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Fox Weather Unveils New Lineup Featuring Amy Freeze

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Fox Weather unveiled its new lineup across free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) Monday. According to Streamable, the network’s new show “Weather Command” features real-time forecasting by Emmy award-winning meteorologist Amy Freeze. 

Fox Weather President Sharri Berg told the website that “Weather Command” is the next evolution in weather forecasting. 

“Every morning, Amy invites the audience into the Weather conversation, featuring a new ‘expert desk,’ leveraging the power of FOX reporting, and breaking down the news, forecasts, and aftermath with context,” said Berg. 

“It’s more than radar and crunching numbers — it’s a conversation that brings perspective to science,” Freeze said. “Everyday weather is a concern in our individual days for how we operate, but weather is also a liability in communities and our nation’s economy.” 

Fox Weather streaming service has made a concerted effort to bolster its roster of talent, including local reporters like Nicole Valdes, Steve Bender, and Max Gorden, who were hired last month.

Freeze, who worked at Chicago’s Fox Affiliate WFLD 32 from 2011-2017, was Chicago’s first-ever female chief meteorologist. 

“As we build on the momentum of audience growth in both ‘peacetime’ and severe weather events, the FOX Weather team and talent is being positioned for continued success,” added Berg.

The new FOX Weather daily schedule will be as follows:

  • 6 a.m.-9 a.m. ET: “FOX Weather First” anchored by Britta Merwin and Jason Frazer
  • 9 a.m.-12 noon ET: “Weather Command” anchored by Amy Freeze
  • 12 noon -4 p.m. ET: “America’s Weather Center” anchored by Kendall Smith, Craig Herrera, and Michael Estime
  • 4 p.m.-7 p.m. ET: “FOX Weather Across America” anchored by Brigit Mahoney and Stephen Morgan
  • 7 p.m.-10 p.m. ET: “FOX Weather Live” anchored by Marissa Torres and Steve Bender
  • 10 p.m.-12 midnight ET: “FOX Weather @ Night” anchored by Kendall Smith and Stephen Morgan

WABC’s Ernie Anastos Reflects How Long News Career Shaped His Perspective

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77 WABC host Ernie Anastos discussed the evolution of the news business and how it shaped his own views and philosophies during an appearance Monday on “Sid & Friends in the Morning.”  

The station announced that Anastos was joining the daily lineup to host an interview feature, airing twice daily during morning and afternoon drive. 

“Freedom of speech, I will defend that until the end of the world, but I think we have to be careful and be responsible about what we’re saying and what we’re doing,” said Anastos. 

Anastos spent 40 years anchoring newscasts in New York and nationally. The Emmy award-winner had fill-in stints at “Good Morning America” and “CBS’ Morning News.” 

“I’ve had such an interesting perspective of the news business,” said Anastos. “Having started as a teenager in the 1960’s. when I was a desk assistant at channel 2, I remember reading a book that talked about how an anchor was going to handle themselves behind the desk when they were on the air.” 

Anastos told Rosenberg that he has always tried to deliver news in a fair and balanced way. 

“Many times, when I’ve gone into a polling booth and people have seen me walk in and I’ve taken a long time, people will ask me why I took so long,” Anastos said. “I told them that I have covered so many of these people that I had to think about where I wanted to go.” 

WABC described “Positively Ernie with Ernie Anastos” as a dynamic interview feature with helpful ideas and solutions to some of today’s relevant issues and fresh insight from expert guests and Anastos’s experienced news background.

Sports Radio’s Fall Book Ratings Recap (Major Markets)

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Sports Radio’s Fall Book Ratings Recap (Major Markets)

Sports radio’s fall book is over and the ratings are in. Football season is known to create high expectations, helping many of the nation’s best brands end the year with strong momentum. It has been a while since we last printed the numbers, and that’s given us plenty of time to rethink how exactly to do this.

Rather than putting together in-depth pieces for each individual city, we are instead going to present the format’s major markets as a whole. A recap of how the mid markets’ top brands performed is coming later in the week. For today though, let’s take a look at the fall ratings in the top 20 markets.

