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ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro Notes “Difficult Decisions” as Network Begins Layoffs

"We had to make some difficult decisions about job impacts that we will be communicating today."

NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

Charles Barkley: ‘I Want to Be on TV Less’

"His contract with Warner Bros. Discovery runs through 2024-25."

Dan Bickley: J.J. Watt Will Have a Broadcasting Job if He Wants One

“He’s probably got a lot of football opportunity in front of him"

Meet The Market Managers: Ryan Hatch, Bonneville International Phoenix

"Our pitch is that these brands have a connection to the market. That works for us, and that works because it's emotional. It works because it's local. It works because of the creative messaging behind it."

Barrett Sports Media’s Top 20 Major Market Sports Radio Stations of 2021

"A total of 35 sports radio stations were eligible for voting consideration in the Major Market Sports Radio Stations category."

Sean Thompson Named New Program Director of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM

"Thompson has spent the past ten years in Atlanta, working for 92.9 The Game as its Assistant Brand Manager."

Arizona Sports 98.7 Delivers Top 10 Finish in Phoenix Winter Book

"The Phoenix sports radio leader closed the quarter in 8th place among Men 25-54 in weekday prime."

BSM’s Top 20 Major Market Local Sports Radio Afternoon Shows of 2019

"A brand new show stands atop the list for 2019."

BSM’s Top 20 Major Market Local Sports Radio Morning Shows of 2019

"The battle for 1-2 has gone back and forth the past two years between Boston and NYC."

Sports Radio’s 2019 Spring Book Ratings Recap

"A look at how sports stations in 20+ markets performed in the 2019 spring book."

The BSM Top 20 Major Market Morning Shows of 2018

"Radio executives voted to determine the Top 20 Major Market Sports Radio Morning Shows of 2018."

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NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

Emmanuel Acho: ESPN Executives “Cowards” for Handling of Ryan Clark Firing

"If you work long enough, you will get fired regardless of your profession. But to fire a man that helped bring a show its very first Emmy award in the midst of that show is cowardly."