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Skyview Networks To Remotely Produce Tampa Bay Rays Games During Hurricane Ian

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Skyview Networks To Remotely Produce Tampa Bay Rays Games During Hurricane Ian

Skyview Networks has announced it will remotely produce Tampa Bay Rays radio broadcasts from Arizona due to Florida office closures as a result of Hurricane Ian.

The Rays have utilized Skyview Networks for more than a decade, and the network’s software allows them flexibility to shift the location of their broadcast facilities. Hurricane Ian is approaching landfall in the greater Tampa area Wednesday, with winds reaching nearly category five levels.

“Skyview Networks is a proud, longtime partner of the Tampa Bay Rays and we are glad to step in for their production team so they can focus on Hurricane Ian,” said Andrew Kalb, SVP Business Development and Communication of Skyview Networks. “Our operations team is diligently working to ensure that the Rays play-by-play remains uninterrupted this week and we are proud to have the technical support and software that allows us to step in wherever necessary.”

The Rays are currently in Cleveland to face the Guardians. That series ends Thursday before the squad goes to Houston and finishes the season in Boston.

Chris Long Discusses Green Light Podcast Growth

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Former NFL defensive end Chris Long continues to be one of the rising stars in the sports media industry with the Green Light with Chris Long Podcast that he records three times a week. So, what does he want you to think after you listen to his show?

Long was a guest on The Adam Schein Podcast this week and he said he wants to convey his knowledge about the game, but also he thinks he could learn a little bit from the fans as well.

“Number one is to communicate information to people about the game. If we are talking about the game, I want people to know what I think I know because I look at it a little differently. I think sometimes I can stand to gain a little perspective looking at it the way the fans look at it but I think there is also a time where a little player insight might help.”

While Long wants the show to be educational, he also wants the listener to feel like they are just hanging out with his friends and that the podcast can be dirty sometimes.

“I want people to feel like they are sitting in the room with us. That’s my favorite thing is just BS’ing with my buddies. We edit some things out. The final product doesn’t always look like it sounded in the room, but for the most part, it’s a dirty show. We dirty things up a little bit. It’s going to sound like it would sound sitting on the couch with 3-4 buddies hopefully drinking a couple of beers. You feel like you are sinking into the couch with us. That’s my goal. It’s supposed to be educational, dirty, and feel immersive and inclusive.”

Every Monday, Long has an NFL weekly wrap-up episode with his brother, Kyle and his best friend, Macon. As he tries to prepare for the show, he told Schein he has more of an appreciation for all the information the national media is able to get.

“As a player, I didn’t have the appreciation for what national media goes through on a Sunday trying to gather all the information that people in their respective local markets expect you to master. You can’t fool fans. They know whether it’s the Bengals, Dolphins, Raiders, they know who the third corner is, they know how this guy performed in camp. There’s a tremendous challenge on a Sunday to not master everything, but to get to the point where you can talk about what happened. Then, on Wednesday and Friday, we can color in why it happened.”

Rest assured, Long is putting in the work for that episode, but he also understands that if he messes something up on Monday, he knows he has the rest of the week to correct the mistake.

“I think that’s one of the hardest things on Monday is not overreacting, but also not overreacting to what happened. Let’s dig in and find out why it happened and look at the context around why it happened. The challenge makes me feel like I’m in school again. I’m up till 2 AM watching Raiders-Titans. You do want to know what the hell happened. Hopefully that comes through, but we also aren’t going to be perfect. It’s Monday. You have a safety net. If I didn’t get it right, I have the rest of the week to rectify the situation.”

Katie Couric Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

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Katie Couric Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Longtime journalist Katie Couric has announced she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The former NBC, CBS, ABC, and now podcast host revealed the diagnosis on Instagram, saying she received the word on June 21st. June 21st was her 8th wedding anniversary to husband John Molner. Her first husband, Jay Monahan, died from cancer in 1998.

Couric had surgery in July to remove a tumor from her breast, and also said she began radiation treatments earlier this month.

“Please get your annual mammogram,” the 65-year-old Couric said on her website. “I was six months late this time. I shudder to think what might have happened if I had put it off longer. But just as importantly, please find out if you need additional screening.”

