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SiriusXM Announces Coverage Plans For MLB All-Star Week

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SiriusXM Announces Coverage Plans For MLB All-Star Week

The baseball world will land in Seattle, in just a few short weeks for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. SiriusXM will bring fans unparalleled coverage of All-Star Weekend, starting on Saturday, July 8 with the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game.

The satellite audio provider will exclusively broadcast the game to its subscribers and feature pregame coverage on the MLB Network Radio channel. Once the game commences at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST, Mike Ferrin and Jim Duquette will pair as the broadcast team. Interviews will be conducted by Jim Bowden and Grant Paulsen with various event participants, granting fans a different perspective on the action.

The next day, SiriusXM will cover the first round of the MLB Draft from Lumen Field, the home of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks. While the event does not begin until 7 p.m. EST, the pre-Draft show will begin one hour earlier and feature analysis from Bowden and Duqette, along with contributions from Ferrin and Paulsen.

The day before the All-Star Game is dedicated to the T-Mobile Home Run Derby. Subscribers can catch on-site programming beginning at 2 p.m. EST featuring MLB Network Radio host Jenny Cavnar, along with Bowden and Duquette. Three hours later, Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Trevor May will join the broadcast to host pregame programming and interview various All-Stars attending the event. Once it is time for the T-Mobile Home Run Derby to begin, SiriusXM’s MLB Network Radio channel will air the live, ESPN Radio broadcast of the event.

May returns to cover the MLB All-Star Game on SiriusXM with Cavnar, Duqette and May beginning at 5 p.m. EST. Throughout the broadcast, various interviews with coaches and players will take place on the field at T-Mobile Park, the home of the Seattle Mariners. Similarly to the Home Run Derby, the MLB Network Radio channel will broadcast the ESPN Radio call of the “Midsummer Classic” beginning at 8 p.m. EST. The Sunday Night Baseball radio pair of Jon Sciambi and Doug Glanville are expected to be on the call.

Aside from live event coverage, SiriusXM will have special episodes of the Baseball Bar-B-Cast and Black Diamonds podcasts, both of which have gained popularity among baseball fans. The Black Diamonds podcast will feature an interview with Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick, while Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman will record several episodes of their show on site. Participants in the futures game will be spotlighted, accentuating the growth of the game.

Jim Leach, Frank McNeil Exit WMAY

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Jim Leach, Frank McNeil Exit WMAY

Longtime WMAY host and news director Jim Leach is departing the Springfield, Illinois news/talk station to become the public information officer for the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Leach hosted the 4:00-6:00 PM show on the station but noted to the Illinois Times that the role of a progressive talk show host doesn’t have a bright future.

“It was certainly my hope to make sure that we had a wide array of viewpoints and to make sure a lot of people’s views and opinions were heard, and I feel like we accomplished that,” said Leach. I find that a really gratifying part of the job. We opened up that platform and that ability to be heard to a wider audience.”

His departure concludes his second tenure with the station. He has hosted a daily show since 1996. Leach’s final program will be today, before beginning his work with the Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday, July 5th.

The new lineup at the Mid-West Family Broadcasting station does not include Frank McNeil. He hosted a one-hour daily program on WMAY directly following Leach. However, he claims he was offered another time slot by station management that “wasn’t acceptable”, and has also departed the station.

Gray Radio to Launch FOX Sports 94.7 in Augusta July 3

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Gray Radio to Launch FOX Sports 94.7 in Augusta July 3

Sports radio is getting a new home in East Georgia. FOX Sports Radio is coming to WAAW FM in Augusta next month.

The station currently runs an urban gospel format and is known as Shout 94.7. When the format flips on July 3, it will be known as FOX Sports 94.7 Augusta.

No local programming is planned for the new station. It will carry the full FOX Sports Radio lineup.

“WAAW is extremely excited to bring FOX Sports to local Augusta sports fans,” said Tony Gray, President/CEO of Gray Radio, LLC, which bought the station from American music icon James Brown in 2002.  “We’re confident that the home of the Masters Tournament will embrace the station’s new format.”

FOX Sports Radio has been on a roll of late. On Tuesday, the network announced that it had found a new home in Alaska on 550 The Zone in Anchorage. Earlier this month, picked up a new affiliate in Peoria, IL.

Gregg Giannotti: Why Does Everyone at WFAN Sound So Sad?

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It’s an emotional time at WFAN right now and Gregg Giannotti has had just about enough of it. On Wednesday morning, the Boomer & Gio co-host said that the upcoming lineup changes at the station have lead to a string of emotional shows for the past two weeks.

