Russo told Stern that he was contracted for 40 weekly appearances on ESPN's First Take. He also dropped the scoop that the network was paying $10,000 per appearance.
"My inclination is to put together a spreadsheet and plan out all of this stuff that’s going to happen on the show. My approach to this over the next few weeks is going to be to let go."
According to All Access, KOA’s Senior Vice President of Talk Programing Greg Foster, and KHOW Program Director Tim Spence were among those laid off Tuesday
The new midday voice in Richmond comes most recently from 106.7 the Fan in Washington, D.C. where he worked with The Sports Junkies as their video producer.
“The best part of sports-talk radio is the interaction with fans. I love all the calls from our audience, which keeps growing. It’s not my show. It’s the callers’ show. It’s important to keep that in mind.”