Tag: John Catsimatidis

Browse our Latest articles!

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."

President Donald Trump Calls Into 77 WABC’s John Catsimatdis To Celebrate Christmas Day Strikes Against Islamic State Targets

"For the people listening, I called up just to thank John, he said some nice things about me. I ended up being on a radio show."

Curtis Sliwa Speaks Out on WABC, John Catsimatidis’ Role in 2025 Mayoral Race

"John Catsimatidis, owner and operator, who was the maestro of the orchestra that was constantly banging a drum that Curtis Sliwa had to drop out. Had to drop out for the good of the city."

How 3 News/Talk Radio PD’s Would Handle the Curtis Sliwa vs 77 WABC Situation

"If I can only control the current talent, my message would be simple: shut up about it."

John Catsimatidis: Curtis Sliwa Should ‘Learn When to Walk Away and When to Run’

"Let him calm down. Whatever he wants to do in life, he will do, but right now, there's so many people that hate him."

Why Curtis Sliwa Is Taking Aim at 77 WABC

"I will not forgive. I will not forget. I'm old school. I'm old Testament. If I get back into the game, I'm coming right a WABC."

Will Time Heal All Wounds in the Curtis Sliwa vs 77 WABC Saga?

A few weeks ago, it sounded as if pigs would fly before Curtis Sliwa was back at 77 WABC. But has that changed?

John Catsimatidis: ‘I Don’t Have Anything Against’ Curtis Sliwa, Would Welcome Him Back to 77 WABC

"I'm sure when you work 20-hour days -- and I'm sure that Curtis was working 20-hour days -- he had a lot of emotional ups and downs."

How Sid Rosenberg and 77 WABC Became a Focal Point in the NYC Mayor’s Race

"It's been no fun. I hate it. I can't wait for this election to be over."

Does Curtis Sliwa Have a News/Talk Radio Future After the NYC Mayor’s Race?

Curtis Sliwa and 77 WABC felt like a match made in heaven. But that appears to have fallen by the wayside. What does the future hold now?

Curtis Sliwa: ‘You Will Never See Me’ at 77 WABC Studios Again After Hosts, Owner Call For Me to Drop Out of NYC Mayor...

“I feel personally offended by what my friends and colleagues, many of whom I trained at WABC, many of whom wouldn’t have a job at WABC without me, have done."

Popular

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."