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Jason Benetti Reportedly Set To Call NBA Games For NBC Sports This Season

"Benetti became NBC's lead Sunday Night Baseball voice this year while remaining the Detroit Tigers' play-by-play announcer."

JJ Hale Joins Seven Mountains Media as Programming Manager

"He leads programming operations across Seven Mountains Media's six-station Parkersburg-Marietta cluster."

Cincinnati Bengals Expand On Programming Partnerships With FOX19, iHeartMedia

"FOX19 Sports Director Joe Danneman and iHeartMedia host Tony Pike join the broadcast lineup. Danneman becomes a Preseason TV Network sideline reporter and co-hosts the Pep Rally radio show. Pike adds a second radio analyst role and co-hosts the Bengals Line show."

WEEI’s Ted Johnson Criticizes Barstool Sports, Podcasters: “You Can’t Do This Job I’m Doing Right Now”

"People that work for Barstool, they can't do real journalism. You know what? They defend the teams and they crap on everybody that's critical. The real journalists that actually have objective opinions."

‘Sunday Night Football’ Delivers Best Viewership Totals Since 2015 for NBC

Sunday Night Football on NBC averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 21.4 million viewers in 2023, the show’s best since 2015 and up 8 percent from 2022.

WWE Announces Former ESPN Exec Lee Fitting as Head of Media and Production

“Lee will be a tremendous addition to our stellar media and production team and play a key role in helping catapult WWE’s growth.”

ESPN MegaCast of CFP National Championship Game Scores Over 25 Million Viewers

The game was the most-watched championship game since LSU-Clemson in 2020 and was an increase of 45% year-over-year as well as 11% above 2022.

CBS Reports Its 2023 NFL Broadcast Season Was Its Most-Watched Since 1998

CBS averaged 19.345 million viewers, a 5% increase. The 4:25 p.m. ET national game window averaged 24.637 million viewers, the most in its time slot.

ESPN Provides In-Depth Look at Most-Watched ‘Monday Night Football’ Season in 23 Years

MNF reached 124 million fans, lifted its audience in every key demo by double-digits, and aired four games whose viewership surpassed all previous MNF games.

Pat McAfee Won’t Back Down From ESPN Exec; Says He Is Not Trying to Get Fired

"The overall storyline about us and ESPN that I think people need to remember is that...we all understand what the future looks like, there are just some old hags who potentially don't..."

ESPN Signs Kevin Negandhi to Multi-Year Extension

“I'm excited and honored to continue my career at ESPN, working with so many talented individuals.”

Bob Carpenter To Remain on Nationals TV Broadcasts for the Next 2 Seasons on MASN

"I’m grateful to the Nats and MASN for letting me wind down my career on these terms...sharing these last 18 years with you has been the highlight of my long career."

Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl Is CW’s Third-Most-Watched Broadcast of the Past Two Years

The network's first college bowl game averaged 1.1 million viewers, making it one of the network's top three telecasts of the past two years.

WFAN Morning Show Celebrating 10 Years of CBS Sports Network Simulcast

The simulcast started with 'Boomer & Carton' on January 6, 2014

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JJ Hale Joins Seven Mountains Media as Programming Manager

"He leads programming operations across Seven Mountains Media's six-station Parkersburg-Marietta cluster."

Cincinnati Bengals Expand On Programming Partnerships With FOX19, iHeartMedia

"FOX19 Sports Director Joe Danneman and iHeartMedia host Tony Pike join the broadcast lineup. Danneman becomes a Preseason TV Network sideline reporter and co-hosts the Pep Rally radio show. Pike adds a second radio analyst role and co-hosts the Bengals Line show."

WEEI’s Ted Johnson Criticizes Barstool Sports, Podcasters: “You Can’t Do This Job I’m Doing Right Now”

"People that work for Barstool, they can't do real journalism. You know what? They defend the teams and they crap on everybody that's critical. The real journalists that actually have objective opinions."

Orlando Magic Announce Over-The-Air Broadcast Agreement With COX Media

"We are excited for this partnership which will make Magic basketball even more accessible to fans throughout Central Florida."