Be advised that ratings information for Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, Minneapolis and San Diego was not made available this quarter to BSM therefore those cities are not listed. Here’s everything else.

NEW YORK

WFAN

6a-10a (Boomer & Gio) – 9.7 (1st)

10a-2p (Tiki & Tierney) – 6.4 (3rd)

2p-6:30p (Carton & Roberts) – 7.7 (2nd)

98.7 ESPN NEW YORK

6a-10a (2 hours of DiPietro & Rothenberg and 2 hours of ESPN Radio’s morning show with Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson and Jay Williams) – 2.5 (15th)

10a-3p (ESPN Radio’s #Greeny and Bart & Hahn) – 2.4 (14th)

3p-6:30p (Michael Kay Show) – 2.9 (14th)*

* – Full ratings information for 98.7 ESPN New York was not available. The numbers for afternoon drive on the station reflect the time that The Michael Kay Show is on head-to-head against Carton & Roberts (3-6:30 pm).

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CHICAGO

670 THE SCORE

5:30a-10a (Mully & Haugh) – 4.8 (3rd)

10a-2p (Bernstein & Holmes) – 5.6 (2nd)

2p-6p (Parkins & Spiegel) – 4.7 (4th)

M-F 6a-7p – 5.0 (3rd)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 4.4 (4th)

ESPN 1000

5:30a-10a (90 minutes of ESPN Radio followed by Kap & JHood – 4.2 (6th)

10a-3p (2 hours of ESPN Radio’s #Greeny, 2 hours of Carmen & Jurko, 1 hour of Waddle & Silvy) – 3.7 (t-9th)

3p-7p (3 hours of Waddle & Silvy and 1 hour of Bleck & Abdalla) – 4.8 (3rd)

M-F 6a-7p – 4.2 (5th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 3.5 (t-10th)

*670 The Score’s numbers reflect total line reporting. ESPN 1000 only provides numbers from its over-the-air signal.

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SAN FRANCISCO

95.7 THE GAME

The Morning Roast (6a-9a) – 5.2 (5th)

Willard & Dibbs (9a-12p) – 4.4 (6th)

Steiny & Guru (12p-3p) – 5.2 (2nd)

Damon & Ratto (3p-6p) – 5.0 (4th)

M-F 6a-7p – 4.8 (4th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 3.8 (8th)

KNBR

Information for individual KNBR shows was not available.

6 – 9 AM (Murph & Mac) – 4.5 (6th)

9a-12p (1 hour of Murph & Mac followed by 2 hours of Papa & Lund) – 4.9 (3rd)

12p-3p (2 hours of Papa & Lund and 1 hour of Tolbert & Copes) – 4.8 (3rd)

3p-6p (Tolbert & Copes) – 4.0 (7th)

M-F 6a-7p – 4.6 (6th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 4.0 (6th)

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DALLAS

THE TICKET

5:30 – 10 am (The Musers) – 9.4 (1st)

10a-3p (Norm & Donovan 10a-12p and The Hang Zone 12p-3p) – 5.9 (4th)

3p-7p (Hardline) – 6.2 (2nd)

M-F 6a-7p – 7.2 (1st)

105.3 THE FAN

5:30a-10a (Shan & RJ) – 2.9 (11th)

10a-3p (K&C Masterpiece + 1 hour of GBag Nation) – 4.3 (7th)

3p-7p (GBag Nation) – 4.8 (6th) with an additional .1 share from the web stream.

