Tag: Derek Futterman

"I just learned early on that it was okay to be me."

"They don’t want me taking shots at players or coaches or teams in an unfair manner, I am allowed to say what I want to say at any given moment."

“I think there are artistic merits about whether or not a show is good. that is different [from] whether or not a show is making money."

“I think the idea of taking the communities we have and bringing them to their content [creates] a mutually-beneficial relationship,” Patterson said.

“Evan and Babs already had a fanbase. They were already established in the radio world. People know them. A lot of celebrities and entertainers are well aware of who they are.”

“You have to network but you also have to get good at what you do,” he said. “I think spending the time to get better and make yourself a fundamentally good broadcaster".

“The best thing for me in radio and in talk radio was working with a person I connected to,” Clough said.

Now there’s a human element in this space because there’s more athletes getting involved with television, radio and podcasting. If [they] can believe in what they know and know what they believe in and give it to the audience, [fans] are going to love that player that they once loved.”

While there are plenty of familiar faces returning, the on-air personalities will bring a new mix of unique experience and perspective to each broadcast, leading up to Sunday Night Football with Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark.

“I try to be a student of this so whatever my assignment is I immersed myself in it."