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Mad Dog Russo Has Had Enough Analytics on ESPN MLB Coverage

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Mad Dog Russo Has Had Enough Analytics on ESPN MLB Coverage

During a diatribe about the late-season collapse of the New York Mets, SiriusXM host Chris “Mad Dog” Russo turned his anger towards ESPN and its coverage of the MLB Wild Card series’.

Russo was not happy with a perceived overreliance on analytics and advanced statistics during its coverage of the postseason.

“With the ESPN broadcast, can we stop with the analytics? I don’t care about every line drive that’s 109 miles per hour off the bat,” Mad Dog said. “Enough with the analytics! Let us watch the ball game! I know when the ball is hit hard. I don’t need you to have the speed or the exit velocity! I don’t need it! Or what the revolution is with the spin rate. Oh my god! You think Walter Johnson cared about a spin rate? How ’bout (Babe) Ruth? (Joe) DiMaggio? I mean come on! Mickey Mantle! (Willie) Mays! Enough with the nonsense! Let me watch the ball game!”

Russo currently appears on ESPN’s First Take as a regular contributor, often getting into shouting matches with the show’s Stephen A. Smith.

ESPN Extends Michael Wilbon, Jalen Rose Contracts

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On Monday, ESPN announced that it had come to agreements with Michael Wilbon and Jalen Rose to continue their multiple roles with the network.

The network announced the contracts within an announcement concerning the return of the NBA Countdown pregame show. That memo revealed that for the second consecutive year, Mike Greenberg, Stephen A. Smith, Michael Wilbon, Jalen Rose and Adrian Wojnarowski will be the team that will lead the Friday, Saturday and Sunday editions of NBA Countdown on ESPN and ABC.

Greenberg, Smith, Wilbon, Rose and Wojnarowski will also lead NBA Countdown on Wednesdays in October. It was announced previously that Malika Andrews with host the Wednesday programs beginning in November with analysts members Richard Jefferson, Chiney Ogwumike and Kendrick Perkins. Wojnarowski will also appear on the Wednesday shows.

Toucher and Rich “Quietly Optimistic” Mike Lockhart Will Be Brought Back

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On Monday’s Toucher and Rich, the show’s co-hosts spent a segment discussing their shock of the news that longtime producer Mike Lockhart was let go on Friday. However, due to some behind-the-scenes lobbying, there is some optimism the show might be able to reunite with him.

Co-host Rich Shertenlieb praised Lockhart for everything he does to get Toucher and Rich on the air and sounding as good as people have come to expect.

“Mike is a production mastermind.” said Shertenlieb. “He was the secret sauce behind what made Toucher and Rich really stand out.”

Shertenlieb would compare losing Lockhart to a band losing their drummer five minutes before a show at Wembley Stadium and being told to “figure it out.”

While Shertenlieb was describing how important Lockhart was to the show’s production, co-cost Fred Toucher sounded as if he still held out hope for Lockhart’s return after the show began some lobbying.

“The hope is that behind the scenes, we can get some things going and get Mike back,” Toucher said. “It was a complete shock to us. We didn’t know what was happening. I’m actually quietly optimistic that we could get Lockhart back here.”

Early Monday morning, Mike Lockhart tweeted a statement:

1010 WINS Getting FM Simulcast, Combines Newsroom With 880 WCBS

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1010 WINS Getting FM Simulcast, Combines Newsroom With 880 WCBS

Audacy New York has announced an FM simulcast for 1010 WINS will begin on Thursday, October 27th. Listeners will be able to hear the station on 92.3 FM, which will improve it’s reach throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

92.3 FM is currently the home ALT 92.3, an alternative station, which can still be heard on 92.3 HD-2 after October 27th. WNYL-FM has 6,000 watts of power.

The station has also announced a new agreement with SAG-AFTRA has allowed a combined newsroom of anchors and reporters to provide coverage on both 1010 WINS and 880 WCBS.