M-F 6a-7p – 4.0 (9th)

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HOUSTON

SPORTS RADIO 610

6a-10a (Payne & Pendergast) – 3.6 (11th)

10a-3p (In The Loop + 1 hour of The Drive with Stoener & The Show) – 2.7 (t-14th)

3p-7p (The Drive with Stoener & The Show) – 2.2 (19th)

M-F 6a-7p – 2.8 (16th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 2.5 (18th)

SPORTSTALK 790

6a-10a (Sean Salisbury) – 1.2 (t-22)

10a-3p (In The Trenches and Matt Thomas) – 1.9 (19th)

3p-7p (The A Team + The Nightcap) – 2.0 (20th)

M-F 6a-7p – 1.7 (20th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 1.6 (t-20th)

ESPN 97.5

6a-10a (60 minutes of ESPN Radio + The Bench) – 0.9 (25th)

10a-3p – (Paul Gallant and The Killer B’s) – 0.5 (24th)

3p-7p (The Wheelhouse) – 0.6 (t-26th)

M-F 6a-7p – 0.6 (t-25th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 0.6 (t-26th)

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WASHINGTON D.C.

106.7 THE FAN

6a-10a (The Sports Junkies) – 6.8 (4th)

10a-3p (BMitch & Finlay and 1 hour of Grant & Danny) – 10.0 (1st)

3p-7p (Grant and Danny til 6:30 + 30 minutes of content that follows PMDR) – 6.8 (4th) 

M-F 6a-7p – 7.8 (3rd)

M-Sun 6a-Mid – 6.1 (5th)

*Information for The Team 980 and ESPN 630 The Sports Capital were not available

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ATLANTA

92.9 THE GAME

6a-10a (John & Hugh + 1 hour of The Steakhouse) – 6.0 (4.8 on air + 1.2 from stream)

10a-3p (1 hour of The Steakhouse, Andy & Randy + 1 hour of Dukes & Bell) – 6.4 (5.7 on air + 0.7 from stream)

3p-7p (Dukes & Bell) – 5.4 (5.1 on air + 0.3 from stream)

M-F 6a-7p – 5.8 (5.3 on air + 0.5 from stream)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 5.2 (4.5 on air + 0.7 from stream)

680 THE FAN

6 – 10 AM (The Locker Room) – 4.2

10 – 11 AM (Buck Belue) – 2.5

11AM – 2 PM (Celini & Domino) – 4.7

2 – 6 PM (Chuck & Chernoff) – 5.2

M-Su 6a-Mid – 4.4 

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PHILADELPHIA

94 WIP

6 – 10 AM (Angelo Cataldi) – 15.5 (8.1 on air + 7.4 from stream)

10a-2p (DeCamara & Ritchie) – 12.3 (9.3 on air + 3.0 from stream)

2p-6p (Marks & Reese) – 16.9 (14.3 on air + 2.3 from stream)

M-F 6a-7p -15.2 (10.8 on air + 4.4 from stream)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 15.6 (11.8 on air + 3.8 from stream)

97.5 THE FANATIC

6a-10a (John Kincade) – 3.2 (8th)

10a-2p (Anthony Gargano) – 4.4 (t-5th)

2p-6p (The Best Show Ever) – 3.3 (t-8th)

M-F 6a-7p – 3.4 (T – 8th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 3.0 (9th)

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BOSTON

98.5 THE SPORTS HUB

6a-10a (Toucher & Rich) – 23.4 (1st)

10a-2p (Zolak & Bertrand) – 18.9 (1st)

2p-6p (Felger & Mazz) – 20.9 (1st)

M-F 6A-7P – 19.6 (1st)

WEEI

6a-10a (Greg Hill Show) – 10.9 (2nd)

10a-2p (Gresh & Keefe) – 10.9 (2nd)

2p-6p (Merloni, Fauria & Mego) – 9.1 (2nd)

M-F 6a-7p – 9.0 (2nd)

The Midday and afternoon shows have been changed at WEEI as of January 2023

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SEATTLE

SEATTLE SPORTS 710

6a-10a (Brock & Salk) – 6.6 (5th)

10a-2p (Bump & Stacy) – 6.0 (4th)

2p-6p (Wyman & Bob) – 7.8 (4th)

M-F 6a-7p – 6.8 (4th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 8.1 (2nd)

*No information on KJR was available.