Keyshawn Johnson Relives Being On First Take Set For Michael Irvin Rant

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Michael Irvin put on one hell of a show on First Take Tuesday morning. While The Playmaker talked and shouted for nearly eleven consecutive minutes in celebration of the Dallas Cowboys’ Monday Night Football victory, Keyshawn Johnson sat silently watching with Stephen A. Smith and Molly Querim. On Wednesday morning, Johnson described the experience for the Keyshawn, JWill and Max audience.

The producers played 90 seconds of highlights for the audience. They included Irvin shouting things like “The Cowboys are 2-0 under Cooper Rush. The season is not over! The season just started!” and “Did you know the number eight stands for new beginnings? That’s why the number 88 is so special. God knows I needed so many new beginnings and 88s can take a new beginning!”.

“That was a short clip though,” Keyshawn Johnson said coming out of the audio. “Obviously we couldn’t play it all. That went for ten minutes it felt like, man.”

Johnson was laughing to the point of tears at points at times on the First Take set. He told his ESPN Radio colleagues what he saw that set him off.

“He was literally sweating,” he said of Michael Irvin. “They had to bring out a beach towel. Felt like I was in church, man.”

Jay Williams went with the analogy. He said that he was surprised Keyshawn Johnson “didn’t stand up and felt the Holy Ghost.”

Johnson compared Irvin’s delivery to “a little crack version of TD Jakes”. He also added that he hopes people noticed that Irvin isn’t just a great performer, but an astute analyst.

“What I would say is Irvin had some great points. They might have gotten lost in the performance so to speak.”

Mike Gallagher: ‘Biased, Corrupt Media’ Looking Past Joe Biden, Ron DeSantis Lack of Communication

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Mike Gallagher: ‘Biased, Corrupt Media’ Looking Past Joe Biden, Ron DeSantis Lack of Communication

As Hurricane Ian prepares to make landfall in southwest Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said he hadn’t spoken personally with President Joe Biden yesterday. Mike Gallagher, a Tampa resident, pointed out the difference in coverage and how that would compare to previous coverage under former President Trump.

“If it was Donald Trump not communicating with a Democrat governor, the media would be all over it,” The Mike Gallagher Show host said. “The media is ignoring the snafu from Karine Jean-Pierre saying he met with only Democratic Mayors of southwest Florida.

“But nothing to see here, a President not reaching out to a Governor during a time of crisis. The double standard never ceases to amaze me. It’s clearly a product of a biased, corrupt media where they constantly look the other way.”

DeSantis and Biden did speak Tuesday. DeSantis told Fox News host Sean Hannity he was “thankful” for the Biden administration’s expedited pre-landfall declaration before Hurricane Ian makes landfall.

Greta Van Susteren: ‘Roger Ailes Never Laid Off One Person’

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CNN has reportedly laid off several employees in their audio division, and Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren commented on the reduction by pointing to one of her old bosses.

“Roger Ailes never laid off one person in 14 (years) I was there, including 2008,” Van Susteren tweeted of the disgraced former Fox News CEO. The 2008 reference is in regards to the economic and financial crisis.

“He said he remembered as a child that his father was laid off and that his father was so upset,” Van Susteren continued of Ailes.

The former Fox News CEO resigned in 2016 after accusations of sexual harassment from several staffers. He received $65 million in an exit agreement. Ailes died in 2017 at the age of 77.

Van Susteren later tweeted “it is very difficult, financially and self esteem, to be laid off. And in my opinion it is mostly because the managers didn’t manage the company well.”

A CNN spokesperson told Bloomberg the company has “refined our strategy to focus our resources more specifically” in the podcast and audio space. Warner Brothers is reportedly working on a $3 billion cost saving measure since its April merger with Discovery.

Rich Zeoli: Roxborough School Shooting Won’t Get National Media Coverage Due to ‘Gang-Related’ Nature

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Rich Zeoli: Roxborough School Shooting Won’t Get National Media Coverage Due to ‘Gang-Related’ Nature

One teenager is dead and four others were injured after two gunmen fired nearly 70 shots during football practice at Roxborough High School in Philadelphia. 1210 WPHT host Rich Zeoli noted the lack of national media attention to the story, saying it didn’t fit the usual school shooting narrative that drives much of the related coverage.

