN 700 in August 2019.

“I want to thank Steve Johnson and Broadway Media for their faith in me,” Checketts told BSM. “Building this show from scratch to the number 1 rated show in the market over the last five years has been the highlight of my career. I’m eager and excited to keep building. Special thanks to Kayvon Motiee and Bill Riley for giving me the shot, and a very special shout out to my producer and show booker Porter Larsen for all of his work every day to make the show what it is.”

During his time with the station, Checketts has also hosted pre half and post-game coverage for Real Salt Lake, University of Utah basketball and football, BYU football, and Utah Jazz basketball.

In addition to his radio career, Checketts has also worked as a Regional Scout for the New York Knicks, Venue Manager for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in SLC, and arena manager for Disney’s Wide World of Sports.

Checketts is the son of longtime sports executive Dave Checketts, former president of the New York Knicks.

Audacy Hit With $14,000 Fine From FCC

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Audacy Hit With $14,000 Fine From FCC

The FCC has fined Audacy $14,000 for national contest violations. The contest involved a cash giveaway that ran on 194 of the company’s stations in March and April 2021.

Following a complaint and investigation, the FCC found that the stations were supposed to award 297 $1000 prizes. Findings indicated that a part-time employee who was to select winners at random failed to do so.

Further findings indicated that the employee’s supervisor failed to provide proper oversight.

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