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DETROIT

97.1 THE TICKET

6a-10a (Stoney & Jansen) – 11.3 (2nd)

10a-2p (Karsch & Anderson) – 10.3 (2nd)

2p-6p (The Valenti Show with Rico) – 8.9 (1st)

M-F 6a-7p – 11.2 (2nd)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 10.9 (2nd)

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DENVER

104.3 THE FAN

6a-9a (Schlereth & Evans) – 5.7 (6th)

9a-11a (The Players Club) – 4.0 (11th)

11a-2p (Stokley & Zach) – 4.3 (8th)

2p-6p (The Drive) – 4.9 (5th)

M-F 6a-7p – 4.8 (8th)

ALTITUDE SPORTS RADIO 92.5

7a-10a (Moser, Lombardi & Kane) – 3.9 (t-10th)

10a-12p (Dempsey & Company) – 2.7 (17th)

12p-3p (Hastings, Dover & Polumbus) – 2.8 (t-16th)

3p-6p (Kreckman & Lindahl) – 4.0 (11th)

M-F 6a-6p – 3.2 (t-13th)

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TAMPA

WDAE

Shares were not available. The station made a major lineup change in the middle of the book that saw Pat & Aaron move from middays to mornings and Ronnie & TKras go from mornings to afternoons. A brand new show, Jay & Z, debuted in middays. The morning show slot from 6a-9a was 6th this book. Afternoons recorded a 7th place finish from 3p-6p.

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Nashville Predators Radio Voice Pete Weber Sidelined With Brain Disorder

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Nashville Predators radio voice Pete Weber has revealed he has been diagnosed with a brain disorder that has limited his broadcasting availability.

In November, Weber was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a disorder that occurs when too much cerebrospinal fluid is circulated around the brain. It caused Weber to fall on the team plane in October as well as another fall before a game later that month. The second fall landed Weber in the hospital.

Weber is undergoing a procedure that will hopefully rectify the situation.

In the interim, Max Herz — who joined the network broadcast team this season — will handle play-by-play duties, with the Predators Radio Network continuing to include Weber in all pregame broadcasts.

“That’s been tremendously uplifting for me,” Weber told the club’s website. “To be able to hear Max do the job that he’s doing and to see the friendship that comes pouring through from everybody else – that is more than I have a right to ask for.”

Weber has been the only radio voice in the franchise’s history, which played its first game in 1998.

Predators President and CEO Sean Henry was appreciative that Weber would share his story.

“We would never talk about why he wasn’t on the road, of course, unless it was something that he and [his wife] Claudia were willing to share,” Henry said. “And I’m glad that they were, because there are tens and hundreds of thousands of people that just love the guy… And you only open up that way to people that you care about and that care about you.”

Paul Finebaum: ‘You’re Day-to-Day At ESPN’

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The College Football Playoff National Championship Game is tonight, which puts ESPN host and analyst Paul Finebaum in high demand.

Finebaum joined DiPietro & Rothenberg Monday to discuss the tilt, which eventually devolved into the 98.7 ESPN New York hosts joking about the college football-centric host.

“Paul, you should hear what he says when you’re not with us. He makes fun of you all the time,” Rothenberg said of Rick DiPietro. “I think you’re the greatest. He makes fun of you, Paul.”

“I don’t mind. That’s ok. We had a good run there for a number of years, then you guys dropped me like a hot potato about two years ago when you went to mornings,” Finebaum said. “I had to scrape to make a try to make a living with some of these other ESPN hosts. If you guys wanna take shots at me, take shots at me.”

“It’s not ‘you guys’, it’s Rick,” Rothenberg joked. “I adore you. I’d have you as another co-host if that was allowable.”

“That would be fun. I’m available. You’re day-to-day at ESPN, as you guys know,” Finebaum joked.

Finebaum’s job is likely safe with the worldwide leader. He signed a contract in 2021 that will run through 2024.

Rich Zeoli: MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace a ‘Fraud’ For Speaker of the House Opinion

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Rich Zeoli: MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace a ‘Fraud’ For Speaker of the House Opinion

After more than a dozen votes, Kevin McCarthy has now been elected as the Speaker of the House. It’s the first time in more than 100 years the process took so long, and there were mixed reactions from media pundits. However, Rich Zeoli of 1210 WPHT was not happy with one opinion in particular.