“There’s no question in my mind what happened here at the high school was gang-related,” Zeoli said. “No doubt. I think you’d have to be foolish to think otherwise. So it won’t make national news because of that. Because this is just part of the ongoing criminal problem in Philadelphia, the criminal crisis that we have in the city of Philadelphia right now. And because it’s not a lone wolf walking in with an AR-15, it’s not going to make the national news. I just checked The New York Times website. It’s not there, certainly not on the front page for sure.

“I know there’s a hurricane coming towards Florida but typically the media would stop everything that they’re doing to focus on a school shooting but when everybody knows this is gang related and everybody knows this is the kind of stuff that goes on in Philadelphia daily, it’s particularly hurtful because it was kids at football practice, but this city is under siege by criminals.”

Raycom Sports Developing New Content After Archived Interviews Purchase

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Raycom Sports Developing New Content After Archived Interviews Purchase

Raycom Sports has purchased the Jim Moskovitz Sports Archives and will create new content centered around the archived interviews.

Radio shows Instant Replay with Pat Summerall, Pat Summerall’s Sports in America, and Instant Replay with Ron MacLean were all included in Raycom’s purchase. Television shows The Tim McCarver Show, Grand Slam! hosted by Dick Schaap, and 12 Greatest Rounds of Boxing were also included in the deal.

“Our archives tell the human interest story of sports from the past nearly 70 years through interviews with the men and women who made it happen,” says Jim Moskovitz, creator, writer, executive producer and president of JOY-CPW.  “With consumer appetite for sports programming continuing to skyrocket, the archives provide an incredible wealth of interviews with a broad array of icons in sports. We are looking forward to working with Raycom Sports to bring new and exciting content to sports fans and to the advertisers that support them.”

The new content will be produced by Jim Moskovitz-owned JOY-CPW. JOY-CPW is the producer of Game Time With Boomer Esiason, a broadcast television series hosted by the former NFL QB and current WFAN morning co-host. The program airs on 333 television stations and also recently added a podcast under the same name.

FS1 Nearing Broadcast Deal With LIV Golf

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FS1 Nearing Broadcast Deal With LIV Golf

According to a report from Eamon Lynch of GolfWeek, LIV Golf is nearing completion of a deal with FS1 to air their tournaments on the cable network.

LIV Golf would be buying the time on cable, rather than receiving a rights fee from FOX Sports for the events.

Two weeks ago, LIV CEO Greg Norman told ESPN 100 interest from broadcasters was “enormous”, noting that four different networks were pitching deals to the tour.

According to Lynch, LIV “struck out” with NBC, CBS, Disney, Apple, and Amazon before FOX CEO Lachlan Murdoch pushed his company to enter negotiations with the controversial Saudi-backed tour.

“There were people at Fox who wanted nothing to do with this,” a source told Lynch. “They were forced to do it.”

Furthermore, LIV Golf requested a rights fee for the second year of the contract and a guarantee that some events would air on network television. Fox has reportedly declined both of those terms.

New Bill O’Reilly Book Discusses Dramatic Shift in Cultural History

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Political commentator and best-selling author Bill O’Reilly released a new book called “Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity. This marks the 12th book in the Killing series. 

O’Reilly appeared on “The Chris Stigall Show” Tuesday to discuss what readers can expect. He said the book examines the legacies and tragic deaths of Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. 

“This book is a pretty dramatic shift into cultural history,” said O’Reilly. “This is not Abraham Lincoln or George Patton; this is history that we are living right now,” he said. 

He said readers will learn about the cultural relevance of the three men. 

“I find that fascinating, so we wanted to tell the story about how they were titans but how they got crushed under the weight of celebrity,” he said. 

O’Reilly added that being a celebrity is worse today than it was when Presley, Lennon, and Ali were alive. 

“Two of the most famous guys in the country today are Trump and Biden,” he said. “Both have suffered by their own hand. I’m not making excuses, but Presley, Lennon, and Ali made choices, they’re not victims.” 

O’Reilly said this book will expose the betrayal that the men experienced and the part they played in it. 

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