“At a time when quality journalism and local reporting is so critical, it was the ideal moment to make a strong investment in our news creation and distribution capabilities,” said Audacy New York Market President Chris Oliviero. “Audacy New York’s news organization, anchored by both 1010 WINS and WCBS 880, is the premier audio news outlet in the city and now more than ever we remain committed to serving our audiences as we have done so for over the last fifty years. These series of moves will solidify our earned position as the go-to trusted source for news, traffic and weather every day.”

After the resignation of News Director and Brand Manager Tim Scheld, Ivan Lee has been named the new Brand Manager of both news stations, while Ben Mevorach will serve as the new Vice President of New York News for the company.

“We are standing at the edge of an exciting new era for news in New York for our team, our advertisers, and, most importantly, our listeners,” said Mevorach. “1010 WINS and WCBS 880 will be in more places, covering more stories, creating more original content, expanding our digital footprint, and now offering listeners a crystal-clear FM audio experience. Both brands will retain their distinct identities but will now harness resources with the single mission of better serving our communities and reaching the next generation of news consumers.”

Brandon Tierney: Unlike Gary Cohen To Have Strong Opinions

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Brandon Tierney: Unlike Gary Cohen To Have Strong Opinions

New York Mets television announcer Gary Cohen had a strong opinion on Mets manager Buck Showalter’s decision to have umpires check San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove for an illegal substance while trailing in Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series Sunday, saying “it smacked of desperation” calling the situation “embarrassing” before adding “if you’re going to pull a stunt like that, you better be right and Buck wasn’t right”. WFAN midday host Brandon Tierney said it was extremely unlike Cohen to take a stance of that magnitude.

“Now here’s the thing about Gary. Gary has no time for sports radio debates. That is not Gary Cohen. He is an amazing play-by-player for the Mets and Seton Hall. I remember I had him on my old show years ago, right? I forget what was going on with the Mets but something was going wrong — like usual — and I’m being me. And he basically said, and I’m paraphrasing, ‘I have no time for this type of conjecture’. Something like that. And all respect to Gary, but Gary’s not’s a sports radio guy. He doesn’t like debating like we do and have to do. He’s just different like that.”

Cohen was booed by Mets fans, who were stationed behind the SNY desk as the postgame show aired live, while making his comments after the team lost the series-deciding contest. He is widely regarded as one of the best local announcers in baseball, as the SNY booth of Cohen, Ron Darling, and Keith Hernandez was named the best local announcing crew by The Athletic subscribers in 2020.

Ted Cruz Moving Podcast to iHeartMedia

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Ted Cruz Moving Podcast to iHeartMedia

iHeartMedia has acquired the rights to the Verdict with Ted Cruz podcast, which will see the Republican Senator’s podcast air on the broadcaster’s popular iHeartRadio app.

“An offer has come in from iHeartRadio to take this show to a huge national audience — it’s already obviously at a national audience on podcast, but on radio stations,” co-host Michael Knowles said during the podcast announcing the move, adding “iHeart has a gigantic network” and can “fund production” as well as “dump a whole bunch of money into marketing”.

The move, will see Cruz leave his former co-host behind. Knowles works full-time for The Daily Wire, so he cannot accompany Cruz to iHeartMedia. He will be replaced on the podcast by Ben Ferguson, who currently hosts The Ben Freguson Podcast for iHeart.

According to Chartable.com, Verdict with Ted Cruz is the 14th most popular political podcast, and the 49th largest news podcast.

Bob Costas Announcing ALDS For TBS

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TBS has announced that Bob Costas will serve as its lead play-by-play announcer for the American League Divisional Series between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians.

Costas will be joined by analyst Ron Darling and reporter Lauren Shehadi for the series which begins Tuesday.

It marks the first time the 70-year-old will announce a complete playoff series since 2000. MLB Network has periodically aired a single game of a playoff series, allowing Costas to work in the postseason, but he will announce the entire series for TBS.

Costas told The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch announcing the entire series “allows you to get into a rhythm. It isn’t quite like playing, but it’s the closest thing to it. You remember every pitch. So if something happens in Game 3 and it somehow connects to some tension from Game 1, you’re on top of it in the way that a good local announcer would be.”

Costas will also serve as the studio host for TBS’ coverage of the American League Championship Series. Brian Anderson will serve as the play-by-play announcer for that series.

