"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."
"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."
"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."
"It's fair for local stations to ask questions about Westwood One and their future direction yet equally necessary to remind them that good partners deserve a chance to present a plan to keep business strong."
"I get so much more out of helping people and giving back," he said. "I spent so much of my radio career not understanding the value of relationships."
"How you act as a leader should be different than how you present yourself as a host. You're no longer just representing a show, you are now repping the brand, company, and staff."
The whole discussion was terrific, but I wanted to share the answers to just the first question Mike McVay asked which was, "What is the strength of the sports talk format?"
“There is a feeling of comfort in knowing that you're not on this road by yourself and that others are trying to accomplish the same thing you're trying to accomplish.”
"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."
"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."