“Oh, my God! They’re never-ending,” he said of what his partner, Boomer Esiason, called “the goodbye shows” at the station.

Friday will be Craig Carton’s last day at the station. He will leave to focus on his FS1 TV show. As a result, Tiki & Tierney are being split up. Tiki Barber is joining Evan Roberts in afternoon drive. Brandon Tierney will stay in middays with Sal Licata as his new partner. The new afternoon show will also feature Shaun Morash, who is leaving CBS Sports Radio’s The DA Show.

“This is a unique situation where you’ve got one person leaving with the blessing of the company and everybody is happy for that person, even though you don’t want to lose him in Craig,” Gio said. “So it’s not like he’s leaving like Dog left in the middle of the night, like the Baltimore Colts. He basically faxed in his resignation from the Jersey Shore somewhere and then called in crying. It’s not like that. It’s not like Mark Malusis getting fired right before Christmas. It’s not like that. You know, these are things that happen in radio.”

It is all good for the employees of WFAN. With no one getting fired, the only news the station staff has to share is about promotions and raises. Gio says it is clear radio people don’t know how to do planned goodbyes.

“The shows that everybody are still on are still going on as opposed to a clean break that usually happens. ‘Bang! The show is over,’ and you move on. So now you’ve got these weeks of goodbyes and weeks of I love yous and weeks of the ass kissing that’s going on.”

The emotion coming through the speakers is not the same as the emotion that Giannotti says he sees in the halls of WFAN. That has him a little perplexed.

“Nothing negative has happened to anybody. Everybody’s getting good things happening for them. Like why are we so sad? So many people got promoted. This is supposed to be a good thing.”

WFAN’s new lineup will make its debut on air on July 24.

Jeff Katz Inks Contract Extension with Newsradio WRVA in Richmond

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Jeff Katz has signed a contract extension to remain with Newsradio WRVA in Richmond.

Katz has been the host of The Jeff Katz Show on the Audacy-owned news/talk station for the past 10 years.

“During the past decade, I’ve absolutely fallen in love with the people of Central Virginia,” said Katz. “This community has been so welcoming to my family and I cherish having the chance to help out a bit by serving as an advocate for special needs kids, saluting our law enforcement officers, and sharing vital news and information.”

“Jeff is a great citizen of Virginia and continues to be an important part of the WRVA family,” added Audacy Virginia Senior Vice President and Market Manager Bennett Zier.

During his decade hosting on WRVA, Katz has won the Best Afternoon Radio Show Host award from The Richmond Times-Dispatch every time since the category’s inception.

Katz finished in third place in voting during Barrett News Media’s inaugural Top 20 for Best Mid-Market Afternoon Shows.

Men’s College World Series Attracts Record Viewership

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Louisiana State University captured the Men’s College World Series (MCWS) championship on Monday night, energizing fans of the Tigers and enticing people to tune in. The college, which has traditionally known for the success of its football program, secured the championship for the first time since 2009. Additionally, the championship the fourth consecutive College World Series title conquered by a Southeastern Conference (SEC) team. Now as the Tigers makes the trip back from Omaha, Neb. to Baton Rouge, La. to celebrate the monumental achievement, ESPN is reporting record viewership numbers across its platform.

The third and final game of the Men’s College World Series championship garnered an average of nearly 3.6 million viewers and peaked at 4.2 million. These metrics made the game the most-watched MCWS game on record for ESPN platforms, along with the most-watched telecast of any program in the United States. In fact, it eclipsed the average viewership of the Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights.

As a whole, the Finals series averaged 2.86 million viewers across the three games (ESPN/ESPNU), 75% higher than last year’s mark. Game 1 finished as the most-watched contest on the platforms and the fourth-best MCWS game on the network, while Game 2’s numbers were 38% higher last year and the second most-watched in history.

The 16-game postseason averaged a total of 1.65 million viewers, 48% higher from last year’s MCWS. Furthermore, this year’s championship was the 31st NCAA championship event to air across ESPN platforms in the 2022-23 season – which includes games in football and basketball.

Attendance for the event shattered previous records, drawing a total of approximately 400,000 fans and averaging just under 25,000 fans over the 16 games. LSU fans trekked to the field in droves and a quantifiable piece of evidence regarding the rise of college baseball.

KCBS News Reporter Keith Menconi Departs

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After five years as a news reporter at KCBS in San Francisco, Keith Menconi is departing the Audacy-owned station.

Menconi is joining the San Francisco Chronicle as a producer on its flagship podcast Fifth & Mission.

