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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."

Logan Swaim is Cranking Up The Volume

"We’re moving in the direction of an ‘always on’ content network – where you can watch our talent on essentially every platform."

Mark Chernoff Reflects On Career, Looks Forward to the BSM Summit and Sports Radio’s Future

"It’s not important to speak. It’s important to listen. You get so much out of listening. You find out so much about people."

Kenny Albert Expects Alternate Broadcasts To Grow

"That’s the goal for any play-by-play broadcaster is to continue to work big events, playoff games, [and] championships."

New Sunday Night Baseball Booth Focused On Modern Game

“You’re going to see us genuinely get excited about today’s game at a time when that’s really needed on a national broadcast.”

3 NHL Broadcasters Reflect On League’s Sudden Pause

"The landscape of professional sports, as it has been for the last two years, is unprecedented and always subject to change."

Desmond Howard, David Pollack Reflect On Evolution Of College GameDay

Two of College GameDay's analysts explain just how different the show is now from when it started in 1993.

NBA Countdown Crew Crossing Fingers For Christmas Day

“The one obligation we have [as broadcasters] is to make sure that come hell or high water, 99 times out of 100, we’re there,” said Smith.

Does Playing The Game Prepare You For Sports Radio?

"I think it’s a lot easier being a pro athlete receiving constructive criticism than maybe somebody who’s never gone through that before."

Radio Row At Army-Navy Was The Live Event We’ve Been Waiting For

"As the second-largest media row behind the Super Bowl, this event was representative of a rebirth of radio stations doing live shows on the road again."

Chris Canty Is A Better Version Of Himself On Air

"To be part of a group where everybody is obsessed with making the show sound as good as it can sound, I think it’s an important thing.”

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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."