Rich Zeoli: Media Needs More Investigative Reporters

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Rich Zeoli: Media Needs More Investigative Reporters

1210 WPHT afternoon host Rich Zeoli recently sat on a media panel to discuss the state of journalism in America and said both television and print publications need more investigative journalists and investigative journalism.

Friday during The Rich Zeoli Show, the host said “I think that too often a lot of the media — the corporate media, whatever you want to call it — they wind up telling people what they want to hear over and over and over again. They don’t challenge the audience at all. They don’t bother doing any investigative reporting in many instances. It’s almost like the same thing over and over again.”

“The biggest problem with corporate media is not always what they report and how they report, but what they don’t report,” Broad + Liberty CEO Terry Tracy added.

Zeoli lamented the lack of investigative reporters as we approach the midterm election, pointing out the recent revelations in regards to Hunter Biden should have been more widely reported in 2020 rather than 2022.

810 The Spread Debuts In San Francisco

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810 The Spread Debuts In San Francisco

After abruptly ending news/talk programming last week, 810 KGO debuted as 810 The Spread Monday.

The Cumulus-owned station will air a mix of sports talk and sports betting programming, billing itself as “The Bay’s Best Bet on Sports”.

“810 The Spread joins our sports brands KNBR 680AM/104.5FM and 1050 KTCT for a trifecta of dynamic sports content across four signals and streaming everywhere,” Cumulus San Francisco Vice President and Market Manager Larry Blumhagen said. “We are excited about this new chapter and look forward to serving the Bay Area’s passionate sports fans in an incomparable way.”

Blumhagen added the decision wasn’t an easy one to end news/talk programming on KGO, which had once been a staple in the Bay Area.

“This is a bittersweet day for us, as it’s hard to say goodbye to the legendary KGO, which has been a part of listeners’ lives for so many years. We want to thank all the people who have been a part of KGO’s historic run these many years – and the listeners who loyally tuned in to the station. Times change, and we must change with them.”   

The weekday lineup of 810 The Spread includes:
6:00 AM-9:00 AM: BetQL Daily
9:00 AM-12:00 PM: The Jim Rome Show
12:00-4:00 PM: You Better You Bet
4:00-8:00 PM: BetMGM Tonight

The station will air CBS Sports Radio programming from 8:00 PM-6:00 AM.

Sports gambling in California is on the ballot this November under Proposition 26 and 27. Proposition 26 would allow in-person sports betting at Native American casinos and horse racing tracks in the state. Proposition 27 would allow online spots betting. According a recent report from The Los Angeles Times, neither measure is expected to pass.

Jim Bohannon Retiring Friday

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Jim Bohannon Retiring Friday

The Jim Bohannon Show will come to an end Friday evening.

Bohannon has battled undisclosed health problems this year, and made the decision to end his show. Rich Valdes will take over the 10:00 PM-1:00 AM timeslot for Westwood One.

“It’s been a great 40 years with Westwood One – the last 30 of which as host of ‘The Jim Bohannon Show.’ I’ve enjoyed every minute of our daily nighttime town hall with my guests, callers, and all of America. Now, I’d like to introduce Rich Valdes, a very bright, vibrant young man who will be taking over in the same tradition.”

Bohannon was inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame as well as the Missouri Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.

“We are especially proud that Jim has been an invaluable member of our Westwood One family these many years – he is truly an industry legend,” said Westwood One President Suzanne Grimes. “As we pass the baton to Rich Valdes, we’re excited to bring a new name and voice to talk radio. We look forward to continuing our tradition of providing the best programming to our affiliates and listeners.”

Valdes has worked as a host and producer for some of talk radio’s largest stations and shows. After working as a host on 77WABC, Valdes joined The Mark Levin Show as a producer. He also hosts a weekend show, This Is America with Rich Valdes on 1210 WPHT in Philadelphia.

“No one can ever fill Jim’s shoes,” Valdes said. “I consider it a blessing and great honor to be part of the next generation of late-night talk show hosts, following the tradition of Jim Bohannon and Larry King.”

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