"For now, the man who once looked like the biggest risk ESPN ever took may actually be the network’s best example of how to maximize the relationship without walking away from the brand that helped build it."
"The uniqueness of that was super appealing to me, as opposed to just a regular news program where you're just talking at viewers. I think where media is headed, too, in terms of the future."
"It would be so easy in my chair to say, well, then we're just doing the same thing on both because I can save myself, you know, five extra meetings a week if both stations are virtually duplicate. But we don't do that here. "
The two sides announced a multi-year extension which includes lengthy pregame and postgame shows and other content focused exclusively on The Midshipmen.
St. Louis Public Radio CEO Tina Pamintuan said she wants to make sure that the public radio station is an inclusive entity that represents the community it serves.
The network’s new president is not happy with the excessive use of the breaking banner that appears across the screen whenever a big story is reported.
"The uniqueness of that was super appealing to me, as opposed to just a regular news program where you're just talking at viewers. I think where media is headed, too, in terms of the future."
"It would be so easy in my chair to say, well, then we're just doing the same thing on both because I can save myself, you know, five extra meetings a week if both stations are virtually duplicate. But we don't do that here. "