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ESPN Executive Peter McConville Departs After More Than Three Decades at the Network

"To my talented colleagues, thank you. The relationships and experiences will stay with me long after this chapter closes."

Michael Kay Defends Pat McAfee From Critics Saying He’s “Thin Skinned”

"People might not like the way he does his job, which happens to be unbelievably successful. Who in our business has had the success that this guy's had?"

SummitMedia Names Matt ‘Brodie’ Lesley Brand Manager Over Entire Knoxville Cluster

In Knoxville, he'll oversee programming for Classic Rock 93.1, 100.3 The Wolf, Star 102.1, and Hot 104.5.

SiriusXM WWE Radio Listenership Up 20% From Launch Of Re-Branded Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7

"Listening to WWE Radio has grown nearly 20% since its July launch and rebrand. While monthly active sports listeners increased 4% year over year across our connected car and streaming platforms."

Great Content Attracts Advertisers

I assume a lot of us in sports media sales start our day’s the same way - by perusing industry news. I get daily...

Help Wanted

A few years ago, I added the words “always hiring great sales talent” to my LinkedIn profile. Since that time, I have had exactly...

BSM Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 10 – Bernie Miklasz – 101 ESPN

The 10th episode of Season 2 features a 50+ minute conversation with St. Louis sports radio host Bernie Miklasz. The longtime writer and current morning...

What Do You Do?

What do you do? Seems like a fairly easy question to answer, doesn’t it? If you sell cars, when someone asks you what you do,...

Sales and Programming: One Side, One Team

Put this one in the “wish somebody would have told me sooner” category. Had I known sooner that the smartest thing an on-air host...

Selling Passion in Sports Radio

I am one of the lucky ones. At a young age, I would take my Fisher-Price recorder and tape St. Louis Cardinals baseball games,...

BSM Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 3 – Bob Fescoe – 610 Sports

On the third episode of Season 2, Jason starts with The 5 in 5. This week's topics include Jim Rome's Smackoff, Jay Bilas' issue with...

John Hadley Named Program Director of 590 The Fan

Over the past year, John Hadley has kept a low profile in St. Louis. He directed his energies towards his network television sports consultancy, after...

Picking Up The Pieces After a Devastating Setback

On Tuesday night, the NFL owners voted to allow the St. Louis Rams to return to Los Angeles. Owner Stan Kroenke got his wish...

Tis The Season of Opportunity

We've reached that time of the year where many programmers and top personalities take a break for the holidays to recharge their batteries for...

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Michael Kay Defends Pat McAfee From Critics Saying He’s “Thin Skinned”

"People might not like the way he does his job, which happens to be unbelievably successful. Who in our business has had the success that this guy's had?"

SummitMedia Names Matt ‘Brodie’ Lesley Brand Manager Over Entire Knoxville Cluster

In Knoxville, he'll oversee programming for Classic Rock 93.1, 100.3 The Wolf, Star 102.1, and Hot 104.5.

SiriusXM WWE Radio Listenership Up 20% From Launch Of Re-Branded Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7

"Listening to WWE Radio has grown nearly 20% since its July launch and rebrand. While monthly active sports listeners increased 4% year over year across our connected car and streaming platforms."

Ernie Johnson Explains The Timing Of His Inside the NBA Retirement Announcement

"I actually kind of got tired of people asking me if I was going to keep doing the show."