MSNBC host Nicole Wallace believed only those who are controlled by foreign adversaries were joyous over the political disfunction.

“This is a tragedy for American democracy,” Wallace said last week. “The only people enjoying this are probably newscasters attached to Kremlin state media but I think that it is clear that when we talk about Fox’s influence over the right, it is clear that it is on steroids. Tucker Carlson has been waging a campaign against Kevin McCarthy for years — on the airwaves, not secretly — and these folks voting against Kevin McCarthy are out of things to ask for outside of kidneys and lungs.”

Zeoli did not respond favorably to that perspective, calling Wallace a “fraud” and a “fake Republican”.

“If you have any position that differs from their position, it’s Russia and it’s Russian propaganda,” the Philadelphia afternoon host said. “MSNBC’s fake former Republican Nicole Wallace, who was a war-mongering, neo-con, big surveillance state Republican when she was a Republican and now she’s all those things on MSNBC.”

Zeoli also took issue with one of the panelists joining Wallace insinuating that Tucker Carlson was who the MSNBC host was alluding to with her “newscasters attached to Kremlin state media” line.

“Tucker Carlson going against Kevin McCarthy benefitting Russia? I don’t even follow that,” continued Zeoli. “Donald Trump — who is apparently the number one Russian agent — is putting his neck out on the line for Kevin McCarthy multiple times. So if Donald Trump is the biggest Russian stooge, and he’s angling for Kevin McCarthy, how is Tucker a Russian stooge because he doesn’t? It’s so stupid, I can’t even get my mind around it.”

Craig Schwalb Named WBBM Brand Manager, News Director

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Craig Schwalb Named WBBM Brand Manager, News Director

Audacy has found Ron Gleason’s successor. The company has hired Craig Schwalb as the new Brand Manager and News Director of WBBM in Chicago.

“The chance to lead WBBM is an incredible opportunity that doesn’t come around often,” said Schwalb. “It brings me back to my home state and to a city that I adore, while working with the team behind one of the nation’s elite news radio brands. Thank you to Jeff Sottolano, Rachel Williamson, Greg Solk and Bill Smee for their support in allowing me the honor of leading this great station.”

Schwalb steps into the role vacated by the retirement of Ron Gleason, who led the station for more than 17 years.

“When Ron Gleason announced his retirement last summer, we knew we had a major challenge in replacing him, since Ron has been the driving force behind WBBM for nearly two decades,” said Audacy Chicago Vice President of Programming and Operations Greg Solk.

“We believe we have struck gold in tapping Craig Schwalb as WBBM’s new Brand Manager. Craig’s vast experience in news and spoken word formats, most recently running content and operations at WTOP in Washington, gives him the ideal skill set to lead this brand and drive innovation and growth for Chicago’s most trusted news voice.”

In addition to his time at WTOP, Schwalb has had numerous stops in his news radio career, including WABC, WPRO, and SiriusXM. He will begin his duties on Monday, January 23rd.

Chris Fowler: Games With Kirk Herbstreit Are Always ‘Spontaneous’

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Whether it’s been on College GameDay in the past or calling the big Saturday game of the week on ESPN/ABC, Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit have worked together for 27 years. It is a special bond where if you work with somebody that long in your life, you tend to know the person very well.

Fowler was a guest on The Press Box podcast with Bryan Curtis and he said because he knows how Herbstreit views the game, they don’t really discuss what the gameplans are for each team going into a game as they prepare to call the CFP National Championship Game Monday night, which surprises many in the industry.

“That’s what’s fun about working with somebody you’ve worked with for 27 years. 27 seasons together. I sort of know what Kirk is going to say and how he views a game and how he’s wired. We do almost no talking about the gameplans ahead of time. People in the business don’t believe that. We don’t sit around and have a big conversation ‘Hey when TCU has the ball, this, this, and this. Here’s what I expect Georgia to do. If this happens, what are you going to say?’ We don’t do any of that.

