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Podcast Study 2026 Finds Radio Reaches Podcasting’s Most Valuable Listeners

"79% of Podcast Superfans listen to local radio every week. This presents radio broadcasters with a tremendous opportunity to pull usage from these important consumers."

Dave Portnoy and FOX Sports Want Different Things From Wake Up Barstool

"The pirate ship may have found a home in traditional sports television, but that doesn’t mean it’s willing to follow the rules of the harbor."

WTOP’s Joel Oxley Reflects on Career, Future Ahead of NAB National Radio Award Honor

“From the bottom of my heart, I am so appreciative of all the people that I’ve worked with all these years. I’m glad I’m going to be able to get up there and say some good thank-yous.”

Inside Derek Papa’s Difficult Personal Journey at KNBR

"I respect everyone that deals with things in their personal life and then have to do a job. It's easier to do when you don't have to go live on the radio."

ESPN Adds 6 Podcasts From Omaha Productions

"The new shows will all launch over the course of the next two months."

Meet The Market Managers: Jay Davis, Cumulus Media Oklahoma City

"We've had these great radio stations for a long time and we've kept our top talent on the air. So we've been very consistent with what our presentation sounds like, looks like, etc.  I think people see it as destination employment."

Stephen A. Smith Tells JJ Redick About His History with Skip Bayless

"Skip Bayless comes to me in a parking lot on the campus of ESPN... and he says, 'I know you got your plans. You love the NBA. You love being out on the road, you love being in the locker room, but I need you.'"

Richard Sherman Joins Amazon’s Thursday Night Football Crew

Sherman, who was reportedly a part of discussions a month ago to be hired by Amazon, will join Tony Gonzalez as the two officially announced analysts that will contribute in some way to the game pregame, halftime and/or postgame efforts.

Pat McAfee Urges Patience With Apple’s Unfinished Product 

"That's probably what Apple's thinking when everybody buries them for their coverage… but just think, four or five years they'll probably figure it out a little bit. Get a little bit more mature."

SiriusXM Announces Exclusive Audio Coverage of U.S. Open Championship

Listeners will be provided with more than 40 hours of live shot-by-shot coverage across all four rounds of play.

Al Morganti Receives 2022 Hockey Hall Of Fame Media Award

"But at the very nexus of it, the very core of it is, I just love that game," Morganti beamed. "I loved covering the game. I just loved being in Philadelphia covering the game because the fans were so passionate about it."

MLS, Apple Sign Ten Year Deal For Sunday Ticket Style Service

"Apple TV+ subscribers will also get a package of games they can watch at no additional charge."

Ken Carman: Baseball Topics On Radio Turn Into ‘Fan on Fan Crime’

“Any time we talk Guardians, we are put in a bit of a rock and a hard place. If I talk about the Guardians and I say glowing things about them, well to some people I am a shill and I am a homer.”

Greg Schulte To Cut Down Diamondbacks Schedule For Chemotherapy

“He did not specify the condition, saying only that it requires chemotherapy.”

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Dave Portnoy and FOX Sports Want Different Things From Wake Up Barstool

"The pirate ship may have found a home in traditional sports television, but that doesn’t mean it’s willing to follow the rules of the harbor."

WTOP’s Joel Oxley Reflects on Career, Future Ahead of NAB National Radio Award Honor

“From the bottom of my heart, I am so appreciative of all the people that I’ve worked with all these years. I’m glad I’m going to be able to get up there and say some good thank-yous.”

Inside Derek Papa’s Difficult Personal Journey at KNBR

"I respect everyone that deals with things in their personal life and then have to do a job. It's easier to do when you don't have to go live on the radio."

Nick Saban’s Process Is a Radio Programming Playbook

"A play was six seconds, and that was all that mattered in the moment. "