“It is so exciting that the Fifth & Mission team is growing,” said Fifth & Mission co-host Cecilia Lei. “Our listeners will get to benefit from Keith’s deep knowledge of Bay Area issues, as well as his wide range of experience with audio reporting and storytelling.”

In addition to his work as a reporter for KCBS, he also hosted the station’s weekly current events show KCBS In-Depth.

He previously worked at KQED and at English-language ICRT in Taiwan before joining KCBS.

Two Midwest Communications Stations Drop Dan Bongino Citing Contract Concerns

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Two Midwest Communications Stations Drop Dan Bongino Citing Contract Concerns

After reaching the 500 affiliate mark earlier this month, The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show has expanded to a pair of Midwest Communications stations. WTAQ in Green Bay and KELO in Sioux Falls will add the program in its current live timeslot. The show will replace The Dan Bongino Show in both stations’ lineups.

In a Facebook post, WTAQ alleged that the decision was made due to Bongino’s claim that he will exit his radio show at the conclusion of his contract next year.

“We waited six weeks before signing another show,” the post read. “When we signed the contract with our new program, the syndicator still did not have a contract signed with Dan Bongino. We have still not been informed that any new contract has been signed.”

The station claimed that it took Bongino’s December remarks that he wouldn’t renew his contract “at face value”. Bongino has subsequently walked back those comments after Cumulus Media ended its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. He has shared that he is reconsidering his radio future.

On Twitter, Bongino said “I’d appreciate you just being honest with your audience,” after the station said his removal from the lineup was due to him not renewing his contract.

Nonetheless, each station shared its excitement for the addition of Clay Travis and Buck Sexton.

“We’re excited about the addition of Clay and Buck to our lineup,” said WTAQ Operations Manager Jason Hillery. “Their backgrounds and points of view on conservative topics are consistent with the values and direction of our brand. We look forward to many years of success with this program!”

“We believe KELO’s listeners will really enjoy engaging with Clay and Buck. Their values represent the common sense, principled values found here on the Great Plains,” added KELO Brand Manager Greg Belfrage. “Clay and Buck will allow people throughout the Sioux Empire to hear the news and talk about it as it happens.”

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show will begin airing on the two stations on Monday, July 3rd.

Dan Bongino: CNN Working with the DOJ to ‘Get Rid of Trump’

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After CNN’s bombshell report that it had acquired audio that purports to show former President Donald Trump admitting he failed to declassify documents as he showed them to people without proper security clearance, many have asked how CNN got the audio. Dan Bongino is a member of that group.

During his podcast Tuesday, the nationally syndicated radio host first took issue with there being a lack of reporting on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.

“Notice none of the classified documents our rotting bag of oatmeal in the White House, Joe Biden, none of those have leaked. We don’t know what those were about, even though it was spoken about a couple of weeks ago,” Bongino said. “That these were called national security documents. They could have been really serious. We haven’t seen those documents yet. But the tape leaked out for Trump.”

Bongino then turned his attention to CNN, publicly questioning their relationship with the Department of Justice.

“I’ll be honest with you, it doesn’t sound great. And nor should we pretend it does. But there are a number of open questions about this…How the hell did CNN get this tape? Probably the same way they knew to show up at Roger Stone’s house for a raid. Because the swamp and the media are working hand in hand to get rid of Trump.”

Peter Rosenberg: Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez Wrestling Talk ‘Absolutely Brutal’

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If there is one thing wrestling fans hate, it is listening to people that think they know wrestling talk about the sport. Keith Hernandez and Gary Cohen learned that the hard way as they took all kinds of heat on social media Tuesday night.

During the 8th inning of the team’s victory 7-2 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the SNY analysts had a conversation about Ric Flair that caught the attention of plenty of wrestling fans, including Peter Rosenberg of ESPN New York.

Gary Cohen referred to Flair as “The Wonderboy” instead of “The Nature Boy.” Keith Hernandez answered by calling Flair’s finishing move “his out pitch” and then misidentified it as a “su-flex” instead of its actual name – a suplex.

“Oh my lord, this wrestling conversation from Gary and Keith is so cringe lol,” Rosenberg tweeted.

Rosenberg has serious credibility in the wrestling world. In addition to his multiple roles on New York radio, he has made multiple appearances on WWE programming, including the 2021 Royal Rumble, where he won the promotion’s 24/7 Championship.

He provided a video of the exchange as well.

As you can see, Hernandez and Cohen corrected their mistakes pretty quickly, but that did not stop social media from piling on.

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