"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."
Kayal joined the station in 2022, taking over morning drive when previous host Rich Zeoli moved to afternoons as part of a lineup revamp on the station.
"It's something that we need to continue to highlight and re-emphasize not just for this audience, but I think it's also important to reach people beyond the little box that we live in, in talk radio."
"I'd love to be in one of those meetings where they say 'Ok, how do we balance -- we wanna make more money, but I'd love to have 2.7 million viewers and not 1.6 (million)."
"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."
"I, somehow, have been able to survive and adapt. My career is full of different chapters. Every one of those chapters, I never really knew if I’d make it out of it."