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Why AM Radio’s Future Depends On More Than Just Keeping It In Cars

"You can’t argue that AM radio matters to local communities while replacing local voices with centralized programming. You can’t tell listeners that the AM band is still relevant while giving them fewer reasons to tune in."

How 77 WABC’s John Catsimatidis Helped Push the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act Toward the Finish Line

"I am more concerned about our country than I am about WABC."

Amelia’s 30-Year Radio Career Ends at Baltimore’s 98 Rock

"We had every opportunity to go up against our competitors, which aren't terrestrial radio."

How Damien Woody Is Building His Second Act After 15 Years With ESPN

"For me, it’s about seeing content that they haven’t seen from me before. When you’re at ESPN, there’s a certain model that they do things. Now, independence allows me to broaden my reach with different things I can do. Hopefully, earning a new appreciation for what I can bring to the table."

Bob Iger: ‘There’s Reason to be Bullish’ on Future of ESPN

"One of the reasons we're optimistic is we know the power and the popularity of live sports and we know how attractive it is."

Jimmy Pitaro on Shortlist To Succeed Bob Iger As Disney CEO

"Pitaro received the title of Chairman when ESPN was reorganized into its own division of the Walt Disney Company last month."

Stephen A. Smith: ‘I Don’t Wanna Be At The Top By Myself’

"I'm not somebody that wants to succeed but I want it to be at your expense. I want you to succeed, too."

XFL Games Moving Off FX Amid Low Ratings

"Week 3 action in the XFL averaged 571,000 viewers. That is a 13% drop from Week 2. It is also a significant drop from the initial attempt to reboot the XFL in 2020."

Doris Burke: ‘My Career is a Happy Accident’

"The year I left coaching at Providence, they decided to put Providence women’s college basketball on radio. That was literally my first foray into this business."

Chad Withrow: Kendrick Perkins Isn’t A Racist, He’s Just Not Smart

"They're putting him in an awful spot because he's not very intelligent."

ESPN Enjoys Most-Watched Women’s College Basketball Season Since 2015

"Viewers streamed 2 billion minutes of women's college hoops this season. That figure is the most on record for ESPN and up 35% compared to last season."

Dan Dakich: ESPN Had More Rules For My Twitter Than For Kendrick Perkins

"I remembering having to call Norby Williamson, the head of ESPN, about a tweet that had no sexual innuendo, nothing, but they thought it did..."

JJ Redick: Kendrick Perkins Implying MVP Voters Are Racist is ‘Problem With First Take’

"What we just witnessed is the problem with this show where we create narratives that do not exist in reality.”

Michael Kay: NHL ‘Red Hot’ After Stephen A. Smith Said League ‘Doesn’t Count’

“One addendum to that: I heard today, the NHL, red hot.”

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How 77 WABC’s John Catsimatidis Helped Push the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act Toward the Finish Line

"I am more concerned about our country than I am about WABC."

Amelia’s 30-Year Radio Career Ends at Baltimore’s 98 Rock

"We had every opportunity to go up against our competitors, which aren't terrestrial radio."

How Damien Woody Is Building His Second Act After 15 Years With ESPN

"For me, it’s about seeing content that they haven’t seen from me before. When you’re at ESPN, there’s a certain model that they do things. Now, independence allows me to broaden my reach with different things I can do. Hopefully, earning a new appreciation for what I can bring to the table."

Commercial Clustering: How Radio Defeated Itself

"We were competing against the station across the street while the listener was comparing radio to Spotify, podcasts, satellite radio."