“I’m not saying it’s a better way to do it. We just have kind of our method at this point and it’s to be spontaneous.

“That comes from a lot of time spent watching games together. We don’t talk about every game we do, but we watch a lot of football together. Figuring out sort of how each other is wired. If you haven’t figured it out by 27 years, you are not going to.”

Fowler compared the way the two of them work together to how he works with John McEnroe during ESPN’s tennis coverage, where McEnroe does not want to know what Fowler is going to ask him before a big match.

“John McEnroe is like that in tennis. John does not want to know what you are going to ask him in the opening of a Wimbledon championship match. He doesn’t want to go over it, he will not rehearse it, he wants to be surprised and react.

“Kirk’s not quite that, but he likes to sort of not hammer it home in rehearsal. We are a terrible rehearsal team. I like to think we are pretty good when the lights go on, but not because we practice this stuff.”

Chris Fallica Was Surprised By Tribute On College GameDay

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One of the most shocking moves in the broadcasting world this college football season was made by Chris Fallica. “The Bear” announced he was leaving ESPN after 27 years. Next season, he will be part of FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff.

Ahead of the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, Fallica was a guest on The Steakhouse on 92.9 The Game in Atlanta on Monday. Host Steak Shapiro asked him if he was surprised by the emotional tribute his College GameDay co-horts gave him on his final show.

“Yeah, I was,” Fallica said. “It was pretty much how I felt as well. Anytime you’re with a group of people on a show for 27 years, as I was, it is your family.”

Chris Fallica noted that it was not an easy decision to leave a group you have so much history with. In his time with ESPN, Fallica rose from being a production assistant to essentially becoming Kirk Herbstreit’s right-hand man.

“You’re worried what some of the reaction is gonna be. You truly find out if these people are truly your friends or if they’re like ‘Why are you doing this? You’re part of the show!’ I learned indeed that these people are my friends because they were truly happy for me and emotional to see me go.”

The respect Herbstreit and others on the College GameDay crew have for Fallica was evident in a segment that saw Herbstreit and Lee Corso reunite with long time GameDay host Chris Fowler to say goodbye to “The Bear.”

“I miss those guys and I wish them well tonight, but I am happy with where I am moving forward,” he said.

In addition to college football, Chris Fallica told Shapiro that he will cover horse racing and soccer for FOX as well. That will allow him to do more with his sports betting bona fides than he has been able to on TV in the past.

John Brenkus, Marcellus Wiley Bring Brinx.TV Shows To ReachTV

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John Brenkus, Marcellus Wiley Bring Brinx.TV Shows To ReachTV

John Brenkus announced last month that his cult hit Sports Science is set to make a comeback. It just won’t be on ESPN. On Monday, we may have gotten a clue about the show’s future home.

Brinx.TV, a company Brenkus founded and is backed by Marcellus Wiley, has announced a content partnership with Reach TV. Reach TV is a free streaming service that is available largely in hotels and airports.

Reach will carry three shows from Brinx.TV. The first, The NIL House: The Epicenter of All Things NIL, will feature Brenkus and Rob Vaka discussing college football and the business of the sport with a lineup of guests that includes Wiley, Champ Bailey, CJ Anderson, Aaron Murray and more. The other shows included in the deal are Never Shut Up featuring Wiley and BrinxTV Plus, which is described as “a sports variety show.”

“We focus on programming that brings together data, technology and storytelling in an informative, yet entertaining way,” Lynnwood Bibbens, CEO of ReachTV, said in a press release. “John Brenkus is a unicorn who brings this all together in a fiercely engaging way.”

Last year, ReachTV began distributing NFL games for travelers. That included both the playoffs and the Super Bowl.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with ReachTV. Our quick-hitting, high-energy programming is perfect for an audience that is always on the move.” John Brenkus added. “ReachTV’s innovative fixed screen platform has one of the best CPM values in the world, with guaranteed daily impressions nationwide that better serves our advertisers.”

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